Sacred Hearts Animal Rescue

Our Adoptable Pet List

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Our Featured Pet...

We can't feature just one, they are all very special and they all need loving forever homes!

How You Can Help

There are many ways in which you can help the many shelter babies here at Sacred Hearts Animal Rescue. We are always in need of food, kennels, dog houses, towels, bleach and TOYS, we never have enough toys! Our rescues love nylabone toys. We are also in desperate need of fencing. We are situated on 3 acres and as of yet, (we have been here since October of '06), finances have not enabled us to put up a good permanant fencing. Our rescues would benefit from this tremendously. Everyone here could enjoy the freedom of a large place to run and play, a joy which so many have been deprived of for their entire lives. We appreciate any and all donations and so do the many diplaced shelter babies that reside here. If you are interested in donating anything, big or small, please contact us. If you would like to sponsor a shelter baby, please click the donate button below and be sure to specify who you would like to sponsor when you donate. Thank you so much for supporting our rescue and all of the homeless babies that reside with us.

Donate a Bed

Our dogs love to sleep on Kuranda beds, but we do not have enough for everyone. If you would like to donate a bed for another shelter dog at discounted price, please click here.

NEWS AND SPECIAL THANKS

We want to thank several special Angels for their continuing support of our rescue....... Dr Jenny Cowdrey for her continual support of our rescue, we absolutely couldn't keep going without such a wonderful veterinarian and staff!.................Brenda & Ed for your continuous donations to our rescue, the treats, toys and nylabones are always enjoyed and you have helped save so many dogs with the vaccines, meds and food that your donations have provided.......... Cyd Paugh for her continual support with regular donations, kennels, crates, beds and treats, you have helped make the rescues here comfortable and happy and enable us to rescue more with the kennel/crate space!......... Beth Rimer for her wonderful donation that literally saved our rescue a month ago, the winter was a very hard one here........Thank you everyone for your wonderful donations at Christmastime also, we had a very hectic Christmas and many sick babies were residing here at that time, I'm so sorry if you weren't given the proper THANK YOU'S, but each and every donation was appreciated............ Anja & Alan Shepherd for their wonderful donations of money, treats, blankets, toys and Anja for her awesome, selfless contribution of running in the Flying Pig Marathon for our rescue! Anja has already raised over $600 for our rescue, all our prayers are aiming for a FENCE! THANK YOU ANJA! If anyone is interested in supporting Anja and our rescue in the flying pig marathon please email me for a flyer!

WHO WE ARE

Sacred Hearts Animal Rescue is a small, home based, non-profit rescue. We are here because we love the dogs and we have seen many, many sweet, gentle, adoptable dogs in our county dog pound die unnecessarily, either of illness or from euthanization because they were just so full they just couldn't hold anymore. My husband and I volunteered at the local dog pound until I was haunted so horribly by all the innocent, pleading eyes that I knew I had to do something. I am an experienced rescuer, I have been fostering, nursing, vetting and adopting out animals for the majority of my 20 adult years. As a child I rescued, anything from orphaned or abused puppies, kittens or rabbits. My heart goes out to those Sacred Hearts of Innocence who have no choice but to live in a mans world and by mans rules.... no matter how unfair. Our rescues here are loved as our own while they wait on their forever homes, and we are also a Sanctuary, so if due to health issues or other issues an animal cannot be placed, they are free to live their life out with us, peacefully. We are truly a RESCUE, we aren't breed specific, rather we are need specific, and nomally we don't take owner turn ins.....please place an ad and a few posters, it is possible to find your pet a new home. NEVER give your pet away unless it is to a reputable rescue! We, as a general rule, rescue the ones whose time is almost up or are too ill to be adopted out, we nurse them and love them and prepare them for their forever homes. We evaluate their needs, likes and dislikes and this all comes into play when you fill out your application for adoption. Our goal is for your home to be the FOREVER home, not just another stop on the already rough journey that these innocents have been on. THANK YOU FOR ADOPTING A HOMELESS PET.

ADOPTING A FRIEND

For the safety and happiness of our rescues, we do require an application be filled out and a contract to be signed. We only want one thing for each rescue that resides here and that is a WONDERFUL FOREVER home....and we feel we have the responsiblity to find that for them, with no exceptions. If you are sincerely interested in adopting one of our shelter babies, please copy & paste the adoption application below into an email, fill it out and email it back to us. We will review your application and contact you as soon as we possibly can. Please understand that we are a home-based rescue, and for the safety of our family we will not provide our address to anyone who is not an approved adopter with a completed application on file. Thank you for your interest in our rescues.

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED OR ANSWERED..

SACRED HEARTS ANIMAL RESCUE ADOPTION APPLICATION

NAMES of all adults in household:
Address:
State:
Telephone Number(s):
Best time to call:
email address:
Dog(s) you are interested in:
The following questions are to determine suitability of the dog for your particular family. Some may not be suitable for small children, whereas some may need to be placed in a home with children because of their deep love for them. Some may need to be placed where there are other family dogs because they do best with canine friends. I thank you for inquiring on our rescues, they are all special and need special homes where they can enjoy the rest of their life with love and companionship. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CONSIDERING A SHELTER BABY!
Number of people in your household:
Please list the ages of each one:
Do you own or rent your home?
Is your home located in town or a rural setting?
If you rent do you mind if we contact your landlord?
Name and phone number of landlord:
Do you have a fenced in yard?
If no, how will you ensure the safety of your rescue(EXPLAIN)?
Which household member will be the primary daily caregiver of your rescue?
Where will your new pet live? Inside? Outside? Both?
Will your new pet be allowed on your furniture, bed, etc?
What method of housetraining will you use? (please explain)
Please explain the methods of training that you will be using to deter chewing, jumping, or other bad habits that your new pet may develop?
Are you planning on or willing to take your new companion to formal training if needed?
How many hours a day will your rescue spend alone?
Please describe the activity level of your family and how your new pet will be involved in your everyday activities:
Other pets within your household (please specify cats/dogs/exotics) along with ages and breeds:
Please EXPLAIN how you are going to introduce your new rescue to the animals already in your home:
Are your pets spayed/neutered?
If no please explain:
Are your current pet (s) on a monthly heartworm prevention?
How many dogs have you owned in the past (many is not an answer)?
If you previously had a dog was it on monthly heartworm prevention and altered?
If no please explain:
If you have owned one or more dogs in the past, please EXPLAIN what happened to them (old age, euthanasia, accident, gave away, illness, etc.)
Do you own livestock? If so please specify types: (some of rescues may not be suitable with some livestock)
Do you have a regular Veterinarian?
Please provide name, address and phone number:
Please list 2 personal references (non-relative) with their phone numbers:
Have you ever turned a pet into a dog shelter or rescue? If so please explain the circumstances:
Please explain to us why you chose this pet:
Please explain why you chose this specific breed or breed mix and what you know of their temperments and needs:
What is your size expectations for the pet you are applying for?
Do you plan to breed this pet?
If the rescue you are interested in is special needs, please explain how your home and lifestyle will benefit these needs:
Thank you again for your interest in our rescues. We will contact you by phone as soon as we possibly can to further discuss the pet that you are interested in.

Incomplete applications will not be considered or answered.


PLEASE BE AWARE THAT IF YOU ADOPT A PUPPY TOO YOUNG TO BE SPAYED/NEUTERED, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THIS SURGERY PERFORMED BY THE AGE OF 6 MONTHS. ALL PUPPIES/DOGS OVER 12 WKS. WILL BE SPAYED/NEUTERED BEFORE GOING TO THEIR FOREVER HOMES.

Thank you again for considering a Shelter Baby

PLEASE EMAIL

Sacred Hearts Animal Rescue
Winchester, OH 45697
Email: ForSacredHearts@aol.com
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