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Who We Are
We are a newly-formed small group of volunteers that share the same goal, which is to save the lives of innocent, homeless dogs by rescuing the ones suffering in puppy mills and high kill shelters. Please help us help them by adopting and never ever buying. Opt to adopt!
"Prisoners of Greed" is a video that depicts the cruel treatment dogs must endure at puppy mills throughout the country. Click on the image to be directed to the "Prisoners of Greed" video.
The Truth About Puppy Mills
We all know puppy mills are bad. Factory farms where thousands of breeding dogs are kept in cages slightly larger than their own bodies. Underfed dogs feeding an industry of corruption and greed. Instead of walking on grass, they stand a lifetime on stretched wire flooring in cramp rabbit hutches. Instead of collars or bandanas, they wear rusted livestock clips in their ears or chains with USDA tags embedded in their necks. Undeserving of a name after eight years of service, a breeding female is often led into a dark cornfield and killed once she can no longer produce her young for market.
The factory farming of man's best friend is an ugly business. Each step of the process is harsh, inhumane and unspeakably cruel. From the time a female dog comes into her first heat cycle at six or seven months of age, she is bred unmercifully. Producing two litters a year for eight years, she will spend her entire life isolated from the outside world. Kept along with hundreds of other breeding dogs in rows of outside hutches or hidden away in dark barns. Deprived of the most basic of veterinary care, she can suffer from untreated bite wounds, pneumonia, heat stroke, ear infections, blindness, malnutrition, splayed and swollen feet, rotted teeth and mange. Her puppies, taken from her too soon, will be shipped across the country in large tractor trailers to pet shops or brokers. Vulnerable to extreme temperatures and contagious diseases, many puppies die en route.
Unlike baby sea turtles scrambling toward the ocean, puppies heading to our country's pet stores will not find safety or comfort once they arrive at their destination. They will be weak, frightened, and often legally underage. Playing host to a variety of health and behavior problems, they will be purchased by consumers, uninformed and on a whim. Unsuspecting families who believe the sales assistant's lies about puppies born to small breeders and raised in loving households. "Our dogs don't come from puppy mills" she says. Don't believe it.
If you would like to help shut down puppy mills, please contact your state representatives.
Transport Team
Almost Home is in need of volunteers! If you'd like to help our organization but are unable to provide a foster home, we could use your help in transporting dogs from shelters to fosters. For more information on how you can help, please email us.
Meet & Greet
We will be at Dog Town in Colmar, PA on Saturday, July 28 for a Meet and Greet. Come out and meet our dogs between 11:00am-1:00pm! Dog Town is located at 252 Bethlehem Pike, and more information on this doggie daycare/boutique can be found on their website. As an added bonus, when you adopt a dog from us, Dog Town will give 25% off on any purchase and then you will receive 10% off all items for the life time of the dog. Thanks, Dog Town!
Animal Attraction
Want to show off your pet? Interested in meeting others who share your passion for animals? AnimalAttraction.com is THE place for pet lovers to join an online community of people who have dogs, cats, birds, and horses while helping homeless pets. AnimalAttraction.com members create in-depth profiles for themselves and their pets. Through AnimalAttraction.com's easy-to-use advanced search engine, members can locate and communicate with like-minded people in their area to make special connections in a safe, reliable, and convenient environment. Connections are made online through instant messaging, email, chat rooms and message boards. Best of all, when you sign up on AnimalAttraction.com, $1 is donated to helping homeless pets! In addition, each day you log in, $.01 is donated to the charity you've chosen to support. To create an account, sign up here! Shelters & Rescue Groups can sign up here to receive donations as well.
Our Featured Pet
If you are looking for a lovely lab, then please come to our Meet and Greet and we can introduce you to this beautiful, sweet and trusting, Miranda. She is about 1 year old, 50 lbs, gets along well with other dogs, igonores cats, loves children, is crate trained and housebroken. She loves long walks and lots of play time but when done, she is a total lap dog. Miranda is spayed and up to date on all shots. She is is waiting to find her "furever" home...could you be it? Email us or stop by our Meet and Greet on July 28 for more information on Miranda.
View our adoptable dogs by clicking through the pictures below.
Click here for more info on these dogs.
Adoption Process Information
Almost Home cannot place dogs in homes with children under 8 years old. A fence or electric fence system is required unless you live in a townhouse or apartment. Please do not apply if you are unwilling to consider a fence or e-fence system. A home visit & reference/vet check will be done to determine the best placement of our dogs. You must complete an application, which will help us determine if the dog you are interested in is a good match for you. Almost Home reserves the right to determine the best placement for our dogs. The application is NOT a guarantee of any dog's placement.
Adoption fees are necessary to cover the cost of spaying/neutering, medicating, & caring for dogs that often come from situations of neglect & sickness. We also pay the sending shelters a fee for every dog we rescue & sometimes have to pay a driver to transport them out of harm's way. Without charging our own fee, we could not afford to do our work. Most PA county shelters get tax-payer funding & large corporate donations to support them so they can afford to let their animals go for a lower fee than we can. We thank you for your understanding.
Interested in Becoming a Foster?
We can only do what we do for these homeless dogs if we have foster homes for them to stay in for a few weeks. Can you open your heart and home and become a foster? It is an experience that is so very rewarding!
Rescue Angel
Tail tucked between your legs,
Confusion in your eyes -
I know it's hard to understand
That someone heard your cries.
When loneliness is all you know
And pain is all you feel
And no one can be trusted,
And hunger's all too real...
That's the time the Lord sees you
And lets you know He's there
That's when He sends His messengers
The hearts that love and care.
Yes, rescuers are angels
You cannot see their wings,
They keep them neatly folded
As they do their caring things.
The medicine to make you well
Good food to make you strong,
And finally to help you learn
That hugs are never wrong.
The perfect place then must be found
The home where you can live
Secure and safe and happy
With joy to get and give.
When you reach your Forever Home,
Your place to feel whole,
The Angels smile, and off they go
To save another soul
(Author Unknown)
Contact Us
E-mail Almost Home
Click here for a list of pets at this shelter.