City of East Ridge Animal Services
Our Adoptable Pet List
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Mon - Fri 10-5, Closed Saturdays & Sundays
WE DESPERATELY NEED FOSTER HOMES FOR OUR FUR KIDS! PLEASE FOSTER ONE OR MORE! They need your help to buy them more time so they can find their forever homes. Together we can make a positive difference in their lives. But it takes all of us working together on a regular basis to make a lasting difference. PLEASE CALL OR DROP BY TO FOSTER.
We have only one couple that volunteers to brings our dogs to Petsmart on Saturdays in hopes to give these deserving souls another shot at love in with a permanent family. Thank goodness the dogs have these volunteers. Since the shelter is now closed on Saturdays, Petsmart adoption days have become most important in getting our doggies exposure. Thank you, our volunteers! You know who you are and we appreciate all your hard work and love for the pups!
We despertaly need volunteers that have a truck with a hitch that could help transport the animals to Petsmart on Saturdays, if anyone can help please contact the shelter or Cindy at 423-855-5744.
East Ridge Residents all dogs & cats must have a current rabies vaccination (city ordiance #10-206 Inoculation Required) and city registration tag (city ordiance #10-201) Registration of Animals
All pets (dogs & cats) over the age of 3 months must be vaccinated against rabies in the state of Tennessee. All pets (dogs & cats) within the City limits of East Ridge (37412) must be registered with East Ridge Animal Services.
City registration tags spayed/neutered $5.00 not spayed/neutered $25.00
All residents that have not utilized one of the several rabies clinics during the month of April and for some reason we have to visit your home and find an unvaccinated & unregistered animal you will only have 72 hrs to have such animal vaccinated & registered, failure to comply will lead to a citation to court for failure to follow the State of Tennessee Vaccination law & City of East Ridge Registration ordinance.
Be a good pet owner, have your pets vaccinated against rabies and registered. Registering your pet is the best form of ID that you can put on tour pet next to micro chipping. With your registration we can contact you any time of the day or night in the event your pet is ever injured or found stray by a citizen, while it is harder to contact the owner of a pet using the rabies tag information (during regular business hours).
Proper ID on your pet will insure that your lost or injured pet will always be reunited with you!
****Ask about our Guardian Angel Program****
The Guardian Angel Program enables you to help animals in our shelter by donating funds towards their adoption fee. Many worthy families that would like to adopt but just can't afford the adoption fee can adopt an animal that has a Guardian Angel. So far we have had 9 animals adopted through this program. Contact the shelter to find out more details. Some people want to help the animals in shelters and just don't know what they can do. This is one way you can DIRECTLY affect the happy outcome of one of the pets at our shelter.
Our Featured Pets...
Say hello to Blackie, he was surrendered by his owner because Blackie was to big for his owners new apartment. Blackie is a very playful fellow, he LOVES water! Blackie has had DA2PP & Bordetella on 1/29/2008. Blackie would make a wonderful addition to someone's family that was looking for a playful big dog! How about you?
Say hello to Mason, his owner abandoned him at a local extended stay hotel here in town. Mason was very dehydrated when we picked him up, he also has a slight cold but is getting over that. Mason is super friendly and very loving. Mason has had FRcP & Strongid on 4/29/2008.
Say hello to Jeremy, he wouldn't leave a citizens backyard. Jeremy has an injured rear leg and that's why he wouldn't leave the yard. We picked him up and took him to the vet to be checked out. The vet released him back to us, and he is walking fine now on his leg. Jeremy has had DA2PP & Bordetella on 3/5/2008 and if not claimed by his owner will be available for adoption on 3/9/2008. Jeremy is very friendly! 3/31/2008 Jeremy has found a 'Guardian Angel' that has paid a portion of his adoption fee.
Say hello to Julie, she was stray in a local neighborhood for several days. We picked her up and she was skittish, but she has come around some now. She is still scared but will let you pet her. She acts like she was abused but she has such a sweet look to her face. Julie has had DA2PP & Bordetella on 3/20/2008. Julie is available for adoption now. Julies adoption fee has been lowered to just $10.00 to cover her rabies vaccination.
Say hello to Betsy, she was picked up RAL. Betsy looks like a dog that someone tried to turn into the shelter just a few days before but they didn't want to pay the surrender fee, we have the person's car tag number and are still trying to find the person. Betsy is skittish but she seems friendly and is available for adoption, Betsy just needs some TLC to bring her out of her shell. Betsy has had DA2PP & Bordetella on 11/8/2007. 12/27/2007 Betsy has found a Gaurdian Angel that has paid her adoption fee. 5/13/2008 Betsy was returned because her owners work schedule changed and she couldn't keep her.
Say hello to Rocky, he was running loose and a citizen called us to pick him up. Rocky looks like he has mange but our vet looked at him and said he has a real bad flea allergy. Rocky has medication that we have to give him for the next two weeks. Rocky seems friendly but unsure of what's going on right now, he should be fine in a couple of days. If not claimed Rocky will be available for adoption on 4/14/2008.
Say hello to Sissy, she was surrendered as a stray. Sissy was not real friendly when she came in and escaped once since being at the shelter. Sissy has become a super friendly little lady and is available for adoption now. Sissy has had FRcP on 4/11/2008.
Say hello to Alie, she was surrendered by a citizen that said she was a stray. Alie is SPAYED, was given her RABIES VACCINE & Combo Tested Negative for FeLV & FIV. Alie is a beautiful brown tabby and has a very sweet & gentle disposition. She gets along well with other kitties and just wants to give lots of affection. Adoption FEE: $40.00
ADOPT-A-CAT PROGRAM
C.A.R.E has some kitties and puppies posted on our sites that are no longer at the shelter but in the custody of C.A.R.E.
These are the kitties and puppies that C.A.R.E. has rescued from our shelter and we are continuing to post them for C.A.R.E so they may find a new adoptive home.
If you are interested in any of the kitties or puppies that C.A.R.E has rescued and would like to contact C.A.R.E about one of these animals please call 423-867-7518 or 423-894-4926
Email C.A.R.E at
Email:
sparklesprinkler@comcast.net
Email:
spayallpets@aol.com
Click on the links to see the other animals C.A.R.E has for adoption
Our Adoptable Pet List
2007 News
Our goal is to keep our shelters euthanasia rate extremely low, we have been able to accomplish this so far. In 2007 "NO" adoptable animals have been euthanized for space! And our year to date percentage for adoptable animals in 2008 is 0%.
This is because of our high adoption rate, owner reclaimed animals and rescues. We have an extensive rescue network that has helped us in saving countless animals lives.
We are having a high rate of owner surrenders at the shelter. Many are from the City limits of Chattanooga and from Hamilton County and NW Georgia.
The owners don't want to surrender their animals to a high kill shelter in their area and think we can take their animals. We are a very small shelter with extremely limited space. We are unable to accept animals from other areas; proof of residence will have to be given when surrendering any animal.
Please do not have a friend from East Ridge surrender your animal as theirs. We do check up on all suspicious surrenders. And do not surrender your animal to us as a stray, that is just wrong and we can tell if you are the owner.
We have the reputation of finding our animals new homes or getting them into rescue, but it's not our responsibilty to find "YOUR" animal a new home, we are the last RESORT.
We have only ONE main cat rescuer and only ONE dog volunteer that brings the dogs to Petsmart to increase their chances fo finding new homes.
So, you can do the math on your own, our resources are extremely limited and so is our kennel and cat cage space.
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO FIND YOUR ANIMAL A NEW HOME, REMEMBER YOUR PET IS A FAMILY MEMBER, NOT A THROW A-WAY OR RECYCLABLE ITEM THAT CAN JUST BE THROWN AWAY WHEN YOU ARE TIRED OF IT. YOUR ANIMAL IS A LIVING BREATHING, CARING CREATURE THAT DESERVES BETTER! THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU SURRENDER YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, THE CHOICE YOU MAKE WILL ALWAYS STAY WITH YOU!
Please do not have a friend that lives in East Ridge surrender your animal, this is not fair to the animals from East Ridge.
If you live outside of East Ridge and need to surrender an animal we can provide rescue contacts but we can not take your animal.Please remember WE are NOT a RESCUE group but an ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY. We can not guarantee that your surrendered animal will find a new loving home.
When you surrender your animal to us please do not call us wanting to know what happened to the animal, if you cared you wouldn't of dropped the animal off with us in the first place!
Who We Are
East Ridge Animal Services is under it's own Department now. Animal Services was created to provide the citizens of East Ridge with fast and courteous animal control services.
East Ridge Animal Services works closely with Chattanooga Animal Services since our area borders each other’s jurisdictions. We cannot provide services to these areas; we do help in situations when needed.
Please if you are located in Georgia we can not respond to calls in your area nor can we accept animals from Georgia. If you have continuing problems in your area and can’t get your local animal control agency to respond or remedy the problem please contact your local government authorities (City Manager, Mayor or County Mayor or Sheriff) and tell them your problems and they should get your animal control agency to remedy the problem. Animal Control services are provided 24/7/365 days a year, all calls are ran during regular business hours, on weekends & holidays only emergency calls are ran.PLEASE ONLY SICK OR INJURED ANIMAL CALLS, ANIMAL BITES, AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS or ANIMALS at a BUSINESS ARE CONSIDERED AN AFTERHOUR EMERGENCY CALL, If you believe your complaint is one of the above please call the East Ridge Police @ 423-622-1725.
Please remember DO NOT CALL 911 for animal emergencies DO NOT call the East Ridge Police for a stray or a dog running at large. Stray animals or dogs running at large are not considered an emergency and no Animal Services Officer will be dispatched.If you have a stray animal please call the shelter and leave a message and we will run the complaint the next business day.
When making a complaint please provide the owners address if known & animal description. This will enable our officer to talk to the owner and remedy the problem quickly.
East Ridge Animal Services shelter is a rescue friendly shelter, we gladly welcome all rescue groups to come by and visit with us at anytime. We have had several rescue groups visit. They thanked us for being so friendly and helpful. We could not help these animals without the help from these rescue groups.
Please donate to your local rescues!
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Adopting a friend
♥ Adoption prices are ♥
***Unaltered (not spayed/neutered) $85.00, which includes a vet check,a rabies voucher and a spay/neuter. The pets are wormed when they arrive at the shelter. All other services, shots & tests are not included and will not be covered under the adoption contract.******Altered (already spayed/neutered) $40.00, which includes a vet check & a rabies voucher. All other services, shots, tests are not included and will not be covered under the adoption contract.***
When dogs and puppies arrive at the shelter, they are given a DHLPP (distemper, hepatitis, leptospirosis, parainfluenza and parvo virus) & Bordetella vaccine.
When cats and kittens arrive at the shelter they are given a FVRCP (rhinotracheitis, calicivirus & panleukopenia) vaccine.
Participating Veterinarians
These veterinarians provide a service to the community buy accepting our adoption contracts, they don't make any money off the spay/neuters but in turn hope to gain a new client.
East Ridge Animal Hospital
Riverview Animal Hospital
Middle Valley Animal Hospital
Ashland Terrace Animal Hospital
Red Bank Animal Hospital
Northgate Animal Hospital
Animal Medical Professionals of Ooltewah
Shallowford Animal Hospital
Hwy 58 Animal Hospital
Wolftever Animal Hospital
Chattanooga Veterinary Center
Animal Hospital of Signal Mountain
Signal Mountain Veterinary Clinic
Lee Parkway Veterinary Clinic
Brainerd Hills Veterinary Clinic
Lookout Valley Animal Hospital
Mountain Hospital for Animals
South Rhea Animal Hospital
Bradley County
Bradley Veterinary Clinic
Keith Street Animal Clinic
Animal Medical Center
Georgia
Catoosa Veterinary Clinic
Dalton Animal Care (Gordon,Murry & Whitfield counties only)
Alabama
North Jackson Animal Clinic
We are working on getting several other vets aboard including vets in Huntsville, AL
To date we have had several out of state veterinarians accept our adoption contracts. If you live out of state please check with your vet to see if they will honor our adoption contract reimbursement before you adopt one of our animals. We will reimburse to out of state veterinarians $60.00 on the spay/neuter; the rabies vaccine will have to be given here in East Ridge before the animal can leave the shelter, and in some cases a Health Certificate must be issued and we can have that done. You can choose to have the vetting done here and pick up your new family member at the vets office.
Thanks to All Our friends
We would like to thank all the rescue groups for the help in cross posting our animals, to date we have had several rescue groups take animals from the shelter. Without these groups help our animals would not of found the help they needed in finding a new loving home. Please donate to your local rescue groups; this will enable them to continue the hard work they do for the animals.
We would also like to thank the Best Friends Network for their members help in finding rescues and donations for our shelter, and we would also like to thank C.A.R.E for rescuing many kitties and pups and the Pet Placement Center for rescue help and all the numerous rescues that have helped.
Donations
We are in need of blankets for our furry friends, We could also use DRY DOG & PUPPY FOOD, KITTEN FOOD, CAT LITTER, CARRIERS/CRATES. Toys would be great for everyone, but please washable toys only (hard rubber)for the dogs. We don't want them ingesting any of the tear up kind of toys like stuffed animals and such. We will accept any donation. Nothing goes to waste. If you would like to just come and visit the animals, that would be AWESOME! The doggies need walks and quality time spent one on one with caring individuals. We encourage the citizens of East Ridge and people everywhere to visit the shelter and just spend time with the animals. They desperately need the affection and exercise.If you would like to MAKE dog beds for our dogs, check out this link: http://www.columbusdogconnection.com/elevated_dog_beds.htm
We do recommend using heavy weight vinyl material for the beds. 40 oz per square yard weight is what the brand/company Kuranda uses for their beds. It is highly unlikely that the doggies will be able to tear or chew this material. Another volunteer made some beds using canvas material and they were all but destroyed completely... So, canvas would not be a lasting choice...Since these beds take a good little bit of time to make, it would be in ones best interest to have them last- not to mention the doggies best interest. :-)
You can also see our adoptable pets in Critter magazine, we also list our animals on 1-800-save-a-pet.com, Pets 911, and some of our animals can be seen on KZ-106 Kelly McCoys Pet Project page. We do post our animals on several web sites to get the animals more exposure; it has been working great for us.
Come Visit Us!
We are located behind East Ridge Hospital at 1015 Yale St. Come down Spring Creek Rd and look for Graston St. there will be an Animal Shelter sign. Follow the signs to the shelter.
City of East Ridge Animal Services
1015 Yale St.
East Ridge, TN 37412
Phone: 423-664-0271
Shelter Email: eras@comcast.net
Animal Control Supervisor Email: czagona01@comcast.net
Email: czagona@eastridgetn.org
Animal Control Officer Email: jcooper952@comcast.net
Email: jcooper@eastridgetn.org
Click here for a list of pets at this shelter
Email C.A.R.E: sparklesprinkler@comcast.net
C.A.R.E: spayallpets@aol.com
Click here for a list of pets at this shelter
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