We are desperately looking for good people to foster some of our precious fur-babies in need. By fostering, you will be making room for another defenseless, homeless animal who will be saved because YOU have made room for them. Aarf will provide for their food, medical, and a crate (if needed). Contact Aarf right away if you can help.
Featured Dog!
Riley is currently living in a kennel. She would like a foster home that will keep her until she is adopted. Can you help this sweet girl?
Happy Thanksgiving!! Our next stand is:
Dec 5, 2009 at PetSmart on Libbie & Broad from 11:00 to 3:00. Contact AARF first if interested in a particular dog: aarfva@hotmail.com
Who We Are: We are a non-profit organization dedicated to
helping homeless animals in our community. We rescue most of our dogs from the pounds. We only adopt in
Virginia. We have an application
process. We make sure all our pets are healthy, heartworm negative, spayed/neutered, and
up-to-date on all their shots. We live on food and money donations to save as many lives as we can.
Shelter: Our dogs are housed in foster homes. The foster
parents bring all the wonderful pets to adoption stands on the
weekends to try to find them a permanent home. We are in constant
need
of foster homes, so if you would be
interested in fostering, please contact us. AARF provides all of their food and medical needs. Our adoption stand is usually located at
the Pet Smart
on
Libbie and Broad Street from 11:00-3:00 on Saturday's. So come out and see all our wonderful dogs
and puppies.
Adopting a friend: There is an application process for each
pet.
Once you have completed the application, you will receive a phone
call
mid-week to review your application with a volunteer from AARF.
Once
approved, we will deliver your new friend to your home. You will
receive his/her shot record, a spay/neuter certificate (where
appropriate) and a free vet visit certificate. If you are adopting
an
adult dog then all medical will be up-to-date. The cost is
$150.00.
Please send Donations to (or stop by our
Sat. stands):
AARF Animal Adoption and Rescue Foundation
P.O.Box 15262
Richmond, VA 23227
Phone: 804-254-0800
Our e-mail:aarfva@hotmail.com Our web site:www.aarf.org
NOTE TO ADOPTERS
[by Diane Morgan]
Note to adopters: Lassie and Cleo and Rin Tin Tin and Toto don't show up in rescue. We don't get the elegantly coiffed, classically beautiful, completely trained, perfectly behaved dog. We get the leftovers. Dogs that other people have incompetently bred, inadequately socialized, ineffectively "trained," and badly treated. Most Rescue dogs have had it. They've been pushed from one lousy situation to another. They've never had proper veterinary care, kind and consistent training, or sufficient company. They've lived outside, in a crate, or in the basement. They're scared, depressed and anxious. Some are angry. Some are sick. Some have given up. But we are Rescue and we don't give up. We never give up on a dog. We know that a dog is a living being, with a spirit and a heart and feelings. Our dogs are not commodities, things, or garbage. They are part of sacred creation and they deserve as much love and care and respect as the next Westminster champion. So please, please don't come to rescue in the hopes of getting a "bargain," or indeed of "getting" anything. Come to Rescue to give, to love, to save a life -- and to mend your own spirit. For Rescue will reward you in ways you never thought possible. I can promise you this -- a rescue dog will make you a better person.
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