Thank you for visiting All-American Mutt Rescue on Petfinder. For more detailed information on our rescue, please visit our website at www.allamericanmuttrescue.org.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN ADOPTING ONE OF OUR PUPS?
When you are looking at our pups on Petfinder.com, click on the link to the pet's homepage and you will be redirected to our website (www.allamericanmuttrescue.org). Look on the left nav bar under Features and click on Forms/Application. Then Fill Out the adoption application online!
PETS ARE VICTIMS OF THE ECONOMY, TOO!
It is such a sad situation that families across our country are facing.
The reality is that many very responsible, loving pet owners are now being forced to surrender their pets due to huge changes in the family 's economic situation.
Can you imagine anything more stressful or heartbreaking than losing the income to support your family, losing your home, and then facing the heartbreaking reality of having to lose/surrender your much-loved family pet(s)? True animal people understand the emotional stability that having a pet can bring to your life, and many of us turn to our pets for consolation when we are stressed. There's nothing like puppy kisses to make the troubles of the day fade temporarily!
If you have friends or neighbors or family members who are facing the decision to surrender their pets, please think about how the same decision would impact your life. If there is anything at all that you can do to help them - occasionally give them a bag of dog or cat food, help them with a vet bill - please consider doing it for them and for their pets. Some families are being forced to move from their homes to other locations where pets are not welcomed. Imagine how much peace of mind you could give them if you could agree to temporarily foster that much-loved pet for them.
There are no words that can accurately describe the stress and sadness that these surrendered pets experience in the shelters. As hard as it is for us to understand what is happening, these pets have no understanding ... just fear and stress.
Any help and kindness that you can provide will come back to you many times over.
Want to have some fun make some pups very happy?
Volunteers are what make rescue work well! Without them, nothing gets done - lives don't get saved, families don't get wonderful new family pets, pups leave this world without the hope of feeling the love of a forever family.
How much time does it take to volunteer? As much or as little as you can spare.
What do volunteers do? As much or as little as you can do.
The needs are many - from fostering a dog for a month or two to brushing a dog for 10 minutes - and everything in between. These pups in foster care need to learn to meet new people easily, to ride in a car, to walk on leash, to 'sit,' to play fetch, to come when called. They need to be brushed, they need to be bathed, they need to get their monthly flea and tick treatments and their monthly heartworm preventative. They need to be walked and shown off at adoption events.
If you have the heart and the time to be a volunteer, please email weluvpups@hotmail.com and request a volunteer application. If you would like to foster for a month or two at a time, please also request a foster application.
We appreciate our current volunteers and look forward to welcoming more!
For more information on our rescue, please visit our website at www.allamericanmuttrescue.org.
Special Thanks to Generous Donors
"Animal people" are some of the kindest, most generous folks!
Special Thanks to Our Wonderful Adopters
We have been so blessed in our rescue and re-homing efforts! We have had many wonderful pups come into our lives and, in turn, many wonderful people. Our heartfelt thanks go out to the many wonderful families who have decided to adopt instead of shopping for their new family pet. We have passed our 100th adoption milestone in December 2008 and we are having another great adoption year in 2009.
Who We Are
ALL-AMERICAN MUTT RESCUE, INC. is a home-based animal rescue organization that has grown out of love and compassion for animals. Located in Huddleston, VA, we are truly in the heart of Virginia – 30 minutes from Lynchburg, 30 minutes from Smith Mountain Lake, 30 minutes from Bedford, and 60 minutes from Roanoke.
Our motto is “Rescue … rehome … real love” and we try to live it every day. We rescue animals in need of new homes and loving families. We make sure each of them is spayed or neutered and up-to-date on all routine vaccinations. If other medical care or treatment is needed, we get that for them as well.
We welcome them into our homes and our lives and really get to know their personalities and their needs. Then we make it our mission to re-home them … and to place them in the forever home that will be perfect for them. Some of them really need to have another pup companion while others will do fine being an ‘only pet.’ Some love having children to play with while others prefer being with adult people. Some do well sharing a home with cats or other small pets while others, well … not so much. And the only way you know this is by living with them!
We also work to educate and encourage pet owners to spay or neuter their animals to a) help their pets lead longer, healthier lives and b) help reduce the numbers of homeless and unwanted animals in our Central Virginia communities. It is such an easy thing to do! Not only will it benefit your pet and your family, but it will help reduce the numbers of wonderful, adoptable animals that are euthanized every year. Please be part of the solution.
Our special thanks go to Susan Arrington and her staff at the South Central Spay/Neuter Clinic and to Dr. Charles Budzyn and his staff at Monelison Animal Clinic for their continued support and care for our fosters.
For more information on our rescue, please visit our website at www.allamericanmuttrescue.org.
Adopting a friend
Because it is so important to be sure our pups go to the right homes - the ones that will be 'forever homes,' we have an application and interview process for all potential adopters as well as an adoption contract.
Please visit our website at www.allamericanmuttrescue.org for more details on the adoption process.
Don't Forget About Locally Impounded Pups and Kitties
If you don't find the perfect pup for you and your family on our All-American Mutt Rescue pet list, please check our area county impound facilities. Right now, today, there are wonderful, loving dogs in our local Bedford County Animal Shelter as well as other area shelters, and they need families NOW!
Bedford County Animal Shelter hours are Tue - Fri noon-5p and Sat 10a-2p. Phone number is 540-586-7690.
If you can't adopt right now, but would be interested in fostering pups temporarily for All-American Mutt Rescue, please contact us at 540-297-1590 or weluvpups@hotmail.com to get an application to be a foster family.
Time magazine mentions fostering rescue animals as one of the top 20 things you can do to make a difference in your community. The need is great! With everyone's budget being impacted by rising prices, more and more family pets are being surrendered to shelters and rescues - making the need even greater. All-American Mutt Rescue, Inc 5491 Johnson Mtn Rd
Huddleston, VA 24104
Phone: 540-297-1590
