Meet our featured special dog ... Taiji.
At Faith’s Hope, we have high hopes indeed.
HOPE that someday every homeless dog, cat, puppy and kitten will have a loving family.
HOPE that someday there will be no more puppy mills and no more feral cat colonies.
HOPE that someday companion animals will not be sold in stores; no living being should ever be considered “merchandise.”
HOPE that all children will grow up with the love of a pet and learn compassion for ALL life.
Many would say these are unrealistic hopes. But when you are faced with the reality that millions of companion animals are destroyed each and every year simply because they are no longer wanted, our goals must be set high. Getting there will be difficult and it will require a great deal of hard work, persistence, faith, and above all . . . hope.
Faith’s Hope is a vision of a better future for our companion animals. It is more than a rescue. You don’t have to be involved in animal rescue for long to understand its mantra: “you just can’t save them all.” While we continue to save as many as we can, we as a society and as animal welfare advocates must find a way to decrease the number of companion animals that NEED to be saved. We must continue to ask ourselves why there are millions of unwanted pets. And we must find a way to help people make wiser decisions about pet ownership. So, although Faith’s Hope will continue to help some individual dogs find a better life through its unique rescue efforts, it will also focus on the ‘big picture’ through education and advocacy.
Our rescue efforts will continue to focus on those cases that seem hopeless, cases that more traditional rescues would not take on for a number of reasons. Maybe they are too old or too sick or just the “wrong” breed. Or maybe they are those unfortunate souls that have been abandoned by their human long ago and find themselves living apart from human society. Cases such as Holly and Suki. Cases like Cisco. Cases like Yoshi. Cases like Bart. Our focus will not be on the numbers. It is a hopeless task to try to “save them all.” Our focus will be on helping some very special creatures, making sure they get healthy and making sure the rest of their days are spent in the company of a loving and caring family.
On another front, our efforts will focus on educating people about pet ownership —to help them understand that the decision to bring a companion animal into their life is an important one, and should be made with careful thought. Becoming a responsible pet owner requires a great deal of effort, commitment and above all, love. With better information and guidance, more people will be able to make wiser decisions regarding pet ownership that will lead to happy endings. That’s what Faith’s Hope is all about.
Won’t you join us in making this vision a reality?
Our adoption policies are intended to insure the very best possible match between companion dog and human caretaker. That requires some time and consideration of the particular needs of the dog and the living situation of the humans. A lifetime commitment to a companion animal begins by giving careful thought to the choices you make before you adopt.
The first step in our adoption process is a phone interview. If you email us about a dog you are interested in, you will be asked to contact us by phone. If you do not contact us by phone, we will assume you are no longer interested in that dog.
Based on the phone interview and if the dog you are interested in is a good match, we will email you an application for adoption. You are required to provide us with a veterinarian reference and two personal references.
Once those references are checked, arrangements will be made for the applicant(s) to meet the dog. Please keep in mind that we do NOT have a shelter, our rescued dogs are fostered in private homes. We are all volunteers, we do NOT get paid for our rescue work. So please be patient as we need to schedule our rescue efforts when our many other responsibilities allow.
If everyone agrees there is a good match, there will be a home visit to insure that the dog will be placed in a safe, loving environment.
Everyone adopting a dog from Faith's Hope will be required to sign an adoption contract. In addition, there will be an adoption fee.