Rhino is a five-month old Black Lab mix puppy who weighs 30 pounds, is sweet and playful, and gets along with cats. Rhino is available for adoption from Walton County Animal Shelter in Monroe, Ga.
Taz is a 4-5 month old, male Dachshund mix puppy who weighs about 12 pounds and is available for adoption from Walton County Animal Shelter in Monroe, Ga.
Nate is a young, male Yellow Lab mix, about 2 years old and 60 pounds; he is friendly, does well on a leash and appears to be house-trained. Nate is available for adoption from Walton County Animal Shelter in Monroe, Ga.
Billie is a two-month old female puppy, about two months old and weighing 8 pounds. She is available for adoption from Walton County Animal Shelter in Monroe, Ga.
Volunteers at the Walton County Animal Shelter wrote on Facebook last night,
Several times a day somebody will demand to know, “where are all the rescues???”. They are here – ready and waiting – but THEY NEED FOSTERS.
Rescues don’t have gigantic facilities with infinite space. They usually don’t even have an office or physical location. They need FOSTERS – which means, you would volunteer to keep a dog(s) or cat(s) at your home, care for it, feed it, love it, protect it like it was your own – sometimes short-term, and sometimes until it is adopted.
The rescue provides everything – food, a crate, vetting, advertising, etc. This costs you NOTHING, but you will gain so much – and just think of what the pet will gain – LIFE.
Yes, you will save a life by fostering. Many of the animals at this shelter will die because nobody will volunteer this simple yet important and rewarding task. Don’t sit there and cry about nobody helping to save an animal from being euthanized when YOU can be the one to help. Please contact a rescue today and volunteer to foster. SAVE A LIFE…and enrich your own. You won’t be sorry!
Some wonderful rescues to contact:
Maine Lab Rescue
Walton Animal Guild
Alcovy Pet Rescue,Inc.
Angels Among Us Pet Rescue
Road Trip Home Animal Rescue
Pound Puppies ‘N Kittens
Eleventh Hour Rescue
Disaster Response Animal Rescue
Country Livin’ Pet Rescue
Athens Canine Rescue
Circle of Friends Animal Society
We were contacted yesterday by a gentleman who is looking for a dog to adopt and he needs one that is hypo-allergenic because his grandchildren are somewhat allergic to dogs. Part of my recommendation to him will be to find a rescue group to work with as a foster. Fostering usually gives the foster home first dibs on permanent adoption, and it gives you a trial period where if the dog doesn’t meet specific needs, you have a safe place for it to go, rather than to have to return it to a shelter where it may end up euthanized.
If you would like to foster or own a dog but travel frequently or have other obligations, some rescue groups need fosters for short periods, like when a primary foster goes out of town for a weekend, or a short-term foster while transportation is arranged. This can provide all the fun and love of being a foster while meeting your scheduling needs and lending a hand to save dogs and/or cats.
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