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Need Help?
Have you found a dog you want to help
but cannot keep?
Do
you own a dog you can no longer take care of and want to help him find a
loving home?
Here is how Putnam Pet
Pals can help you.
First, can you foster him?
To foster a dog for PPP, you will need to fill out a
Foster Application Form online and submit it
from our website,
www.putnampetpals.net You would be required to house train the dog, if
he is not already, because PPP only adopts to indoor homes.
We do not adopt dogs to be tied outside for the rest of their lives,
nor to a small outdoor kennel.
The dogs do not have to be perfectly obedience trained, but
socialized with your family and basic doggie good manners.
PPP does not have a kennel or a building like the Humane Society;
this is why we use foster homes.
PPP is a rescue, helping strays and unwanted dogs into permanent
loving homes. Most of the dogs
that come into our program are local (Putnam County) dogs, but not always.
We are contacted daily from other pounds and Humane Societies asking
us to help with their dogs.
He will need to be “fixed” (neutered or
spayed) and brought up to date on all vaccinations, heartworm checked and
put on preventative medicine.
No dog leaves our program before this is done, even very young puppies. This
is all done at PPP expense but you may have to make the appointment and
transport the dog to the vet.
We use Leipsic Veterinary Clinic, Dr. Doug Walthers.
We will need digital pictures and a short
bio of him. If you do not have
a digital camera, we can take the pictures.
A bio is just a little information about him.
How does he get along with kids? Cats? Does he ride well in the car?
Does he have some sweet quality that would make him more adoptable?
Or some bad habits that the new owner should know about?
If you don’t have kids or cats, that’s ok, we just list unknown. We
try not to place a very tiny dog with a family that has an energetic 3 year
old that may unintentionally hurt the dog, we also don’t place a high energy
jumpy dog with an elderly person.
All adoption applications are screened.
This means that the person that wants this particular dog must fill
out an application, be willing to let us check with references and also
check with their veterinarian and also be willing to permit a home visit.
Which is just that, an experienced representative from our rescue
will go to their house and make sure it is pet friendly.
This is all done to help assure the dogs future is as good as we can
make it. Some dogs are
placed very quickly, just days after they are put on
www.petfinder.com for others,
usually larger mixed breeds, take longer.
Unfortunately, large black dogs are the last to be adopted, and large
breeds in general and hounds of any type in this area are slow to be
adopted. For this reason,
we are limited to how many we take into our program.
Please understand we only have a very few regular foster homes and
they are almost always full.
That is why if you are not willing to foster the dog, we may not be able to
help you.
Support your local
rescue....Putnam Pet Pals
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