This list is not yet complete, it was started for New folks...So
many people think fostering is the only way to help rescue. That is just one thing rescue needs, fosters. So you can't foster or adopt a dog, there's the on-going 100 Ways to Help Rescue list...please feel free to add other ways people can help without fostering or adopting...Things you can do, other than fostering or adopting, to help rescue dogs:
1. Transport a dog.
2. Donate a dog bed or towels or other *bedding* type items.**
3. Donate MONEY.
4. Donate a Kong? A nylabone? A hercules?
5. Donate a crate.
6. Donate an x-pen or baby gates.
7. Donate a food dish or a stainless bucket for a crate.
8. Donate a leash.
9. Donate a collar.
10. Donate some treats or a bag of food.
11. Donate a halti or promise collar.
12. Walk a dog.
13. Groom a dog.
14. Donate some grooming supplies (shampoos, combs, brushes, etc.).
15. Go to the local shelter and see if that dog is the breed the shelter says it is or go with rescue to be a second opinion on the dog.
16. Make a few phone calls.
17. Mail out applications to people who've requested them.
18. Provide local vet clinics with contact information for
educational
materials on responsible pet ownership.
19. Drive a dog to and from vet appointments.
20. Donate long distance calling cards.
21. Donate the use of your scanner or digital camera.
22. Donate the use of a photocopier.
23. Attend public education days and try to educate people on
responsible pet ownership.
24. Donate a gift certificate to a pet store.
25. Donate a raffle item if your club is holding a fund raiser.
26. Donate flea stuff (Advantage, etc.).
27. Donate hw pills.
28. Donate a first aid kit.
29. Provide a shoulder to cry on when the rescue person is overwhelmed.
30. Pay the boarding fees to board a dog for a week. Two weeks.
31. Be a Santi-paws foster to give the foster a break for a few hours or days.
32. Clip coupons for dog food or treats.
33. Bake some homemade doggie biscuits.
34. Make book purchases through Amazon via a web site that
contributes commissions earned to a rescue group.
35. Host rescue photos with an information link on your website.
36. Donate time to take good photos of foster newfs for adoption flyers, etc.
37. Conduct a home visit or accompany a rescue person on the home visit.
38. Go with rescue person to the vet to help if there is more than one dog.
39. Have a yard sale and donate the money to rescue.
40. Be volunteer to do rescue in your area. These United States and Canada are vast and all the state in the US and provinces in Canada are not covered by a rescue.
41. take advantage of a promotion on the web or store offering a free ID tag and instead of getting it for your own dog, have the tag inscribed with your Club's name and phone # to contact. This makes a reusable ID tag for dogs while in foster care.
42. Talk to all your friends about adopting and fostering rescue
dogs.
43. Donate vet services or spay or neuter each year or some
vaccinations.
44. Interview vets to encourage them to offer discounts to rescues.
45. Write a column for your local newspaper or club newsletter dogs currently looking for homes or ways to help rescue.
46. Take photos of dogs available for adoption for use by the Club.
47. Maintain web sites listing/showing dogs available.
48. Help organize and run fundraising events.
49. Help maintain the paperwork files associated with each dog or enter the information into a database.
50. Tattoo a rescued dog.
51. Microchip a rescued dog.
52. Loan your carpet steamcleaner to someone who has fostered a dog that was sick or marked in the house.
53. Donate a bottle of bleach or other cleaning products.
54. Donate or loan a portable dog run to someone who doesn't have a quarantine area for quarantining a dog that has an unknown vaccination history and has been in a shelter.
55. Drive the fosters' children to an activity so that the foster can take the dog to obedience class.
56. Use your video camera to film a rescue dog in action.
57. Pay the cost of taking a dog to obedience class.
58. Be the one to take the dog to its obedience class.
59. Go to the foster home once a week with your children and dogs to help socialize the dog.
60. Help the foster clean up the yard (yes, we also have to scoop what those foster dogs poop).
61. Offer to test the foster dog with cats.
62. Pay for the dog to be groomed or take the dog to a *Do It Yourself* Grooming Place.
63. Bring the foster take out so the foster doesn't have to cook dinner.
64. Pay a house-cleaning service to do the spring cleaning for someone who fosters dogs all the time.
65. Lend your artistic talents to your club's newsletter,
fundraising ideas, t-shirt designs.
66. Donate printer paper, envelopes and stamps to your club.
67. Go with a rescue person to the vet if a foster dog needs to be euthanized.
68. Go to local shelters and meet with shelter staff about how to identify your breed or provide photos and breed information showing the different types of that breed may come in and the different colour combinations.
69. Go to local businesses and solicit donations for a club's fundraising event.
70. Offer to try and help owners be better pet owners by holding a grooming seminar.
71. help pet owners be better pet owners by being available to answer training questions.
72. Donate or loan a crate if a dog needs to travel by air.
73. Put together an *Owner's Manual* for those who adopt rescued dogs of your breed.
74. Provide post-adoption follow up or support.
75. Donate a coupon for a free car wash or gas or inside cleaining of a vehicle.
76. do something not mentioned on this list to help rescue.
**gently-used dog equipment is always welcomed.
By:
"Dr. Droolittle"
Georgia Saint Bernard Rescue
Saralyn E. Smith,DVM
Old Capitol Pet Care
691 Dunlap Rd
Milledgeville,Ga 31061
912 453-9288
[email protected]
