To
adopt one of our rescues, you must first fill out an application.
Ways
To Help
Great Pyrenees Rescue of Southern California is an all-volunteer organization, supported by contributions from dog lovers like you. If you would like to contribute, please click on the "DONATE" button. You can use your Visa or MasterCard, and the paymants are handled securely by Paypal. Thanks.
Can
you help rescue a Great Pyrenees dog?
Right now, not enough people are actively working and
paying for rescued dogs and their expenses. Even though Rescue charges
$250.00 for adoption of a Rescue Pyr, that barely covers the shelter
bailout fee, neutering/spaying. The many other expenses (feeding, kenneling,
vet bills, grooming, phone bills, etc.) are all absorbed by the person
who fosters the rescued Pyr. Times are tough for Rescue. Rescue took
in over 20 dogs last summer! Can you help?
Here
is what it takes. You can choose the really hard part, the hands-on
rescue that will immediately insure your place in heaven. You physically
deal with, live with, groom, transport, feed, and nurture a rescue Pyr.
It's demanding, and the expense is all yours, unless you can get a donation
to help. If you have the love, time, energy, space and more, here's
what you can do to help rescue:
Identifying
a Pyr as a Great Pyrenees in a shelter. Is it a Pyr? Rescue
needs to know. Requires familiarity with Pyrs, Code of Ethics and Rescue
Policy and availability of your time between 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday
through Friday, and limited Saturday hours, to go to a shelter to identify
a dog as a Pyr (or a Pyr we can place) before we actually rescue the
dog from the facility.
Fostering
a Rescue Pyr (Must
be able to separate same sex dogs.) Often it takes months to place in
an appropriate home. You would need to interview potential owners, visit
their homes; help the Pyr decide if this is to be his family, and complete
Rescue paperwork.
Grooming
a Rescue Pyr Rescue dogs can be filthy, matted, hungry, starved,
sick and depressed initially.
Donating
money for shelter bail-out fees
for a Rescue Pyr. Fees average $60.00 per dog.
Donating
money for Spaying/Neutering Fees for a Rescue Pyr. Fees average
$100.00 per dog.
Donating
money for kennel fees for a rescue Pyr for 10 days (the current
quarantine period before we can accept a Pyr coming from a shelter)
Actual fees average $10.00 - $15.00 per day per dog totaling $100.00
- $150.00 per dog.
Donating
money for pickup of a Rescue Pyr: $20.00 for transportation
(gas).
Donating
money to feed a Rescued Pyr for one month: one 40 LB bag
of dog food $30.00.
Donating
money for grooming expense for one Rescued Pyr: average fee:
$60.00.
Donating
money for vet expenses for shots, or care for an injured
or sick Pyr. Any amount you can afford is much appreciated.
Donating
money in any amount you can to Rescue helps all Pyrs in need.
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Ways to Help Rescue
There's LOTS more ways to help rescue animals than just adopting them,
so next time you hear someone wondering just what they can do....give
them this list and see if they can come up with 100 and 1!!
- Transport a dog?
- Donate a dog bed or towels, blankets or other bedding type items?
- Donate MONEY?
- Donate a Kong? A nylabone? A hercules?
- Donate a crate?
- Donate an x-pen or baby gates?
- Donate a food dish or a stainless bucket for a crate?
- Donate a leash?
- Donate a collar?
- Donate some treats or a bag of food?
- Donate a halti or promise collar or a gentle leader?
- Walk a dog?
- Groom a dog?
- Donate some grooming supplies shampoos, combs, brushes, etc.)?
- 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?
- Make a few phone calls?
- Mail out applications to people who've requested them?
- Provide local vet clinics with contact information for educational materials on responsible pet ownership?
- Drive a dog to and from vet appointments?
- Donate long distance calling cards?
- Donate the use of your scanner or digital camera?
- Donate the use of a photocopier?
- Attend public education days and try to educate people on responsible pet ownership?
- Donate a gift certificate to a pet store?
- Donate a raffle item if your club is holding a fund raiser?
- Donate flea stuff (Advantage, etc.)?
- Donate heart worm pills?
- Donate a canine first aid kit?
- Provide a shoulder to cry on when the rescue person is overwhelmed?
- Pay the boarding fees to board a dog for a week? Two weeks?
- Be a "Santa paws" foster to give the foster a break for a few hours or days?
- Clip coupons for dog food or treats?
- Bake some homemade doggie biscuits?
- Make book purchases through Amazon via a web site that contributes commissions earned to a rescue group?
- Host rescue photos with an information link on your web site?
- Donate time to take good photos of foster dogs for adoption
- Conduct a home visit or accompany a rescue person on the home visit?
- Go with rescue person to the vet to help if there is more than
- Have a yard sale and donate the money to rescue?
- Be volunteer to do rescue in your area?
- Take advantage of a promotion on the web or store offering a
- Talk to all your friends about adopting and fostering rescue
- Donate vet services or can you help by donating a spay or neuter
- Interview vets to encourage them to offer discounts to rescues?
- Write a column for your local newspaper or club newsletter on
- Take photos of dogs available for adoption for use by the Club?
- Maintain web sites listing/showing dogs available?
- Help organize and run fundraising events?
- Help maintain the paperwork files associated with each dog or
- Tattoo a rescued dog?
- Microchip a rescued dog?
- Loan your carpet steam cleaner to someone who has fostered a
- Donate a bottle of bleach or other cleaning products?
- Donate or loan a portable dog run to someone who doesn't have
- Drive the fosters' children to an activity so that the foster
- Use your video camera to film a rescue dog in action?
- Pay the cost of taking a dog to obedience class?
- Be the one to take the dog to its obedience class?
- Go to the foster home once a week with your children and dogs
- Help the foster clean up the yard (yes, we also have to scoop
- Offer to test the foster dog with cats?
- Pay for the dog to be groomed or take the dog to a "Do
- Bring the foster take out so the foster doesn't have to cook
- Pay a house-cleaning service to do the spring cleaning for someone
- Lend your artistic talents to your club's newsletter, fundraising
- Donate printer paper, envelopes and stamps to your club?
- Go with a rescue person to the vet if a foster dog needs to
- Go to local shelters and meet with shelter staff about how to
- Go to local businesses and solicit donations for a club's fundraising
- Offer to try and help owners be better pet owners by holding
- Help pet owners be better pet owners by being available to answer
- Loan a crate if a dog needs to travel by air?
- Put together an Owner's Manual for those who adopt rescued dogs
- Provide post adoption follow up or support?
- Donate a coupon for a free car wash or gas or inside cleaning
- Pay for an ad in your local/metropolitan paper to help place
- Volunteer to screen calls for that ad?
- Get some friends together to build/repair pens for a foster
- Microchip your own pups if you are a breeder, and register the
- Donate a small percentage of the sale of each pup to rescue
- Buy two of those really neat dog items you "have to have"
- Make financial arrangements in your will to cover the cost of
- Make a bequest in your will to your local or national Rescue?
- Donate your professional services as an accountant or lawyer?
- Donate other services if you run your own business?
- Donate the use of a vehicle if you own a car dealership?
- Loan your cell phone (and cover costs for any calls) to someone
- Donate your used dog dryer when you get a new one?
- Let rescue know when you'll be flying and that you'd be willing
- Donate a doggy seat belt?
- Donate a grid for a van or other vehicle?
- Organize a rescued dog picnic or other event to reunite the
- Donate other types of doggy toys that might be safe for rescued
- Donate a roll-a-treat or Buster cube?
- Donate clickers or a video on clicker training?
- Donate materials for a quarantine area at a fosters home?
- Donate sheets of linoleum or other flooring materials to put
- Donate an engraving tool to make ID tags for each of the rescued
- Remember that rescuing a dog involves the effort and time of
- Do something not listed above to help rescue?