| The Animal Rescue Page: How Can YOU Help Animals? |
|  DOGONFUNNY® Creations was started as our own unique way to try to help homeless animals. We are not a non-profit charity, but we do donate a portion of all proceeds to animal welfare organizations. In addition, our goal is to use photography and humor to showcase the wonderful qualities of every pet by using
our own rescued dogs as examples. Our
models were strays and Ollie is a mutt, but
they are every bit as special as if they were bred
and trained for stardom!
We believe that it is what you see in your animal that
makes them special, not a pedigree or a high price tag!
To further our goals, we have
some ideas that just might inspire you to do what you
can to help animals, or perhaps help another favorite cause!
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| 1.
Have your pets spayed and neutered and encourage everyone you know to do the same. Millions of dogs, cats, and other homeless animals are euthanized every year due to senseless overpopulation! |
| 2. Adopt
your pets from a shelter. If your heart is set on a particular
breed, chances are that there is a breed rescue that
has just exactly the wonderful dog, cat, rabbit, guinea pig, gerbil, hamster, bird, etc. that you want, and who needs a good home like yours. The links below may help you to find a pet who needs your love. |
| 3. When
you adopt your pet, be sure that you are committed to a
long-term relationship and responsibility. Research
the breed/animal first to understand what to expect.
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| 4.
Adopting a pet for a small child is going to require that most
of the pet's care be given by the parent, even if the child
has the best intentions and is very responsible! |
| 5. Do
not give any kind of pet as a surprise gift unless
you know for sure that the recipient truly wants that pet and
will commit to its long-term care. Most pet adoption agencies
will not let people adopt an animal for someone else. |
| 6. Train
your animals from the first day that you adopt them, and always
use loving, kind and consistent training. Many people skip
this task and pay later. Sometimes it is the animal that
pays when they are given up by the frustrated family. Behaviors
like jumping and chewing are cute in puppies, but they can be
very irritating once the dog is much larger. |
| 7.
If you can't adopt a pet you can still call your local shelter
or visit their website to find out other ways that you can
help. Shelters need so many things: volunteers, cash, supplies
and donations of food, towels, blankets, etc. |
| 8.
You can also provide a foster home for a pet who might
be out of luck if the shelter is overcrowded. If you cannot
commit to a long-term pet, this might be a way that you could
love an animal until a permanent home is found. |
| 9.
Some shelters need people who will exercise the animals, or take them to special community programs already in place, like visiting the elderly in nursing homes. |
| 10. You
can offer your expertise to sponsor a fund raiser.
Give a talk, teach a class, run a bake sale, organize a walk,
print a flier, stuff some envelopes, help with the website –
really whatever you're good at can be used to do good
if you think creatively. |
| 11. Recycle
animals as carefully and as responsibly as you would recycle
newspapers and plastics! They are part of this earth, and they
are living breathing beings who deserve the best treatment
and care that you can give them. |
| 12.
Allow yourself the joy of saving a life! If you have
done these things already, THANK YOU! You are already
enjoying the special love that so many of us have found!
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| Click
on the links below to find out what others are doing and how you can help. If you want to add to our list of suggestions or links, please send an e-mail with your comments to contact
We will research links and post them if
we feel that they will be helpful. No commercial sites will
be considered. |
http://news.bestfriends.org/
This website is packed with information,
helpful ideas, links, forums etc. If
you want to donate to a good cause, this might be one group
to consider. You could easily spend many hours on this site!
http://www.hsus.org
The Humane Society of the United States
advocates for animal welfare. If you want to know how to influence
the policy-makers in our government, start here. This site also
is packed with information and helpful links.
http://www.petfinder.org
and http://www.pets911.com/index.php
both have searchable data bases for finding animals to adopt.
http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/pets/
This site is provided by the Washington State University and has information that you can use to research pet health issues. They emphasize that this site does not replace a veterinarian's care!
http://www.charitynavigator.org/
DOGONFUNNY Creations LLC likes to carefully
research any charitable organization that we support. This website
helps us do just that. |
