Ask anybody who has adopted a rescue pet, and they’ll swear their bond with their rescued pal is as deep as they come. When you open your heart and your home to a pet who needs help, they really do show their appreciation for the rest of their life! Dogs or cats who have been uprooted from their homes, or have had difficult beginnings are likely to bond completely and deeply with their new human caretakers, whom they regard as heroes. Pups and kitties who find themselves in the shelter or at a rescue because of a death or other tragedy in their former human family usually go through a mourning period. Once they are adopted, however, they usually want nothing more than to please their new hero—YOU! No matter what circumstances brought them to the rescue, most cats and dogs for adoption are exceptionally affectionate and attentive, and make extremely loyal companions.
Why Adopt? Pet Adoption = Instant Friend for Life!
Posted by homefurever on March 22, 2009
Posted in Pet Rescue | Tagged: Animal Rescue & Adoption, animal selection, Pet Adoption, Pet Fostering | 2 Comments »
Pets Go Homeless as Recession Hits Hard
Posted by homefurever on November 29, 2009
by The Post Chronicle
When financial difficulties hit the home, the first to go homeless are not the human family, but their pets. Pets go homeless when recession woes hurt their families, and everyone suffers simply because of the fear of going hungry or being unable to pay the human’s grocery bill, much less food for our pets.
The ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) says that hundreds of thousands of pets may continue to go homeless as a result of the economic downturn. Other times, pets may be lost because of “people problems” like divorce, foreclosure, and lifestyle changes.
As people lose their homes to foreclosure, and may be forced to move into apartments or stay with relatives, there’s just no place for a dog or cat.
Most of these beloved pets will end up in animal shelters, animal pounds, given away, sold, or just set loose to fend for themselves outside the home.
If you are faced with the agonizing decision to give up your pet, consider these alternatives:
- See if a friend, neighbor or family member can temporarily take your pet until you can take them back, and make sure you check in on your pet regularly if someone is indeed nice enough to take them in; Try to move into a rental property that allows pets. Most apartment complexes don’t mind a cat or bird, but dogs – especially bigger dogs – aren’t always welcome so check out resources on our blog that help you find apartments where your pets will be welcome!
- Contact a local animal shelter or veterinarian and see if they have a list of potential adopters. Give them a picture of your pet and a little write-up that they can hang on their bulletin boards; you can also pin up pictures at the local grocery stores.
Contact the ASPCA www.aspca.org if you’d like more information on how to protect the 4-legged members of your family from being lost to you forever.
On the other hand, if you are a person who has considered adopting a pet in the past, there’s no better time to find an animal who needs to be loved just as much as you do! HomeFur-ever would love to help you find the perfect new member of your family, click HERE to contact us for help in finding your new best friend!
Posted in Animal Information, Animal surrender, economic impact on animals | Tagged: animal rescues, Animal Shelters, animals abandoned for financial reasons, apartments that accept animals, ASPCA, home foreclosure, recession | Leave a Comment »
Two National Fundraising Contests for Animal Rescues/Shelters
Posted by homefurever on November 5, 2009
Two national pet-listing websites, Adopt-a-Pet and Petfinder, are sponsoring contests to help animal rescues and shelters across the country raise funds to help animals. Each of these contests is won by votes from YOU for your favorite animal rescue or shelter.
The America’s Favorite Animal Shelter contest, sponsored by Care2 and Adopt-a-Pet.com, is a chance for animal lovers everywhere to raise awareness of the need to adopt shelter and rescue animals while helping their favorite shelter win a much-needed donation. Their contest takes place from November 5 thru December 16, 2009. The winning shelter/rescue gets $10,000, and a random shelter/rescue is selected weekly to win $500.
Click HERE to vote for HomeFur-ever in the Adopt-a-Pet contest .
The second contest, sponsored by Petfinder, is on the Animal Rescue Site. If you will click on the link below and search for “home fur-ever” (you have to spell it that way) and vote for us, you will help our chances of winning a grant that’s part of $100,000 being awarded! You can vote once a day, but if you use Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera, that means you can vote 4 times a day – once on each browser.
If you would like a reminder to vote daily, the Rescue Site offers a free Daily Reminder email service that you can sign up for which also results in extra food donations to shelters if you are a new registrant on the site. Sign up by clicking HERE.
Voting for this contest began September 14th and continues thru December 20th. The following are the prizes that will be awarded:
Prizes will go to the eligible Petfinder.com organization with the highest accumulative votes for the duration of the Challenge as specified in the rules.
Grand Prize: One $20,000 grant!
Second Prize: One $5,000 grant!
Third Prize: One $3,000 grant!
New! Most Touching Story*: Two $2,000 grants! (judged by The Animal Rescue Site)
State Winners**: Fifty-one $1,000 state grants (50 U.S. states and Washington DC)
Canadian Winners*: Two $1,000 grants will be awarded
International Winner: One $1,000 grant will be awarded.
Click HERE to vote in the Animal Rescue Site contest.
We would very much appreciate your votes in both contests (daily if your schedule will allow), and would appreciate you informing all pet lovers you know to visit the site and vote as well; HomeFur-ever and all of our rescued animals can really use your help!
Posted in Animal Care, Animal Shelters, Fundraising | Tagged: adopt-a-pet, animal adoption, animal fundraising contests, animal rescue, Animal Rescue & Adoption, animal rescue fundraising contests, animal rescue site, animal shelter fundraising contests, Dearborn Animal Shelter, Home Fur-ever, Home Furever, No-kill shelters, Pet Adoption, Petfinder, raise funds for animal care, shelter | 1 Comment »
Why Should You Volunteer for an Animal Rescue?
Posted by homefurever on October 27, 2009
Maybe these statistics will answer the question; are you aware that…
- 6 to 8 million lost and unwanted animals enter animal shelters nationwide annually?
- 3 to 4 million animals are euthanized in shelters every year, well over 250,000 per month?
- the leading cause of death of healthy dogs and cats is euthanasia?
- only 1 in 3 animals have a home that lasts their entire lifetime?
- only 20% of animals currently in homes were adopted from shelters?
If the statistics don’t convince you, how about this?
There are few things more rewarding than seeing a family brimming with excitement over their new pet, especially if it is an animal you have come to know and love, and it seems like the perfect match.
Or this?
There are so many situations where an animal is neglected or abused that you might think that this type of work would be depressing. In fact, it’s quite the opposite.
When you see a starving, flea infested dog who is trapped in an abandoned building and you know that his life depends on you, the feeling can be overwhelming. But once you’ve rescued that animal, cleaned him up, insured he has medical attention and some food and then placed them in a foster home, you then experience a tremendous feeling of hope.
Then when you see that dog a few weeks later after he’s been treated with love in that caring foster home and his coat is shiny and his tail is wagging, you are overcome with happiness and satisfaction that you’ve played a role in saving that animal’s life and dramatically improving his circumstances. Your heart just wants to burst!
If these reasons aren’t enough, we encourage you to visit HomeFur-ever at one of our upcoming adoption events – because we’re certain the faces of the many animals currently in our care will absolutely convince you that volunteering for an animal rescue is one of the most important things you can do with your life!
Posted in Animal Abuse, Animal Care, Animal Shelters, Pet Rescue, Volunteering | Tagged: animal abandonment, Animal Abuse, Animal Care, animal euthanasia, animal rescue, animal rescue volunteers, Home Fur-ever, Home Furever, Pet Fostering, Volunteering | 1 Comment »
Urgent Need for Foster Homes in Detroit Metro Area
Posted by homefurever on October 15, 2009
It was bound to happen, it always does, Fall has arrived and with it the cold, rainy weather that is so dangerous for homeless animals. And due to the economic conditions in the Detroit metro area, the numbers of homeless animals are increasing at a rapid pace – far more than we at HomeFur-ever or any other of the dozens of rescues and shelters in the SE Michigan area can accommodate with current resources.
In the case of HomeFur-ever, we are urgently in need of foster homes all over the Detroit metro area in which to place the animals we rescue. In just the last two weeks we have put out emergency notices on Twitter and Facebook asking for foster homes to take in a half-dozen animals currently forced to live outside, most with little or no shelter. Some of those wonderful animals include: Bully, Chata, Negra, Cass, Reva, and Moe. We are currently providing them with food, water, urgent medical care, and as much shelter as we can provide them outside – but we urgently need a safe foster home in which to put them!And the story doesn’t end there. Just this past week we were informed about several animals forced to live outside without shelter, food, or water. This group included a Mom, 6 of her two-week old puppies, and several other animals. Unfortunately, by the time we were made aware, several of the puppies had already died as a result of their living conditions. Our volunteers were devastated! However, the remaining animals needed our help so we rescued them and have started getting them the medical care, food, water, and shelter that they need. They are currently in a temporary location and we are desparately searching for a long-term foster home where they can recover and stay until a permanent ‘furever’ home can be found for them.
As the weather continues to get colder, and more families are adversely affected by the state of Michigan’s economy, the number of homeless and abused animals will continue to grow. That being the case, the need will also grow for more foster homes in which to place the animals that we rescue. If you would like to help an animal-in-need, please contact us via our website. We would love to talk to you about our many wonderful animals to determine which one might be most suitable for a foster placement in your home!
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Emergency Assistance Needed to Save Sanford’s Life!
Posted by homefurever on October 5, 2009
Poor Sanford, he’s had a tortuous life, and now he’s fighting for his life once again!
We rescued him after he appeared to have been hit by a car. He had two broken legs, one with a compound fracture. Poor Sanford was in so much pain that he had chewed off his foot to try to alleviate the pain. Unfortunately, that leg was damaged beyond repair and had to be amputated.
You would think he had suffered enough and the story would end there, but such is not the luck of our poor Sanford. Unfortunately, during his recovery he was frightened and managed to escape. This led to him being missing for several weeks until a good samaritan finally found him hiding under a porch looking for scraps of food. They saw his HomeFur-ever tag and we were able to get him back to complete his treatment and work toward giving him a much better life.
Unfortunately, due to a shortage of foster homes, Sanford had to live in a foster home that had a lot of other foster animals, including some who didn’t like him very much, so there were times when those animals weren’t very nice to him. This has resulted in Sanford becoming very timid and fearful for a period of time.
Even with all of this, Sanford has been a trouper! He adapted fairly well to the loss of the leg and learned to get around as needed, and he seems to have overcome his fear of other dogs. Unfortunately, it appears that he has now suffered a spinal stroke or developed severe disc problems and is starting to lose his battle to gain a new life.
We at HomeFur-ever are devastated at all the adversity this sweet boy has had to suffer, and his current emergency situation, so we are urgently trying to raise the funds needed to get him the medical treatment needed to save his life and give him the quality of life that he deserves. To that end, we are URGENTLY REQUESTING YOUR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. We would be very grateful for any amount you can contribute toward his medical expenses. Click HERE to go to our website where contributions may be conveniently made using PayPal.
Posted in Fundraising | Tagged: Animal Care, animal rescue, Emergency Assistance for Sanford, Home Fur-ever, Home Furever, raise funds for animal care, Sanford | Leave a Comment »
THANK YOU to Those Who Have Provided Assistance After Our Recent Robbery
Posted by homefurever on September 26, 2009
To those who have provided assistance after the recent theft of our equipment and supplies:
HomeFur-ever would like to extend our deepest gratitude to those who have provided us with equipment & supply donations, cash donations and offers to volunteer assistance during this time of extreme need.
While a situation as we recently experienced with the theft of all of our equipment and supplies is never easy to deal with or to overcome (see news release and media coverage if you are unfamiliar with our recent situation), we are VERY proud to say that the assistance we have received from the Detroit community has helped us to continue the care of our animals, and has shown a very positive side of the Detroit metro area. Additionally, we have received substantial support from outside the Detroit community as a result of our participation on Twitter and Facebook; and we would like our new friends to know how very appreciative we are of their well-wishes, assistance and support. In times like these the support of your friends – new or old – gives you the strength to do what needs to be done in spite of the obstacles!
Though the gifts we’ve received, large and small, have been too numerous to list here individually, we hope that every group and individual who has offered that assistance to us will accept our sincere thanks on behalf of our group and the animals we care for.
As one might expect, the need continues as we have a long way to go to recover, and to replace what was taken from us and our animals. However, we are very confident that our friends and animal-lovers both inside and outside the Detroit community will help us to obtain everything we need to insure that our work helping animals can continue without interuption.
Thank you again one and all for your support of HomeFur-ever Animal Rescue!
Posted in Animal Care, Animal Shelters, Fundraising | Tagged: Animal Care, animal rescue robbery, animal rescue theft recovery, Detroit, facebook, Home Fur-ever, Home Furever, HomeFurever in Detroit, HomeFurever robbery, raise funds for animal care, thank you to HomeFurever supporters, twitter | 1 Comment »












