Furever Shih Tzu & Companion Dog Rescue

Our program consist of fostering and providing veterinary and other health care for the dog, working with the shelters and owners who surrender the dogs and screening adopters to provide homes for the dogs.

Fostering and accepting dogs into the rescue and caring for the dogs currently accounts for 75% of our time. This includes going to the shelters or interviewing owners who are surrendering dogs and evaluating the dogs' temperaments. It also includes physically housing and caring for the dogs on a daily basis while in foster care and transporting the dogs to and from veterinary appointments for their shots, altering, and other required surgery or care.

Screening applicants, including reference checks and home visits for adopters and educating the public regarding these breeds and their needs, providing training, behavior and care information and other related education services accounts for 15% of our time.

General administrative activities account for 10% of our time. This includes keeping records and documentation on each dog, providing proper accounting records, recruiting and training volunteers, organizing and planning fund raising activities and networking with other rescue groups to connect to community resources.