WAGS HOPE AND HEALING

1) Placement for homeless animals into adoptive homes
2) Community solutions and support to keep pets in homes
3) Access to medical care, specifically spay/neuter to reduce the number of unwanted pets in the system
4) Support to community leaders and law enforcement officers to prevent animal abandonment, cruelty and neglect

Outstanding quality of care, individualized assessment and programs, lifelong support of adopting families, partnership with vets and community leaders, advocacy and prevention of neglect, cruelty and over population.

At a minimum all of our rescue dogs are spayed/neutered, microchipped, vaccinated with Rabies, Distemper & Parvo, heartworm tested (put on preventative if negative or treated if positive), treated for fleas, ticks and intestinal parasites. 20% - 30% of the dogs we rescue are heartworm positive and require treatment. We regularly take dogs from the side of the road, chaining situations and are contacted by shelters to help with behaviorally balanced dogs that are facing untimely death due to a lack of shelter resources. We have NEVER said no to a medical condition. We take those with broken bones, mange, emaciation, heartworms, trauma from animal attacks, abuse or vehicle accidents, malnutrition, congenital defects and more. We believe that these dogs deserve a chance but we need your help to be able to say yes when we are called upon.

Wags, Hope and Healing takes every opportunity to educate on why to adopt versus buy and uses multiple public forums to showcase the amazing personalities of rescue dogs.

We provide information and tools to pet owners in the community that need help keeping their pets safe, healthy and out of the shelter.

We host a community clinic to do free / low cost spay/neuter, vaccinations, microchipping and parasite control.

We partner with city council members and law enforcement officers to bring awareness and in some cases prosecution of those who abuse and neglect animals.

We have a facility in Bastrop County and fosters across Central Texas that take in cats, dogs and even some farm animals that need our help. We have a strong network of veterinarians, dog trainers, animal control officers, county leaders and experienced rescue workers. We partner with a local shelter to use their surgery suite to host high volume community spay days.

We have a strong board of directors, great volunteers and staff and a good reputation. At some times during the year, we have a waiting list for animals to adopt. Our work is viewed as quality and the public trusts us to place them with pets they will love and be able to support long term.

We have a robust outreach program and have been able to spay/neuter hundreds and hundreds of breeding dogs and cats across multiple counties. Very simply, we want to work ourselves out of a job. Until there are no more homeless pets and accidental litters, we have more work to do.