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Visiting Hours: 01/28/15 - 02/03/15
Wednesday, 01/28/15
CLOSED DUE TO STORM
Thursday, 01/29/15
Appointments available for Applicants
Retail store open 10 to 4 PM
Friday, 01/30/15
Appointments available for Applicants
Retail store open 10 to 4 PM
Saturday, 01/31/15
Open 12-3 PM for Meet & Greet in Sudbury
Retail store open from 12-3 PM
Sunday, 02/01/15
Open 12-3 PM for Meet & Greet in Sudbury
Retail store open from 12-3 PM
Monday, 02/02/15
Appointments available for Applicants
Retail store open 10 to 4 PM
Tuesday, 02/03/15
Appointments available for Applicants
Retail store open 10 to 4 PM
Now Available! Rescued Dogs 2015 Calendar
Available online and in our retail store for only $10.00!
Click the button below to Order Yours!
(for quantities of 15 or more, please contact us by email at
saveadog@saveadog.org)
The Local Wayland
A Fundraiser for Save A Dog
All Day Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
The Local - Wayland, MA
Wayland Town Center - 400 Boston Post Rd.
Wayland, MA 01778
(508) 276-8263
IMPORTANT! This fundraiser has been postponed to from 1/27/15 to Tuesday, March 3rd because of winter storm Juno!
On Tuesday, March 3rd you can support Save A Dog by simply eating!
If you go to The Local in Wayland, enjoy
a delicious meal, and present this flyer, The Local will donate 10% of your check (minus tax and gratuity) to Save A Dog.
It doesn't matter if you're there for Lunch or Dinner, or if you eat there or get it to go.
Invite your friends, co-workers, and family members and enjoy lunch, dinner, after work appetizers,
or a date night out, all while helping Save A Dog.
Join us for great food, great drinks AND support a great cause!
Save a Dog has the option to purchase the property where our shelter is located in Sudbury, MA and where
we have been renting for the past seven years. This is a huge opportunity, not only to stay in the place we
call home, but it also brings the potential for eventual expansion to save more dogs. Our elderly landlord
passed away, therefore the property has to go through probate while it is listed. We have the final option
to purchase this property, but we need to raise the funds quickly. While probate can often drag things out,
we need to be ready! Please help us to keep the property that we have customized for our humane society.
We provide several important community services that would suffer if we lose our current location. Our teen
volunteer program allows high school students to receive community service credits while volunteering at the
shelter. Our meals-on-wheels program helps both dogs and cats to stay in their homes regardless of an owner's
financial constraints. We have a fantastic community and we are thankful for your support. We have the faith
that all of our friends and supporters will rally together with very timely cash donations. All donations are
tax deductible! Please donate today!
If you can help us with a larger donation and PayPal is not an option please contact us
via email at saveadog@saveadog.org.
Dogs Who Need Sponsors
Trixie
Trixie is a very special girl who has been through a lot. She has 3 legs and came into a shelter giving birth to puppies who all died. Alone and mourning the loss of her pups, the fact that she was three-legged didn't help her to get out of the shelter. Living on donated food and the normal loss of coat with hormonal changes, she developed itchy skin and some hair loss. Trixie, do not worry! Save A Dog will find you the BEST home! You deserve it, little girl. We all pray here and we know an ANGEL will walk into our shelter and adopt you. Meanwhile we will give you all the love and care and good food and nutrition that your little heart will desire. You have the most gentle soul for someone who has been through so much. Life will be better, we promise! Her rescuer says: I have had Trixie... (more) Sponsors:
Dawn elizabeth Clark
Steve Belluardo
Kelly Bierly
Marjorie West
Laura Holzwasser
Linda Naughton
Anne Huntington
Catherine Dubeshter
Karen Ogden
Susan Notarfrancesco
Amy Abelli
Colleen King
Samson
Samson is a sweet 11 year old blind Jack Russell who came to us from WV. His owner didn't take care of him and he was allowed to run out into the highway every day. It's a miracle he is still alive. Through his owner's neglect he became blind, although you would never know it. He gets around just fine and is great with other dogs. He is not a fan of cats though so a no cat home is best. He knows how to use a dog door to go in and out. He has been waiting to find his right home and we have promised him just that; he deserves the perfect home for himself. He is available. He is on a special diet for food allergies, which we will supply. To meet Samson is to love him. He has a LOT to offer an adopter as he has the animated personality that you see in a Jack Russell. He gets along great with... (more) Sponsors:
Steve Belluardo
Susan Scotti
Robyn Brothers
Kathryn Bergquist
Anne Huntington
Susan Costello
Barbara Mandelkorn
Laura Holzwasser
Karen Keaney
MEALS-ON-WHEELS FOR PETS
"When the economy is tight and resources are scarce, people sometimes are forced to make
difficult decisions about caring for their pets," says Shirley Moore, President of Save A Dog.
"We have seen an increase in the number of local dogs turned in due to financial hardship and
want to help prevent a pet from losing their loving home because their owners are struggling
with finances. Therefore, we launched a Meals-on-Wheels-for-Pets program that would benefit
pet owners who are suffering financially due to limited income or job loss."
Our goal is to provide dog and cat food for the pets BEFORE their owners reach a situation that would
cause relinquishment of the pet. This program is for those in our community who have lost a
job or means of income. The program will include seniors who are eligible for, or typically
receive, meals-on-wheels and we have reached out to the local Councils on Aging to offer our help.
Many seniors are feeling the pinch of rising health care costs and most are reluctant to ask
for help. These seniors are also prone to feed their own meals-on-wheels to their pets so we
want to offer them a high quality pet food that will ensure their pet is getting a nutritious
meal. Many seniors live alone with only their pets to keep them company. They depend upon these
animals for their mental and emotional well-being (as do those who have suffered the loss of a
job). Relieving these pet owners of the financial burden of pet food supports a happier,
healthier environment for both the owner and their pet. This program provides a service that
is not currently available in this area.
If you know of a pet owner in need, please email us
at meals@saveadog.org and if you would like to make a donation to this program, please click
on the link below or mail a check to Save A Dog with Meals-on-Wheels in the memo portion of the
check.
Save A Dog, Inc. is a Massachusetts-based humane society whose focus is abandoned dogs. We take in
local dogs of all breeds, sizes, and shapes who have become homeless for one reason or another. We work with
animal shelters in MA as well as out of state. With over 8.6 million pets being euthanized each year, we try
to maximize the number of dogs we can save at once, so we work with several high volume shelters and humane
societies in rural parts of the south and in WV where dogs die in large numbers. Save A Dog incorporated as
a 501c3 nonprofit in 1999 and we were the first dog rescue group in the Boston Metrowest area to bring in
dogs from states that have an over-population problem. We have used foster homes and now have a shelter
in which to house and show our rescued dogs. We try to make the best match for applicant and dog. We
developed a health protocol and quarantined our dogs long before it was state-mandated.
To date we have rescued and adopted over 4,300 dogs. We will not turn down special needs dogs and gone
to great lengths to save the lives of those who are truly in need. If we are going to bring in dogs from
out of state, we choose a mix of adult dogs slated for euthanasia as well as adolescent dogs who were
abandoned when they outgrew their cuteness. We love working with people who want to "save a dog" instead
of going to a breeder or pet shop to buy a dog. With such a national crisis, we educate our community to
adopt, not buy. We counsel our adopters on how to care for the new dog or pup and we offer puppy kindergarten
classes as well as obedience for all our adopters. We send our rescued dogs home with an adoption contract
that ensures the dog will never again end up in a shelter again. We spay and neuter the dogs prior to
placement. Our dogs are up to date on vaccinations, but we don't over-vaccinate as we know that this can
lead to immune deficiency problems and we will educate our adoption community about that. We use holistic
care and homeopathy as our primary medical protocol. We use positive reinforcement training for our dogs
and we require that adopters obedience train their dog using positive methods.
We are privately funded via donations. We charge an adoption fee, but it is not enough to cover our
operating expenses, so we hold several fund raisers per year to stay afloat and keep the dog rescue
work going.
If you would like to meet our rescued dogs, please fill out an
application
or come to one of our local Meet and Greet events, listed on the
Events page. Also, if you fill out an
application, you can make a private appointment to see the dogs.
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