Who We Are!
We are a small group of people dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing of puppies in need. Our puppies all come from the efforts of our affiliate southern rescues and their wonderful dedicated foster homes that take care of these babies for so long before coming northeast. The majority of dogs and puppies in the south will be euthanized within days of being dropped off at a shelter. They are "pulled" and placed into quarantine for, at least, 4 weeks, with a private foster family until they are fully vetted. Once this is completed they head north to new foster homes & furever homes! We do not have one physical location. Our puppies are kept in private foster homes in Alabama and Tennessee for 4-6 weeks or longer, as part of a family, to help prepare them for transition into their northern foster homes and forever homes and also to have enough time to have them completely vetted, including, at least, three sets of vaccines for their health and safety.
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Rescue Riders Transport: Their next transport date is 11/21/2009 puppies can go if they have been spayed or neutered at least 7 days before transport date! Transport space fills very quickly. I will fill out the reservation form for you. Payment for transport is due upon submission of form to secure your crate.
Featured Pet of the Month!
My name is Addy and I would really LOVE to have my very own furever home!
If the puppy you are interested in has a notation of "pend adopt" or "adopted" next to their name they are not currently available, occasionally people do change their minds and the puppy becomes available again.
Our adoption process involves the $275 adoption fee, the $35 health certificate cost, the $115 transport cost, a completed application, vet reference, interview/home visit and an adoption contract must be signed.
The adoption fee goes to the vetting and personal care of the puppy you are adopting as well as the care of other puppies coming into rescue, the health certificate cost is paid, by the rescue, to the vet and the transport company receives the transport cost.
The $275 adoption fee covers:
1) spay or neuter
2) DHLPP with Corona (1st vaccine, 2nd booster & third booster for puppies under 16 weeks, 2 vaccines for over 16 weeks)
D- distemper, H- hepatitis, L- leptospirosis, P- parvo, P- parainfluenza
3) rabies vaccine IF puppy is 12 weeks and older
4) Bordetella (kennel cough)
5) worming- during fostered quarantine
6) Capstar'd, if necessary, before transport
7) Frontline Plus- flea/tick prevention
8) Ivermectin- heartworm prevention
9) vet records
The $35 health certificate cost covers:
10) health certificate to cross state lines- a complete physical exam
A health certificate is required by the US Dept of Agriculture for any animal that has crossed or is crossing state lines and states that at the time of issue the animal has no communicable diseases. The health certificate is only good for ten days. A veterinarian is required to do a physical exam on any animal needing a health certificate, this includes a fecal.
The health certificate is signed by a vet AFTER a physical exam is performed and there is no sign of any health issues. Most health issues require an incubation period, if anyone (canine/human/feline) is incubating for any disease there is no way to recognize that until symptoms are present.
