Permanent Care

The following is a list of organizations, commercial and nonprofit, that have specific programs to provide permanent care for a dog after the owner’s death or disability:

Animals In Distress, Coopersburg, Pennsylvania; web site: http://animalsindistress-pa.org; email: aidpa@enter.net

Canine Haven, Vero Beach, Florida; web site: http://caninehaven.net; email: nancy@caninehaven.net

Godot Animal Sanctuary, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania; (814) 938-1052, web site: http://www.godotanimalsanctuary.org/pages/100968/index.htm, email: ANIMALSANC@aol.com

Greyhounds & Love, Anderson, South Carolina; (864) 224-5921; web site:  http://www.greyhoundsandlove.com; email: info@greyhounsandlove.com

Kansas State University Perpetual Pet Care Program, Manhattan, Kansas; (785) 532-4013; web site: www.vet.k-state.edu/depts/development/index.ntm; email: perpetualpetcare@vet.kstate.edu

Oklahoma State University Cohn Family Shelter, Stillwater, Oklahoma; (405) 744-6728; web site: www.cvm.okstate.edu/development/CohnFamilyShelter.htm; email: mmcafee@osuf.org 

Pet Estates Inc., near Albany, New York; web site: www.petestates.com/index.html; email: mpetestate@aol.com

Purdue University Center for the Human-Animal Bond Peace of Mind Program, West Lafayette, Indiana; 1 (800) 830-0104; web site: http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/020925.Beck.vet.html

Rainbow Ranch Pet Retirement Home, Inc., Chandler, Florida; (352) 680-0685; web site: http://ranbowranchfl.tripod.com

Seven Blessings Animal Sanctuary, Nashville, Tennessee; web site: www.sevenblessingsanimalsanctuary.org

SPCA of Texas Dealy Life Care Cottage, Collin County, Texas; (214) 651-9611, Ext. 108; web site: www.spca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=programs_dealy_2004; email: ceasterbrook@spca.org

Silver Streak Kennel, New York; web site: www.gilbertsville.com/webmater/dogretirement.htm; email: info@dogretirement.com  is country retirement home for dogs, web site: http://www.dogretirement.com

Texas A&M University Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center, College Station, Texas; (979) 845-1188; web site: www.cvm.tamu.edu/petcare/

University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine Perpetual Care Program, Minnesota; (612) 624-1247; email: nordi053@umn.edu

Adoption

The following organizations will find a suitable adoptive home for a dog.  Also, please see www.petfinder.com - a nationwide network for linking homeless pets with new caretakers.

Assissi Animal Foundation, Crystal Lake, Illinois; (815) 455-9411; web site: www.assissi.org/

Bay Area Rescue Keeshonden, Inc., Los Altos, California; (650) 951-8938; web site: www.keeshondrescue.org, email: debbie@keeshondrescue.org

Best Friends Animal Society, Kanab, Utah; web site: www.bestfriends.org

Blue Moon Meadows, Inc., Avon, New York; web site: www.bluemoonmeadows.org; email: kathy@bluemoonmeadows.org

Bosler Humane Society, Baldwinville, Massachusetts; web site: www.boslerhs.org

Circle Tail, Inc., Pleasant Plain, Ohio; (513) 877-3325; web site: www.circletail.org/default.htm; email: adoption@circletail.org

Critter Adoption and Rescue Effort (CARE), Ruskin, Florida; email: careshelter@AOL.com, web site: www.careshelter.org

Humane Society of the Willamette Valley (HSWV) Guardian Angel Program, Salem, Oregon; (503) 585-5900; web site: http://www.hswv.com/guardian_angel.html

Pets in Need Guardian Program, Redwood City, California; web site: www.petsinneed.org; email : info@petsinneed.org

SPCA of Monterey County Guardian Angel Future Care Program, near San Francisco, California; web site: www.spcamc.org/guardian_angel.htm

SPCA of San Francisco Sido Service, San Francisco, California, (415) 554-3027; web site: www.sfspca.org/special_programs/sido.shtml