Resources

If you are faced with extraordinary veterinary bills for your pet, don’t despair! The following organizations may be able to help. Please read their information carefully, as each group has its own guidelines and requirements.

• Animal Health Foundation
• Animal Friends Rescue
• Brown Dog Foundation
• Care Credit – A credit card company for health care, including veterinary care. With a comprehensive range of options, they offer a plan and a low monthly payment to fit almost every budget.
• Frankie’s Friends – Applications for assistance will be considered if your pet needs emergency or specialty veterinary care. Your pet has already been seen by a licensed veterinarian. The veterinarian has determined your pet has a good prognosis with treatment. You can show documentation of financial need and the treatment plan has not yet been paid.
• Hope Mending Hearts – Provides financial assistance grants so pet owners, Good Samaritans and rescuers can care for animals who need urgent veterinary care. An easy online application and quick approval process. Resources for pet owners struggling with economic hardship. Resources for victims of domestic violence and deploying soldiers.
• Pet Assistance, INC – PAi financially helps longtime pet owners who have always cared for their pet, yet find they cannot afford an emergency problem.
• The Humane Society of the United States – Features links for pet assistance organizations in each state, including spay and neuter and basic care resources.
• The Mosby Foundation – Helps qualified limited-income pet parents facing extenuating veterinary circumstances no one could possibly foresee. Their website includes a list of other resources that may be able to assist you with your pup’s medical bills.
• The Pet Fund -This nonprofit assists only with non-basic, non-urgent veterinary care. They fund such medical needs as cancer treatment, heart disease, chronic conditions, endocrine diseases, eye diseases, etc.
• The Pet Lifeline Program – was created with the goal of helping sick pets get the medical attention they need. Through this program, they provide pet financial assistance to low-income pet owners who are having trouble paying expensive vet bills.
• RedRover Relief – Provides financial assistance grants and additional resources, so pet owners and rescuers can care for animals in need of urgent veterinary care. For eligibility requirements and an application. RedRover also offers financial assistance for victims of domestic violence and their pets. Learn more about this program./li>
• Waggle – The first and only pet-dedicated crowdfunding platform devoted to raising funds for pets in medical crisis and giving those at the front lines of economic euthanasia decisions a safety net.

Heartbreaking as it is, sometimes we just can’t keep our pets. If you find yourself in that situation, and you are on social media, post your pet’s photo and story. Then ask your friends to share it on their social streams.

One of the best resources we’ve found to help you safely rehome your pet is Adoptapet.com. Visit rehome.adoptapet.com to set up your pet’s profile. It will be posted on their website where it will be seen by millions of visitors each month.

We are not an open intake facility and must consider many factors before intaking any animals including space and medical care.

You are welcomed to send a request to intake an animal to info@heartsalivevillage.org with the below information for each pet. Please note that this is not a guarantee of acceptance and we cannot accept walk-in/drop-offs at any location.

1) Pet’s name

2) Age

3) Spay/Neuter status

4) Vaccine and/or additional medical history

5) Behavior/Personality

6) Reason for surrender

7) Date pet needs to be surrendered by

8) Photos of the pet

Once your request is received, our intake team will reach out to you and if accepted, we will make arrangements for next steps.

We understand rehoming your pet(s) is a difficult decision that unfortunately we wish we never had to make. We want to be able to provide you with a list of resources that you can use to rehome your pet to a safe environment responsibly and to avoid an unnecessary shelter impound. Please take your time to review the following organizations provided to you. Each organization has different qualifications/procedures, please contact them individually for more information.

Each group has its own guidelines and requirements.

• RentProgress.com
• Rentcafe.com
• Affordablehousing.com
• Zumper
• Apartmentlist.com
• Apartmentguide.com
• Zillow
• My Pitbull is Family

If you have found a pet, please click here for steps you can take

For Petco Love Lost resources, please click here