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Link to adoptable pets.

Angel

Angel post surgery

Angel was an owner relinquish, because she had a broken leg. Now with two pins and a cast she is feeling much better. 08/08/08

 

Adopt a Pet:

Since April 2006, Almost Home Canine Rescue has paid for 159 dogs and cats in the Madison area to be spayed and neutered to assist in controlling the unwanted pet overpopulation!  This is in addition to every dog and puppy adopted through our adoption program.

 

Almost Home Dog Rescue is dedicated finding the best possible home for all the pets in our care. We are dedicated to helping each adoptive family find the newest member of the family that will best meet the family's and the pet's needs and life style.
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Adoption fees vary depending on the care required to rehabilitate each individual pet, but usually range from $75.00-$200.00.

We do not have a shelter, thus no visiting hours. All dogs are in foster homes in the Madison area . We can tell you about each dog in detail, as they live with us as part of our family. We prefer email as a first contact, phone calls are accepted when an adoption has been approved. Please feel free to email us and ask questions about any of the dogs listed! application is required, in addition to an approved vet reference and personal references and a home visit.

The adoption process does take longer than a day or two in order to check references and arrange for a home visit. Some dogs and cats with special needs may have a more involved adoption process due to the pets needs and our dedication to finding the best home for each pet

Foster Homes are needed! We can help more animals if we have loving foster homes for them to stay with while a forever home is found. Rescue pays for all medical costs and dog food! Please contact Almost Home to find out more!

Fostering Saves Lives

Email:almosthomesd@yahoo.com
605 270-1145

Request an application today to foster a dog or cat.

 

ALL animals adopted out by Almost Home are spayed and neutered prior to adoption. Pediatric spaying and neutering is very safe and effective. When we sterilize all puppies and kittens before adoption, we completely ensure that not a single one of our rescue puppies or kittens adopted will ever reproduce.

Please Spay/Neuter Your Pet!

Libby says please spay and neuter your pets.

Sioux Falls Humane Society
http://www.sfhumanesociety.com/

Hearts United for Animals

http://www.hua.org/

Eskie Rescue
http://www.eskiedog.com/Available.htm

Prisoners Of Greed
http://www.prisonersofgreed.org/

Scatter Joy- A wonderful scrapbooking and rubber stamping store in Sioux Falls. Ink cartridge and donation drop off site
http://www.scatterjoyscrapbooking.com/

 

We often hear from people who want to help our rescue, but cannot provide foster care. There are other ways you can help our rescue! Here are some ways to help our rescue if you cannot do foster care:

  • Spay or neuter your dog & cat-encourage others to do the same!
  • Save ink cartridges & collect from family, friends, work
  • Donate money or items on our wish list
  • Help plan and fundraise for new shelter
  • Help with fundraising
  • Volunteer to help at events
  • Help with home checks & adoptions
  • Transport dogs
  • Assist with education opportunities
  • Write educational materials
    Have a talent that you think we can use? Contact us!

URGENT Help Needed!

Do you love animals? Would you like to know that you had made a difference in an animal's life? If your answers are yes, join our rescue group!! We need foster homes, volunteers and people who are interested in animal welfare. We are a very flexible and diverse group. Our work is very rewarding! Members network at monthly meetings, events, fundraisers, and many great friendships have been formed based on our common interest in the animals. If you would like to join our growing organization, please email us.

Would you like to be added to our newsletter mailing list? Email us at almosthomesd@yahoo.com to be added!

Since April 2006, Almost Home Canine Rescue has paid for 159 dogs and cats in the Madison area to be spayed and neutered to assist in controlling the unwanted pet overpopulation!


 

Occasionally some of our rescues are un-adoptable and essentially become forever fosters. This puts an undue burden on some of our Foster Families., The dogs/cats usually require ongoing medication and vetting. Please, consider donating to a fund to help offset these ongoing costs. Click on the picture above to make a paypal donation.

 

Our New Address In Sioux Falls:
Almost Home Dog Rescue

PO Box 87984
Sioux Falls, SD 57109

Almost Home Dog Rescue
PO Box 129
Madison, SD 57042

Almost Home Dog Rescue is Incorporated and 501c3 Non-Profit.

Support Almost Home Rescue please donate.


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Help Almost Home Canine Rescue win a $25,000 grant!

Please vote for us at www.theanimalrescuesite.com and we could win $25,000 to help pets in need.

The Animal Rescue Site is hosting a special challenge for eligible Petfinder.com member shelter and rescue groups. The grand prize is a $25,000 grant, and they will be awarding many other grants to rescue groups with the most votes including groups in state's with the most votes— a total of $100,000 in grants for animal welfare organizations.

Think how many animals we could help for $25,000!

Help us win! All you have to do is click to help rescued animals, and then vote in The Animal Rescue Site $100,000 Shelter+ Challenge. Both of these actions are absolutely free! You can vote once a day, every day, from September 29 through December 14, 2008. Every time you vote, or tell a friend to vote, you are making a huge difference for
us.



Vote today!

Visit to vote: www.theanimalrescuesite.com



Spay and neuter assistance is available. Please contact us for more information.Did you read about Charlie, the dog rescued after being beat, burned and shot?  Would you like to help prevent this kind of violence towards animals?  Please check out this fundraiser to educate children about being kind to animals Fundable!

CharlieCharlie

Charlie was severely beaten by a horrible, deranged person.Charlie arrived in foster care and was immediately taken to the vet. He was burned, hit with a pipe, was shot, and his elbow is dislocated. He will need extensive medical care and a lot of TLC. Even after all this abuse, Charlie still loves people and bonded with his foster mom. If you can donate to his medical bills, Charlie will be forever grateful. Please, use the paypal buttons.

Hello Fellow Rescuers and Animal Lovers!
 
I just want to thank everyone that made a donation to the Children For Charlie Project. Our effort to bring humane education materials to children in the Lake Traverse / Sisseton, SD area has been a success. The project goal of $771 dollars to provide a subscription of Kind News (www.nahee.org) for each child has been met and surpassed. We will continue to take contributions until the Fundable closes in 3 days. Money raised beyond the initial amount will  be used to provide other programs and materials teaching dog safety for the schools. To view or contribute to the fundable, click the link below.
 
I would also like to thank the rescuers behind Paws for the Cause for their part in rescuing Charlie and planting the seed for this project. http://www.pawsforthecause.webs.com/
 
Thanks to the rescuers at Almost Home Canine Rescue for finding Charlie a forever home that really understands his needs. http://www.almost-home.petfinder.com
 
South Dakota author Nola Lee Kelsey for her generous contribution of books, both to some eligible donors and to the schools involved. http://www.nolakelsey.com/
 
And lastly to the crew from Graphic Planet Creative, who have supported this project financially, and will also be filming area rescues in Sioux Falls, SD in the next week. They are hoping bring to light the needs of rescues and shelters in the Midwest, as well as share positive stories of rescue across the country. Their current episode of The Dog Files features North Shore Animal League and the New York Mets' "Dog Day At Shea", you can watch it here http://www.thedogfiles.com
 
Again, thank you to everyone who donated and continues to donate to this important cause. Education is the first line of defense when fighting animal cruelty. I'm humbled to be a part of this small step in the right direction!
 
Jennifer McNamara

 

Do you need a place to recycle your old ink cartridges and cell phones? Almost Home Dog Rescue can turn in old cartridges for cash for the rescue! We collect old ink jet cartridges, laser cartridges and cell phones. Do you use cartridges at work? Home? Please donate them when they run dry! All proceeds will be spent on vet care and added to our Capital Fund for a new shelter in Madison.

Please email us if you have a cartridge to donate, or drop them off at Lake Vet Clinic or Radio Shack in Madison. Drop off sites in Sioux Falls are located at Center for Active Generations Attention Annie and Your Pet Stop in Sioux Falls.

Please help us recycle our way to a new shelter so we can save more animals!

PLEASE DONATE YOUR ALUMINUM CANS

Drop off your cans at Lake Vet Clinic in Madison. A kennel is outside the clinic, just drop your bags inside the kennel.

cans

ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE USED TO FUND OUR SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAM TO REDUCE THE PET OVERPOPLATION CRISIS!

Pet's in cages.
UNTIL THERE ARE NONE

 

The dogs and cats you see on this web site represent some of the few lucky homeless animals who will be placed in permanent homes.

Special Request For Help:
Almost Home is looking for transport help from Rapid City to the Sioux Falls area on a regular basis. Do you travel that route frequently? Does your job have you traveling to Rapid City to Sioux Falls and back? If so and you would like to help save dogs in urgent need of rescue, please contact us!

We also look for help with transporting dogs to the Omaha and Minneapolis areas occasionally.

Would you like to see the dogs in person?
 
We will be at Pamida on Saturday October 19th from 12:00noon-4pm (After the DSU Parade)!  Dogs up for adoption will be there for you to meet and foster parents will be there to ask questions.  Applications for adoption will be accepted but we do not do on the spot adoptions.  Please call ahead if the weather looks questionable! 

See you at Pamida in Madison, SD!

Attention Cat Lovers!

Concerned about the large number of homeless and feral cats in Madison, SD, Almost Home has started a TNR (trap, neuter, return) program for feral cats!  We received overwhelming support from our veterinarian, Anna Ouverson, and our local animal control officer to trap and alter feral cats. During the first week of our program, we altered, vaccinated, dewormed and treated for earmites/fleas 11 cats from a colony on the outskirts of town!  Our efforts will prevent the births of thousands of kittens which would otherwise die or live a life of misery and disease.  Mass euthanasia of cats is not working to control the cat overpopulation! TNR is not just the best alternative to controlling feral cat populations - it is the only one that worksBut we need your help!    We are funding this program largely through our aluminum can recycling program.  Each time our small kennel in front of the vet clinic is full of cans, we earn about $75 to alter cats!  So please save your aluminum cans and drop them off in the kennel in front of Lake Vet Clinic in Madison, SD.  Spread the word! We are also accepting donations to help fund this program. We are a 501c3 Non-Profit organization so your donation is 100% tax deductible. We have PO boxes in both Sioux Falls and Madison and also accept Paypal at kat_920_1999@hotmail.com

 

We are also in need cat litter and Diamond Cat Food.You can read more about TNR programs by clicking here: www.neighborhoodcats.org

Thank you so much for all your support and well wishes! 

 

PS: Just a tip; cat food cans are made of alumunium and can be recycled!

Calendar

October

6th Almost Home Canine Rescue Meeting

19th Meet and Greet at Pet Smart in Sioux Falls from 12pm-4pm

Oct 25th Scrapbooking and Rubber Stamp Sale  VFW in Madison 9am-1pm

November

3rd Almost Home Canine Rescue Meeting

15th Meet and Greet at Pamida in Madison from 10am-1pm

December

1st Almost Home Canine Rescue Meeting

6th Photo’s with Santa at Pamida in Madison

Esther
Read Ester's Story

Ester's Fundable Page.

Good Search link.

Almost Home has begun our Capital Fund Campaign for our new shelter! We hope to have a shelter of our own within the next few years. Almost Home will be holding many fun-filled fundraisers and events in the near future to raise money for our shelter. We are also accepting donations for our Capital Fund which are tax deductible . Donations can be sent to Almost Home PO Box 129 Madison, SD 57042 or can be sent to Great Western Bank 301 N Egan Ave Madison, SD 57042.

Please make a note that your donation is for the Capital Fund. All donations are tax deductible and appreciated! Check the web site for future news and fundraisers.

Foster Homes Needed!

Please help control animal overpopulation by spaying/neutering your pet and encouraging others to do the same! Information:

Did you know that within 7 years, 1 female cat can produce 420,000 offspring, while 1 female dog can produce 67,000 offspring?

Tragically, 4-6 million homeless and unwanted animals are euthanized annually because homes cannot be found.

News:

Fabulous News!
Almost Home Canine Rescue has been honored to receive a grant to spay and neuter cats and dogs in our community! This grant will benefit so many ANIMALS and also all that will not be born and need homes. This grant will not be used for our rescued dogs, and will be strictly used to spay and neuter pets belonging to private owners in the community who would otherwise not be altered.

If you know anyone who needs assistance with spay and neuter costs, please have them contact us for an application. ECCO and Almost Home Canine Rescue have teamed up for the dogs! Three afternoons a week,ECCO picks up 2-3 dogs and take them for walks and play with them for socialization! Check out this link to read a story that the Madison Daily Leader did about this great program.Check out our ECCO Dog Walking and Socialization program by clicking here and watching the video!

Wish List

Dog treats & toys
Chicken Soup Dog Food
Medium size dog crates
Non-clumping cat litter
Blankets, rugs and towels
Gas cards for transporting dogs
Collars and Leashes

Trash Bags
Paper towels
Laundry soaps
Bleach
Postage Stamps
Letter-size copy paper
File Folders
Mailing envelopes
Monetary donations for our shelter fund or medical expenses

All other pet related items and office supplies appreciated!

 Transport Help :

Almost Home is looking for transport help from Rapid City to the Sioux Falls area  and Sioux Falls to Omaha on a regular basis. Do you travel that route frequently? Does your job have you traveling to these areas and back? If so and you would like to help save dogs in urgent need of rescue, please contact us!

 

 
Check out our success stories at Happy Tails!

 

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