Shelter & Adoptions
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Clinic
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Pet surrender
information
We understand how difficult it can be, especially for those with pets. Pets are a part of your family and surrendering them should be considered a last resort. We work to keep every pet in their family, through free spay/neuter, low-cost vaccinations, veterinary service, and other means of support.
Please review the following information about how you can keep your pet or ways that you may rehome your pet instead of surrendering your pet. If you must surrender your pet, please help us do all we can for your pet by filling out the surrender forms so we know the circumstances that brought your pet to us.
We accept pets by appointment only – this helps all pets in our care.
Surrendering Your Pet

Parvovirus, Distemper prevalent in community
The shelter has seen an increase in contagious diseases in our community and asks the residents to ensure that all pets are current on their vaccinations. The shelter offers free and low-cost vaccination clinics. Please check our events calendar for times and dates. For more information on parvo and what you can do, please see this article from the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Resources for Struggling Pet Owners
Behavior Help for Dogs
The following sources may provide you with some resources on how to handle common dog behavior issues:
- The Association of Professional Dog Trainers: Common Training and Behavior Problems
- Animal Humane Society Pet Behavior Library
- San Francisco SPCA Dog Behavior Library
- ASPCA Common Dog Behavior Issues
- Humane Society Silicon Valley Dog Behavior
- The Animal Behavioral Network
- Boulder Humane Society Online Behavior Library
- Veterinary Partner.com
Behavior Help for Cats
The following resources may provide you with resources on how you can handle common behavior issues with cats:
Senior or Sick Pets
The following resources may help guide you with end-of-life decisions and serious medical issues with your pet.
- Journey’s Home Quality of Life Scale Calculator
- Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement Quality of Life Scale
- Ohio State University How Do I Know When It’s Time?
- Veterinary Partner.com Euthanasia
- Nature’s Corner Deciding When & How To Humanely Euthanize a Companion Animal
Rehoming Your Pet Yourself
If you have made the difficult decision to not keep your pet, please consider trying to rehome your pet yourself. You know your pet best and will be better at finding a home that matches his or her personality.
Please consider rehoming your pet through Adoptapet at the link below, or check out the other resource links.