A pet might be really special in the house. But not all dogs are lucky to have a family. There are many dogs out in the streets and shelters. Wondering how you could help them?
Even if you live in a cramped building with restrictions, or have a house member who is allergic to pets, you could still shower your unconditional love for the dogs that live in shelter homes.
Some people adopt a dog and take it home when they are capable of adding a new member to the house. Some donate to dog shelters through NGO for dogs. They collect from crowdfunding, there are some who donate their time by working as a volunteer.
By helping any dog shelter, we provide them the confidence and the capacity to take many more dogs to shelter and spread love.
There are many ways in how you could help a Dog Shelter, such as :
Support Spay and Neuter Program :
One of the emerging problems is overpopulation. This could be controlled by spraying (also known as neutering) animals. Start a fundraising campaign and earn more support from other people by sharing your campaign on social media.
Spaying is the operation by which the uterus and the ovaries will be removed from a female pet. This procedure is usually done with minimal hospitalization but provides an immense amount of health benefits to the pet.
Neuter is the operation that is done to remove the testicles of a male pet. This procedure prevents unwanted littering and also prevents your pet from testicular cancer.
Sponsor an Animal
One generous way of helping animal shelters is by sponsoring any animal from the shelter. The amount that you give will be utilized for veterinary bills, food, and supplies for the animal that you choose to sponsor.
Sponsorship or donation would help the animal shelter to relieve some of the expenses that they face. Since the cost that they have been spending on the dog that you are willing to sponsor would be free, the shelter home will try to adopt one more dog.
Raise funds to adopt
Adopting a pet could get expensive with all these adoption fees, food, and supplements that are needed to feed the dog.
Every pet adopted from the shelter is to be undergone spaying or neutering. This will also make you spend some bucks on your pet.
Starting a fundraiser to cover the adoption cost is a better way to help animals and shelters.
Raise funds for shelter supplies
A shelter needs a lot of items in order to maintain the good health of the pets in the shelter. Some general supplies would include cat and dog food, kitty litter, and chlorine powder to keep the environment hygiene and pets away from any disease.
Prepare a clear cut donation list with details and specifics. List down the supplies and the exact rate at which it is available in the market. By doing so, the donors who are willing to donate to dog shelters through NGOs for dogs.
Raise Money for the new facility
New facilities are much more effective than the old buildings since it is more spacious these days and is ready to accommodate a larger number of pets compared to an old building. Some modern facilities even have indoor and outdoor playing areas for pets.
These differences combined together provide a better-enhanced quality of life to the homeless shelter animals. Start a fundraiser to secure an amount, get help from the local government authorities.
It is important to consult and earn people support in that region to make them sign the petition along with providing the funds that they are capable of.
Start a Veterinary fundraiser
Start a fundraiser to help homeless animals with medical treatments. Many homeless dogs need hospitalization, sometimes even surgery.
By running a successful campaign with this cause, will provide a bigger difference in the quality of life for those animals. This donation can even help those animals to get a new family, a new home since dogs with any medical issue are less likely to be adopted.
Donate your time
Sometimes the most expensive thing you could do to someone is to spend your time with them. Visit your nearest Dog shelter and volunteer to help them. Local shelters and rescue organizations are often in need of some passionate volunteers to help them out with some of the activities.
What you could do as part of volunteering? Volunteering duties such as taking dogs on walks, cleaning kennels, socializing with those animals, and helping the organization with the adoption process.
You could also help by volunteering as a foster parent, where you would be allowed to take care of the pet for a temporary period of time until the pet gets a permanent owner.
