What are Pet Support Services?
Pet owners can access pet support services, including housing, medical and behavioral support, as well as food and supplies, to help keep the human-animal family together. Pet support services provide help for caregivers facing hardships with the goal of keeping families together, even in tough times. Support may include, but is not limited to: telephone response and advice, medical support for owned pets, food and supplies, fence building and pet shelter provision, behavior support, vaccines and microchips, free and low-cost spay and neuter, crisis and emergency boarding, owned pet fostering, and pet deposits and advocacy for apartment dwellers.
What problem does Pet Support solve?
Some of the most common reasons animals are surrendered to shelters include issues with housing, lack of access to affordable veterinary care, and the need for behavioral support. Other reasons include financial strain making it difficult to access pet food and supplies, fencing demands, and a variety of human-related factors such as allergies, divorce, and illness. By providing as many resources and services as possible, animal welfare organizations can work toward reducing the barriers to keeping pets and people together.
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If you know of an Animal Support Service/Program not currently listed, or are an Animal Welfare Organization that provides an assistance program pertaining to keeping pets and their people together please Contact Us or email OC Shelter Pets at info@ocshelterpets.com.
Underdog Animal Rescue and Rehab
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Veterinary Care |Description: Submission Guidelines Thank you for your interest in writing for Animal Wellness. As the #1 natural health magazine for pets in North America, we take pride in providing our readers with the information they need to make wise health care choices for their animal companions. Our publication embraces the entire holistic spectrum, from physical health issues to the emotional and spiritual well being of our animals. We welcome unsolicited articles and story outlines as long as they focus on holistic healing, whether physical, emotional or... Full Details >>
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Emancipet Nonprofit Pet Clinics Can Provide Free & Low-Cost Vet Visits
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Veterinary Care |Description: One of the reasons people are surrendering pets — besides the high cost of food and pet supplies — is the inability to afford ordinary veterinary care much less a crisis. It’s a terrible feeling knowing your pet needs basic veterinary upkeep and there’s nothing to be done about it because there’s no money to cover it. Many people even see to their pets’ welfare before their own because our furry pals bring so much to the table and we can’t imagine life without them. Who wants to be broke or borderline... Full Details >>
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Save Money: Preventative Care Can Be You and Your Pets’ Best Friend
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Veterinary Care |Description: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Those wise words are attributed to Benjamin Franklin, and in essence, they mean that it’s easier to stop something from happening in the first place than to repair the damage after it has happened. If you wish to keep your pet around for as long as possible and avoid or reduce costly vet bills, preventative care is a good place to start. Doing so can potentially lengthen lives, improve the quality of time spent with us, and save money in the long run. Photo: Pixabay/Alexas_Fotos Pet Food... Full Details >>
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HASS Partners: Waggle and Maddie’s Fund® Are Giving Away $100k to Cover Veterinary Bills for Owned Pets
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Veterinary Care |Description: This offer is open to all HASS partner organizations. Here’s how to participate. There’s $100,000 available for all of our partner organizations to help owned pets get medical care and make sure a veterinary bill doesn’t break up a family. Waggle, a nonprofit crowdfunding platform dedicated to helping organizations and individuals raise money for pets’ veterinary costs, has earmarked $50,000, and Maddie’s Fund® is contributing another $50,000 to provide $500 matching grants for each campaign posted by a HASS... Full Details >>
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Caring for your pet when YOU have cancer
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Financial Assistance |Description: When you have cancer, caring for your pet can be a challenge. Help is available through CancerCare and Amie’s Place Foundation. CancerCare®, the leading national nonprofit organization providing free, professional support services to anyone affected by cancer, and Amie’s Place Foundation, a New York not-for-profit corporate foundation, which is dedicated to funding no-fee programs to support people who may need help caring for their pets, risk losing them in times of crisis, or face barriers limiting access to their pets when... Full Details >>
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These Innovators Are Working To Make Veterinary Care More Accessible To All
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Veterinary Care |Description: Veterinary care is expensive, and can be hard to access—leading to pets going without needed treatments, and being given up to shelters by their families, who believe this is the only way for a loved pet to get the care they need. The Open Door Veterinary Collective is working to change that. This nonprofit, founded in 2021, is developing a business model for nonprofit, for-profit, and government veterinary clinics that prioritizes access to care, and increased revenue. Open Door sees major upsides for shelters and the communities they... Full Details >>
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Emergency Sheltering (Anaheim)
by La Mesa Emergency Shelter
Shelter & Boarding |Description: Provides emergency shelter to single men, women, couples with or without children with ties to the city Anaheim. Case managers, housing navigators, and counselors available on-site. Clients without personal vehicles must take the shuttle to and from the shelter. Parking spots will be provided to those with street-legal vehicles. Bikes must be stowed on the provided bike racks on the shuttle. Location: across from the county run Bridges at Kraemer Place shelter. Shelter for men and women. 52 beds for women 30 beds for men. Pet friendly... Full Details >>
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Sunday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM PSTMonday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM PST
Tuesday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM PST
Wednesday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM PST
Thursday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM PST
Friday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM PST
Saturday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM PST
Veterinary Clinic
by Leave No Paws Behind
Financial Assistance | Veterinary Care |Description: At the Leave No Paws Behind Low Cost Veterinary Clinic, we believe in providing the best, highest quality veterinary care at the lowest possible cost. We think everyone should be able to afford great quality care for their pets. We understand how much our clients love their pets, and don’t want anyone to have to choose between caring for their pets or another major life expense. We come to this understanding from running a sick/senior/hospice animal rescue in Southern California. We offer a full array of vaccines, provided based on your... Full Details >>
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Sunday: ClosedMonday: Closed
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM PST
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM PST
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM PST
Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM PST
Saturday: Closed
Emergency Sheltering (Tustin)
by Tustin Temporary Emergency Shelter
Shelter & Boarding |Description: The Tustin Temporary Emergency Shelter (TTES), is a partnership between the City of Tustin, Tustin Police Department, and Temporary Shelter Inc. TTES provides safe and dignified shelter to homeless men, women, and children who have a link to the City of Tustin. Utilizing the 12 Core Functions, Tustin Temporary Emergency Shelter receives, shelters, provides services, and offers referrals to the next level of care to guests at the shelter in an appropriate and individualized manner with a view to their future... Full Details >>
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Sunday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM PSTMonday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM PST
Tuesday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM PST
Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM PST
Thursday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM PST
Friday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM PST
Saturday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM PST
Food and Supplies
by The Pet Food Bank
Food & Supplies |Description: The Pet Food Bank is the “largest national supplier” of donated pet food for no kill animal rescue organizations. Since 1997, we have been there every day to support the many homeless animals. Our reach knows no borders. We are national and international, we have rescues we service in every state and Mexico. No animal should go hungry! The average animal rescue goes through 4,000 to 6,000 pounds of food a month. Food is the largest expense. That is why we are here…to help with the burden of feeding the animals. Without The... Full Details >>
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Sunday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM PSTMonday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM PST
Tuesday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM PST
Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM PST
Thursday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM PST
Friday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM PST
Saturday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM PST
