PROGRAMS WE OFFER!

Funds for Furry Friends has developed several incentive programs to assist our animals and the community.  If you would like to donate towards the cost of any of the programs mentioned below, you can do so by clicking the Paypal button below or by contacting D'Arcy Barker at financial@fundsfurfriends.com or 725-7221.

SHAHNA'S SHELTER OF HOPE: The Shelter of Hope fund is a special fund allocated to cover the costs of providing shelter to rescue animals. In many cases the rescue takes in cats and dogs facing euthanasia at the local pound to prevent an untimely death and offer them a safe place until a suitable foster home opens up. The foster home program was Shahna's vision for the rescue. She never wanted a shelter environment, but she always dreamed of having a safe haven for animals until those loving foster families were found. Her dream was to gather enough funding to have a temporary holding location of her own, but she also saw this funding covering costs for boarding and temporary housing for these animals.

This fund has been set-up in memory of Shahna Rice, the founder of Funds for Furry Friends.

By Mail: Funds for Furry Friends - 740 Rosser Avenue, Suite 208 - Brandon, Manitoba - R7A 0K9
Please designate donations for "Shahna's Shelter of Hope"

 

SNIP:   (Spay/Neuter Incentive Program) Funds for Furry Friends is  offering a low-cost spay and neuter program.  Families that are unable to afford to spay and neuter their pets can contact us and receive assistance altering their animals.  This program is designed for families of a low income, and cases are assessed on an individual basis.  This program is designed to prevent unwanted litters, and is limited to *one pet per family.  Owners are asked to contribute whatever they can afford towards the alteration of their pet.  Please note:  if you have gone out and recently purchased a pet you can not afford to alter, you will not qualify for this program!

 

DART:  (Dog Assessment/Rehabilitation Team)  Funds for Furry Friends directors will provide consultation and support to pet owners who need direction or advice to correct behaviours in their pets, as an alternative to owner surrendering a dog.  Advice and time put into training is sometimes accompanied by hands-on training sessions.  Funds for Furry Friends directors put their own time into assisting owners in training their pets, and donations to the rescue in lieu of payment for the services of our assessment team would be appreciated.

HOPE: (Help Older Pets Endure) Funds for Furry Friends HOPE program is exactly what it stands for – a way to help older pets endure a great retirement life in a forever home.  We have had great success in our adoption of adult dogs, but the dogs and cats over the age of eight are always a little harder to find homes for.  The HOPE program allows Funds for Furry Friends to adopt older dogs and cats for a lowered adoption fee, and still provide the much needed vet work for these dogs, which often exceeds alteration and vaccinations.  Many of our older dogs need dental work and some have other special needs that come with age.  Donations to the HOPE fund really do help older pets endure and thrive in new homes.

FLYING FRIENDS:  Funds for Furry Friends occasionally transports dogs or cats to their new homes by plane. While owners wishing to adopt over a distance are required to cover the expenses of transporting the dogs, the fees are quite high.  We would like to be able to contribute Air Miles
towards the cost to lighten the costs of flying our pets.  Funds for Furry Friends has recently acquired an Air Miles card, and anyone wishing to add Air Miles to our account can do the following:

1.Transfer your personal account Air Miles to our Air Miles account
(this requires a "merge" and you will effectively be closing out your personal account when you do this)
2. Transfer your business account Air Miles to our Air Miles account
(your business account remains open and you need to do this in writing using your business letterhead)
3. When you make purchases, verbally provide the Funds for Furry Friends Air Miles number.  This ensures that we get Air Miles whenever you make purchases

FINNEGAN'S BARK FUND: Finnegan was a dog rescued by Funds for Furry Friends at great effort. He was one truly wonderful little dogs we had rescued – quiet, gentle, sweet natured and easy going. Funds for Furry Friends makes a guarantee that ANY dog adopted from our rescue can come back into rescue if there is any reason the dog is
not wanted or working in an adoptive home. (This is outlined in several places on our contract and we do require that our dogs are returned to us, even if the reason is medical or behavioural because we have resources to deal with these things and like to have our own assessments done before any dog from our rescue faces euthanasia.) Finnegan's adoptive home, despite our contract, had him euthanized. Vet clinics were contacted and it was discovered that this little man never did see a vet for any reason – except to be euthanized. He was never examined by a vet and the adoptive home felt their personal assessment was good enough judgment to cut his life short at 5 years of age. Finngean was not even past his trial period and died after 10 days with his adopter. This news devastated all those who were lucky enough to know this little boy. Fortunately, this is the ONLY case where a dog has NOT been returned to our rescue and faced such a fate. We want our dogs back if they are unwanted and we will pay to board them at a kennel, should they need to buy time before a foster home is available. Funds for Furry Friends puts out thousands of dollars in boarding costs because of animals need to be taken from the pound or from a vet clinic where they have arrived to be euthanized. There are cases where dogs or cats need to be returned without notice as well. While we currently have 56 foster homes, we simply do not have enough. Finnegan's BARK Fund, or Finnegan's "Boarding Animal Rescue Keepers" Fund is designed to help the rescue with costs of boarding dogs waiting for foster homes and preventing unnecessary death. These animals, after all, are all "keepers" don't you think? Boarding costs at our discounted rate are $65 per week, and a month costs us $260. Any donations to Finnegan's BARK Fund will go in memory of Finnegan, to help us expand our intake beyond what foster homes we have available and to guarantee a place where any animals returned to rescue can go.