Resources - For Shelters & Rescue Groups
Ask Our Fundraising Director
Click here to go to our "Ask Our Fundraising Director" page, where Indiana-PAW's Fundraising Director is available to answer select fundraising questions from Indiana animal groups each week.
Special Access To The "Foster Roster"
We're slowly (but surely) accumulating names of Hoosiers willing to provide foster care for animals currently at Indiana shelters and/or rescue groups. Perhaps someone on our "Roster" can help your shelter or group! Click here to request special access to our "Foster Roster" list of citizens willing to serve as foster families. And click here if you're a shelter or rescue group that uses our "Foster Roster" and you need to fill out your monthly online survey!
Indiana-PAW Featured Pet Of The Week
Each week, Indiana-PAW features a photo and bio of a special animal available for adoption at an Indiana shelter or rescue group. Click here to see this week's featured pet! And click here if you'd like us to feature a pet available for adoption through your shelter or rescue group!
Participate In The Purina Pro Club "Weight Circles" Program
Indiana-PAW is collecting Purina "Weight Circles" from citizens who feed their pets Purina dog and cat food. Citizens are invited to send their circles to Indiana-PAW, so that we can distribute them to shelters and rescue groups, who may redeem them for rebate checks good for future purchases of Purina food. If you are a non-profit Indiana shelter or rescue group and would like Indiana-PAW to send you weight circles as they come in, please do two things: (1) Sign up for the Purina Pro Club; and (2) E-mail Indiana-PAW and request to be added to our list of shelters and rescue groups to whom we send any weight circles we receive.
E-Bulletin Boards
Click here to go to our boards where you can discuss pet issues with other shelter and rescue group administrators! You can also read information about area veterinarians, boarders, trainers and groomers.
Indiana-PAW Super Database Of Indiana Shelters & Rescue Groups
Indiana-PAW has compiled the most complete database of shelters and rescue groups serving Indiana available - the Indiana-PAW Super Database! See our Super Database for phone numbers, e-mail addresses and/or website addresses for 400+ area groups! Please feel free to contact us if you have any changes or additions to this list.
Indiana-PAW Super Calendar
Indiana-PAW maintains a calendar with listings of hundreds of Indiana animal welfare events. Stay up to date with other animal welfare groups are doing. Click here to see the Indiana-PAW Super Calendar. Click here to go to submit your events for our "Super Calendar".
Animal Transport Resources
One way to save animals from euthanasia at overcrowded shelters in Indiana is to transport them to shelters, rescues and adopters in other parts of the country that have available space. There are many agencies available to facilitate this, making transportation as economically and logistically feasible as possible. Indiana shetlers and rescue groups who need help with a transport within Indiana can click here, and Indiana-PAW will send out a request to our volunteers to see if they can help.
In addition, Indiana-PAW has compiled the following list of transportation resources to assist local shelters and rescue agencies:
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RescueTransporters.com www.rescuetransporters.com |
The goal of RescueTransporters.com is to make a customized and complete service to assist rescuers and transports. |
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Acme Pet Transport www.acmepettransport.com |
Acme allows the user sign-up or post rescue transports across the country, with a lot of the transports coming to/from/through Indiana. |
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Pilots-N-Paws www.pilotsnpaws.org |
Pilots-N-Paws uses private airplaces and pilots to transport animals around the country. |
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Sky Ark www.skyark.org |
Sky Ark uses private aircraft and a customized bus (with room for 80 pets) to transport animals across the country |
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Petfinder Transport Message Board www.petfinder.com/ messageboard/ viewforum.php?f=9 |
Petfinder is a wonderful place to find an animal for adoption, and their message boards are packed with rescuers and transport requests. |
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Lazarus Rescue Board p073.ezboard.com/ flazarusrescueboardfrm18 |
Lazarus Rescue Board allows the user to sign-up or post rescue transports across the country. |
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Francis' DogHouse Dog Discussions caryn.com/francis/ discussion/rescue.html |
Francis' DogHouse Dog Discussions has information on various rescue "railroad" working to move dogs to other areas for rescue. |
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Boxer CUR ladywind.com/rescue/ boxercur.html |
Boxer CUR (Canine Underground Railroad) is dedicated to transporting boxers to new homes in the US and Canada. |
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Yahoo! Groups groups.yahoo.com MSN Groups groups.msn.com |
Yahoo! and MSN Groups have a number of groups dedicated specifically to facilitating transportation for animals in need of rescue. Here is a list of some of the groups that work in Indiana: |
Discounts For Your Foster Families
To encourage Hoosiers to open their homes and foster animals currently in shelters and rescue groups, Indiana groomers, pet services companies, and trainers are partnering with Indiana-PAW to provide discounts to these Good Samaritan foster parents.
The following generous groups have agreed to provide a discount to Hoosiers who are fostering animals:
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Camp Bow Wow 5950 W. Raymond St. Indianapolis, IN 46241 317-244-4229 www.campbowwowusa.com |
Camp Bow Wow, located at 5950 W. Raymond Street (just across I-465 from Indianapolis International Airport) will give 10% off their dog boarding services to any Good Samaritan who is fostering an animal through the Indiana-PAW "Foster Roster" program. To learn more, call 317-244-4229. |
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Wipe Your Pawz! 5510 Lafayette Rd Suite 210 Indianapolis, IN 46254 317-217-1772 www.wipeyourpawz.com |
Wipe Your Pawz is willing to give 5% off their photography services, self-pet wash & grooming center, and pet store, to any Good Samaritan who is fostering an animal through the Indiana-PAW "Foster Roster" program, or who is an Indiana-PAW volunteer. |
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Dapper Dog 812 W. Main Street Carmel, IN 46032 317-566-0533 |
Dapper Dog in Carmel is willing to give a 15% discount to any Good Samaritan who is fostering a dog or cat for a shelter or rescue group. You just need to be sure to ask for Shane Heefner, the owner, for the discount. |
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All Pets 5653 Morris Street Indianapolis, IN 46241 317-240-8772 |
All Pets in Indianapolis will offer a discount to anyone who has registered for Indiana-PAW's "Foster Roster" and is having a foster animal groomed. |
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Andrea's Mobile Grooming Evansville/Newburgh Area 812-853-5456 |
Andrea lives in Newburgh and offers her services to the surrounding area. If anyone in the Evansville/ Newburgh area, is fostering a dog, she will offer them 20% off their grooming. |
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Animal Arts Academy 1744 E. 116th St. Carmel, IN 46032 317-575-1122 www.animalarts.net |
The Animal Arts Academy in Carmel is offering to give your foster pet a normal groom (or bath/nails/ears) at 50% off! The only requirements are (1) an up-to-date shot record, and (2) an appointment time. Call for appointments. |
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Shaggy Dog Salon & Dog-O-Mat 2437 State Street Lafayette, IN 47905 765-404-8514 765-477-0670 |
Shaggy Dog Salon & Dog-O-Mat offers a discount on its grooming services for residents who are fostering an animal for a shelter or rescue group. |
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Lucky Dog Retreat 71st & Binford Blvd. (in Lakewood Shoppes) 317-849-5555 www.luckydogretreat.com |
Lucky Dog Retreat is a daycare set up with the best interest of the dog in mind. Our goal is to give the working public more options for managing their dog as part of the family. Also, to reduce the number of dogs relinquished to shelters because of behavior problems brought on by separation anxiety, lack of socialization and destructive behaviors brought on by boredom. Lucky Dog Retreat offers reduced daycare and boarding rates to dogs adopted from shelter and rescue organizations. We also offer the same discount to dogs that enroll in the training classes provided by Warren Patitz (see below) on Thursday and Saturday mornings. |
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The Pet Company, Inc. 10540 Jessup Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46280 317-571-1877 www.indypetservices.com thepetco@aol.com |
The Pet Company, Inc. offers a 10% discount on its petsitting services for Marion and Hamilton County residents who have adopted an animal and/or who are fostering an animal. The discount for adoptors lasts for six months after they adopt the animal. The discount for foster parents lasts for the length of the time they foster an animal. |
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Alternative Pet Services 3630 Davis Road Indianapolis, IN 46239-9361 317-213-6071 www.alternativepetservices.com duane@alternativepetservices.com |
Alternative Pet Services offers a discount on its pet services (pet sitting, dog walking, pet taxi, and waste patrol) for residents who are fostering an animal for a shelter or rescue group. |
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Heather Pierson Pierson Bark Park 317-577-BARK |
Pierson Bark Park offers free admission for foster dogs! Pierson Bark Park is now open in Fishers. |
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The Carmel Pet Sitter LLC 317-867-6363 www.thecarmelpetsitter.com |
The Carmel Pet Sitter is offering a 20% discount for foster parents, and any non-profit or pending non-profit animal rescue group. Regular rates are $15/visit for up to three pets for a 20-30 minute visit, so the price for fosters would be $12 visit. |
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Warren G. Patitz Doggone Connection 317-298-0992 www.doggoneconnection.com | Long-time dog trainer Warren G. Patitz (of Doggone Connection) - in partnership with Indianapolis Animal Care and Control (2600 South Harding St. in Indy), "For the Dogs!" (10617 Zionsville Rd. in Zionsville) and "Lucky Dog Retreat" (5990 E. 71st St., Indianapolis) offers FREE dog behavior-training classes for dogs being fostered by an Indiana individual. |
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Karla Norton K-Lynn K-9 Training klynnk9training@yahoo.com | K-Lynn K-9 Training offers three free dog training classes for dogs who are being fostered by Good Samaritans for any Indiana animal shelter or rescue organization or for dogs whose owners can show proof that they adopted their dog from a shelter or rescue organization. |