Every day, in communities across Canada, a bond is broken. It’s the bond between people and their dogs, resulting in dogs ending up in shelters or surrendered to rescues. All these dogs want is to be loved and cared for and cling to the hope of finding a new family, a new person to love. We help these dogs find their new family because we believe that second-hand animals make first class pets.
Sure, it's a long list of questions. But a quick stroll through an dog shelter will help you understand why answering them before you adopt is so important.
Many of the shelter's homeless dogs are puppies and kittens, victims of irresponsible people who allowed their pets to breed. But there are at least as many dogs at the shelter who are more than a year old-dogs who were obtained by people who didn't think through the responsibilities of pet ownership before they got the dog.
Please, don't make the same mistake. Think before you adopt. Sharing your life with a companion dog can bring incredible rewards, but only if you're willing to make the necessary commitments of time, money, responsibility, and love-for the life of the pet.
If you're ready to adopt a companion for life, please click the links above at the top of the page to see a sample of our many wonderful dogs available for adoption at the It Takes a Village Dog Rescue.
If someone tugs at your heart and you would like to meet him or her, please fill out an Adoption Application.
