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Wren Yorkie Rescue Alliance

Oakland, California

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Wren Yorkie Rescue Alliance 4100 Redwood Road #339 Oakland, CA 94619 wrenyorkierescue@aol.com http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/CA1129.html		Dog adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog and you'll have a friend for life! Contact us, or contact another local humane society, animal shelter or SPCA.
We Serve the Following Cities, Towns, and/or Counties: Primarily Alameda and Contra Costa counties--generally within 2-hours driving time of downtown Oakland, 94619

Wren Yorkie Rescue Alliance

About Our Rescue Group

We are a small family rescue in Oakland, CA, a member of the Rescue Alliance, a national 501[c]3 non-profit animal rescue organization: www.RescueAlliance.org. Mrs. Wren has been a vet-tech and dog/cat groomer for many years, involved with animal rescue work for 4 decades, and has specialized in rescuing, rehabilitating, and re-homing Yorkshire Terriers since 1995.

Private Rescues are different from public facilities:
We consist of a network of unpaid, animal-dedicated individuals and foster families who volunteer their own time and money to care for companion animals in their homes, treating them as cherished members of their own families until just the right permanent new adoptive home can be found among the applications received.

We have no building [and no cages!], no staff, no public viewing hours, and no predictable source of reliable or consistent revenue. We subsist on and greatly appreciate all donations and offers of assistance, particularly temporary foster homes!

Funding is accomplished entirely through personal finances, private donations, and ADOPTION fees, which frequently do NOT cover costs of getting a dog ready to go forth and settled into a new permanent family home.
Our average annual Rescue expenses are about $40,000, most of which is never recovered. Average out-of-pocket costs to get a dog restored to health and placed in the right new home run around $400--lots more if there are special medical needs beyond spay/neuter and dental to be met.

We invite you to offer support at whatever level is comfortable by clicking the Donate Button on the www.RescueAlliance.org page and designating Wren Yorkie Rescue as the donation recipient. You may also mail checks payable to the Rescue Alliance; or email WrenYorkieRescue@aol.com to inquire how you might assist using your time and talent.

Come Meet our Pets

We participated in the 2010 Maddie's Fund Matchathon in June, whereby the Foundation underwrote adoption fees for dogs adopted during that one weekend [the process described in Section 8 had been completed just prior to that specific weekend--no steps were skipped!]. We also participate in selected adoption events such as the Pet Party Paloosa at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in July, and the Oakland SPCA's Summer of Love adoptathon event at Jack London Square in August. Normally we spend our weekends preparing dogs 'for showing', and interviewing prospective, pre-screened applicant families.

Our Adoption Process

Average adoption fee is $400/dog, adjustable on an individual basis; payable in installments if necessary, Steps: 1. read the dog's "back story" carefully to determine which pet might be a good fit for your situation and expectations. 2. send an EMAIL asking WrenYorkieRescue@aol.com for an application; 3. Read carefully, complete and return all sections of the application; 3. Allow us time to contact the people you have listed as references who know you as a pet guardian. 4. We will call to clarify understanding of responses and give you the opportunity ask additional questions; 5. A visit to your home will be scheduled to meet you and all people who will potentially be involved in the dog's daily life at your location, and to observe the dog's reactions to those people and your space as well as dog/human interaction and "chemistry". If all seems right, the adoption fee will be collected and the dog will be allowed to remain with you for a trial adoption period of 2 to 4 weeks to assure a good match.

After the trial period, an adoption contract will be drawn up and signed by you, wherein you agree to meet the dog's medical, physical and emotional needs, and agree to return the dog to a Rescue [NOT a shelter] if at some time your circumstances alter and you are no longer able to care for the dog. This Rescue must be notified if the dog changes owners or residence.

A reasonable portion of the adoption fee will be refunded if the dog need to be returned within 30 days.

Dog adoption and cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog or adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life! What is the difference between adopting a dog or puppy versus getting dogs for sale or puppies for sale from a dog breeder? When someone is breeding puppies, they are creating new dogs who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of dog or puppy and they think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a dog for sale from a puppy breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs who must find homes. So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder, we encourage people to adopt a dog or adopt a puppy at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane society or pet rescue group.