A Helping Paw

A Helping Paw is a volunteer pet adoption rescue group of individuals that strive to rescue as many homeless, abused & neglected animals as possible, our rescue pets come through various situations we save the throwaways, strays, owner turn-ins, puppy mill survivor, breeding retirees.

Our main focus is animal welfare, We are committed to rehabilitating, socializing, getting proper medical care, and finding loving forever homes for the small dogs we have our rescued.

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Rescue FAQs

We do out of state adoptions we can transport to meet up to 4 hours of travel time at the expense of the adopter.

Additional adoption info

The first step towards adopting a pet is to submit an application by e-mailing us @ ahelpingpaw@live.com & we will send you the application; for additional information e-mail us & we will e-mail you back.. No adoption is considered without a adoption application, Applications are approved in the order they are received.
Our goal is to place the pet in the best possible home therefore we reserve the right to withdraw any application for any reason or at any time prior to finalizing the adoption process.

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A Helping Paw

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