Chow Chow Rescue of Central New York is an all-volunteer 501(c)3 rescue group started in 2001 by Chow enthusiast Cindy Stone. This rescue was formed out of love for this unique breed and is dedicated to finding forever homes for pure-breed Chows. Read more about our history, about the Chow Chow breed, adoption policies and forms, as well as how your donation dollars are used. Chow Chow Rescue of Central New York is not a shelter. It is solely based on help from our volunteers and foster homes. CCRCNY never places a dog with a bite history or one that shows any kind of aggression. We get calls every day for Chows in need of help. Unfortunately, we can not save them all but do our best to save as many as we can. The look on their face when one gets adopted is as good as gold to us. If you want to adopt one of our Chows we do require that you fill out an adoption application. We ask $300.00 to adopt a Chow Chow from our Rescue which helps defray the cost of running the rescue.

All dogs come up-to-date on shots, heartworm tested and are spayed/neutered. We try to have all dogs groomed and micro-chipped but sometimes don’t have the funds to do so. Support CCRCNY by shopping at Amazon. Shop for chow jewelry and other items to support our rescue on our CCRCNY FaceBook Shop. Our dogs love to sleep on Kuranda Dog beds, but we don't have enough for everyone. If you would like to donate a bed at a special wholesale price for a another dog to sleep in comfort, please donate a Kuranda dog bed.Welcome to Small Paws® Rescue Inc. Each breed has a rescue organization for their breed. Small Paws is the largest breed rescue in the country, with over 800 volunteers and over 6000 members in 26 countries. Small Paws has rescued over 10,000 Bichons in the past 16 years from across the country. Small Paws® Rescue Featured on "The Chicken Soup for the Soul Podcast" on March 25, 2016, It interview of how Small Paws Rescue was born, almost 18 years ago!

See SPR on Fox & Friends in N.Y.C. Friday Morning, Dec. 18, 2015! See the YouTube Video of Small Paws® Rescue on Fox & Friends, 2014! Copyright 2016 Small Paws® Rescue Inc. How We got Started I want to let those of you who do not know yet, know how we got started back in the Spring of 1998. At the time, the Co-Founder of Small Paws™ Rescue, Susan Sebring, and I, had first applied to join an existing Bichon rescue organization. We both got a form letter back, telling us that rescue work took more than just a good heart and that at that time we were deemed to have been not suitable for rescue work. (Yes, that's what the letter really said...) Though we were discouraged at first, we decided if we couldn't go to the mountain... we would move the mountain to us, and thus Small Paws™ Rescue was born.Adopt a Little New Yorker Today!® Pet adoption is rewarding and life-changing. Looking back, you can't imagine your life any other way! Our New York City animal shelters are full of loving, beautiful cats and dogs in need of homes.

Large and small, young and old, mutts and purebreds — thousands are waiting today.Laptop Trolley Bag Deals Buying pets promotes the breeding of even more dogs and cats — sometimes under cruel and painful conditions, such as found in puppy mills — at a time when nearly 29,000 homeless pets enter our city shelters each year. How To Clean Bathtub YellowWe have more dogs and cats here now than we can humanely care for, without encouraging the breeding of even more.Best Rated Hot Tubs Consumer Reports If you are ready to care for a pet and expand your family, please explore adoption! APOs are the 150+ shelters and rescue groups that work as part of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals. APOs take in animals from Animal Care & Control of NYC (AC&C) or the public and find them new adoptive homes.

New York Breed Rescue Network Pet adoption events, held by APOs at locations in and near New York City, offer an excellent opportunity for you to meet and adopt your next companion animal — that is, your new best friend! Administered by the Mayor's Alliance, the Picasso Veterinary Fund pays for lifesaving medical treatment for sick and injured animals transferred from AC&C to other APOs for adoption. While all of these cats and dogs have faced health challenges, most of them do not have ongoing medical issues — but all of them are eager to find new families! Adopt a New York City Feral Cat Initiative Cat or Kitten During Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) projects conducted by New York City Feral Cat Initiative APOs, friendly cats, along with kittens young enough to be socialized, are removed from colonies for adoption into permanent indoor homes. Each rescue group and shelter has its own adoption process. A good first step is to visit the websites of these organizations.

Many of these sites include information about the group's adoption process, as well as contact information and adoption applications. You will be asked to answer questions, fill out paperwork and, in some cases, open your home for a home visit by a representative from the rescue group. While the steps might vary, each is intended to ensure that pets are placed in loving, permanent homes. All of our APOs are non-profit organizations. They typically charge adoption fees that help to cover their costs of caring for the animals and allow them to save more pets. (Adoption fees rarely cover all of the costs these groups and shelters have paid to vaccinate, spay or neuter, and care for your pet before he or she comes home to you.) Your cost to adopt is generally far lower than if you were to purchase from a pet store or breeder. Bear in mind that many people who are working to help homeless animals are volunteers. When you contact a shelter or rescue group, please be patient and understand that a delay in responding to you is likely the result of having their hands full caring for the animals.

A Special Note About Senior Pets You rarely will hear stories more filled with love than those told by adopters of senior pets. Often overlooked in favor of the playful puppy or cuddly kitten in the next cage, senior dogs and cats make wonderful companions. Many of the 150+ Alliance Participating Organizations have loving seniors looking for homes today. To read more about the life-changing experience of opening your heart and home to a deserving senior, please visit the Senior Pets: All They Need Is Love blog, Facebook page, or Twitter page. Not Ready to Adopt? Foster parents provide temporary care for a dog or cat in their home, offering these pets much-appreciated time in a loving home instead of a shelter or boarding facility. The Mayor's Alliance is always in need of kind, reliable foster caretakers for animals who are awaiting adoption or have been temporarily displaced from their homes. You can learn more and submit a Volunteer Application on our Foster an Animal page.