We don't have perfect dogs at Hopes Haven.
Every now and again we get one of those "perfect" dogs and we wonder "Where in the heck did you come from!?" because the dog is well behaved, housetrained and a pillar of health! This is NOT the norm.
This picture seems a little more accurate...
:) All joking aside, Hopes Haven is known for taking in the dogs that others don't want. The dogs that are the most difficult to adopt by many other's standards.
Most of our dogs have baggage, aren't perfectly housetrained and have been through a lot to get where they are now. Many make enormous strides while at HH or in a loving foster home where they can begin to learn security, manners and the like.
Here are just a few examples of what HH has done with the help of those who see past the "problems" of these dogs:
As you can see, we get ALL kinds of dogs at HH. Many of them are not the ones you ask for on your applications or when inquiring on the website. But, they CAN be just what you've always wanted if you can look past their flaws. Rescue dogs can provide their humans with the most amazing love imaginable.
Please consider an imperfect dog.
And yes, rescues charge adoption fees. Fees that many times send people's heads spinning because they imagined that the dogs would be free since no one wanted them to begin with.
Let me explain. There is no fairy dust here...I wish we could get our hands on some, or a money tree, that would be cool too... Until then, it is not cheap to run a rescue. This rescue is run solely on donations and adoption fees. We have to pay for medical costs, food, structures, etc etc etc etc etc. You get the point. The costs never end and there are always more dogs to save.
When you pay that adoption fee, you are making a check out to a CAUSE. You are gaining a best friend and supporting an organization that allowed your new friend to have life! With your adoption fee we can save another and another.
Thank you to all who have supported this rescue through fostering, adopting, donating and giving of your time!!
And just like the wonderful founder and operator of Hopes Haven, Marsha says..."There is a lid for every pot".
Until next time,
katie
