Our Location: 604 Boston Post Road Sudbury, MA 01776
Our Phone #: (978) 443-7282
Our Hours: 08/30/10 - 09/05/10
Monday, 08/30/10
Meet and greet 12-5
Tuesday, 08/31/10
Meet and greet 12-5
Wednesday, 09/01/10
Meet and greet 12-5
Thursday, 09/02/10
Meet and greet 12-5
Friday, 09/03/10
Meet and greet 12-5
Saturday, 09/04/10
meet and greet 12-3 "weather permitting"
Sunday, 09/05/10
CLOSED
Monday, 09/06/10 meet and greet 12-3 PM
We've updated our Wish List!
Please check out how you can help us!
Giant Yard Sale - August 21 - 22!
At Save A Dog, 604 Boston Post Road, Sudbury
Saturday, August 21st from 9am-3pm
Sunday, August 22nd from 10am-2pm
(no early birds please!)
RAIN OR SHINE under our BIG Tent!!!
Lots of items for sale including some furniture, household items, games and
toys, books and videos, accessories and bric-a-brac, pictures/framed atr,
dog clothes and other items, plus lots more!
Obedience Training with Save A Dog
Save A Dog is happy to announce that we are now offering on site training classes taught by Paul Emerson,
CPDT-KA, of Family Dog Training. The classes being offered are:
Puppy Kindergarten - Experts agree that the first 5 months of your puppy's life are the most important.
Experiences that happen to your puppy during this time (both good and bad) have a lasting effect. Why not come to
Puppy K to socialize and train your puppy in a clean, safe environment.
Basic Obedience 101 (Levels) - This beginner program teach you and your dog the basic skills one desires in a family pet.
Among skills covered: sit, down, come when called, walking nicely on leash, how to eliminate problem behaviors like
jumping and pulling on leash. This class is taught using “positive reinforcement” training methods.
Intermediate and Advance Obedience (Levels) - Expand on the skills covered in Basic Obedience 101. Teach your dog to
behave in a variety of environments and distractions. Pre-requisite: Basic Obedience 101 or equivalent.
For more information on these classes, including a schedule of current classes and for an application, please
refer to our Training Page.
Flooding Update as of 05/20/10
On Monday, May 17th, we unplugged the last sump pump. Then it rained on Tuesday and Wednesday,
so we turned them briefly on again. Hopefully, we are finally above the water table. Thank you
to all the volunteers who helped us through this ordeal and especially to Jill Greblick who
worked like a dog (no pun intended) these past few months making sure that all the pumps were
running, including the huge gas-powered ones outside.
Dogs Who Need Sponsors
Maddie
Maddie is a special girl; she was severely injured as a baby, perhaps by a car, we don't know. After the veterinarian studied radiographs of her back legs and pelvis, he was amazed at how well she is now able to walk! Both back legs and pelvis were broken, and never treated. Maddie was left to heal on her own. She must have suffered much pain as she healed, but what a determined little dog she is! Now she walks and runs with only a limp! The veterinarian thought that Maddie could eventually develop arthritis due to her old injuries, and recommends a high quality joint supplement like Dasuquin. So Save A Dog offered to take her and have her treated with acupuncture and chiropractic adjustments. Maddie is worth it all; she is SO affectionate and devoted! She has a great attitude and a sense of humor, which brings smiles to all who meet her! She loves to cuddle in our arms and give us big kisses! What a treasure! She will need a special adopter. Someone with a big heart and a sense of humor. Also, someone who will follow up on the holistic protocol that we will start for her. If we raise enough funds we might be able to subsidize this. Her arrival from Indiana will be on 9/10 and we can start showing her after her vet visit on 9/12. Please fill out an application so that we can learn about you before meeting her. We will also provide updates to serious applicants.
All A's on SAFER and HW neg. Maddie's radiographs will be included with her health records.
The red dog behind Maddie in the photo is one of her playmates here at our shelter.
Sponsors:
Gregory Johnson
Felicia farber Gervais
Jewel
Jewel is an adorably tiny 7 year old Pom who is full of spunk and attitude. She has that little prance to her step that is the cutest thing to watch. She loves to be held 24/7, what a lap dog. Well, this little gem had a rough start in life so she needed some blood work and a chest xray to make sure she's okay. She has what might be slight allergies and she needs a good dental cleaning as her teeth have lots of tartar. These minor medical issues can be resolved with homeopathy and good herbal supplements, but she does need the cleaning, so we're asking for a few supporters to raise the funds for this. We will only consider a gentle adopter who will keep her as a lap dog and make up to her all the loving she's missed. A holistic home will assure her of a long, healthy life. Adult home only as she was not raised with children that we're aware of. She was fostered by a single woman and did great. Jewel is housebroken and weighs about 6 to 7 pounds, maybe less. She got along great with the other little dogs in the household. She is available now but in a foster home. If you are interested, please fill out an application and we will be in touch if you are a match for this precious dog. Donations to cover the extra medical costs would be sincerely appreciated.
Sponsors:
Susan Costello
Theresa Hamm
Marian Disken
Virginia Hendry
Karen V. stefanini
Felicia farber Gervais
Max
Max is a 2-3 year old Retriever male who is being treated for heart worm in TN. When he tests negative we will bring him up to Save A Dog for adoption. He was an outside dog before being rescued and spent life on a chain with occasional times off the chain to play with children. What a sad life, but he doesn't hold it against humans, and he's going to have a great life from here on out, we'll make sure of it. Max is a wonderful dog. He never sees a stranger and is good with other dogs. He is playing with a 3 mo old pup that a rescuer is fostering as well as her 6 dogs that range in age from 7 mo to 9 yrs. He does know how to climb a fence, so is not a dog who can be left at home with a doggy door to the outside as he wants to be with people and he deserves that. He has his final treatment on 8/16 and will be available to come up in Sept.
He is about 75#, golden color and looks like a Golden Retriever with short hair and some feathering. He is neutered, current on rabies vac, being heartworm treated, neg. fecal. Please apply online or at our facility. No phone calls yet as we don't actually have him here.
Sponsors:
Gregory Johnson
Kathleen Conroy
Susan Olson
Save a Dog, Inc.: A No-Kill Shelter in a Lethal World!
Every year at least 8 million cats and dogs are euthanized in overcrowded animal
shelters. Pet over-population is a national tragedy that needs all our involvement.
If nothing else, encourage your family and friends to “adopt” rather than to buy.
By saving dogs from areas of the country where there’s a daily holocaust, we’re
trying to have a small impact on a big problem.
News Flash to all our adoptive pet owners!
Increased Scrutiny of Flea and Tick Control Products for Pets
The EPA is currently reviewing 44,000 complaints that were filed last year
concerning potentially dangerous – and sometimes deadly – "spot-on" flea and
tick products for pets. Please use the links provided below to read up on the
situation and to protect your beloved pets!
Save A Dog, Inc. is a Massachusetts-based humane society whose focus is abandoned dogs. We take in
local dogs of all breeds, sizes, and shapes who have become homeless for one reason or another. We work with
animal shelters in MA as well as out of state. With over 8.6 million pets being euthanized each year, we try
to maximize the number of dogs we can save at once, so we work with several high volume shelters and humane
societies in rural parts of the south and in WV where dogs die in large numbers. Save A Dog incorporated as
a 501c3 nonprofit in 1999 and we were the first dog rescue group in the Boston Metrowest area to bring in
dogs from states that have an over-population problem. We have used foster homes and now have a shelter
in which to house and show our rescued dogs. We try to make the best match for applicant and dog. We
developed a health protocol and quarantined our dogs long before it was state-mandated.
To date we have rescued and adopted over 3,000 dogs. We will not turn down special needs dogs and gone
to great lengths to save the lives of those who are truly in need. If we are going to bring in dogs from
out of state, we choose a mix of adult dogs slated for euthanasia as well as adolescent dogs who were
abandoned when they outgrew their cuteness. We love working with people who want to "save a dog" instead
of going to a breeder or pet shop to buy a dog. With such a national crisis, we educate our community to
adopt, not buy. We counsel our adopters on how to care for the new dog or pup and we offer puppy kindergarten
classes as well as obedience for all our adopters. We send our rescued dogs home with an adoption contract
that ensures the dog will never again end up in a shelter again. We spay and neuter the dogs prior to
placement. Our dogs are up to date on vaccinations, but we don't over-vaccinate as we know that this can
lead to immune deficiency problems and we will educate our adoption community about that. We use holistic
care and homeopathy as our primary medical protocol. We use positive reinforcement training for our dogs
and we require that adopters obedience train their dog using positive methods.
We are privately funded via donations. We charge an adoption fee, but it is not enough to cover our
operating expenses, so we hold several fund raisers per year to stay afloat and keep the dog rescue
work going.
If you would like to meet our rescued dogs, please fill out an
application
or come to one of our local Meet and Greet events, listed on the
Events page. Also, if you fill out an
application, you can make a private appointment to see the dogs.
Thanks so much for your interest in adopting a dog. We have so many wonderful dogs that you can come and meet and learn about them. The first step of our process is to fill out an application (under the apply to adopt tab on the home page). The application, with no obligation or fee, allows us to get to know you a bit better. We will be in touch after we review it. We have meet and greet times (listed on the home page in the light blue box) which are open times to come and meet the dogs. Please bring all decision makers (adults) as we are unable to hold dogs. Also we are going to need to meet all children and resident dogs before a match can be made! Thanks again for thinking about adopting a dog!
Rescued Dogs 2010 Calendar
$12.00 for one or $10.00 apiece when you purchse 2 or more!
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