Why do ready lists exist in the animal shelter earth?

In our ordinary working day-to-day shelter functions, we commonly have a ready listing of at minimum 50 or additional cats. For our pet dogs, it flows easily and usually there is no more than 15 on the list.

We triage our intakes, meaning emergencies will always take precedence. Emergencies can contain something from critical higher respiratory bacterial infections, parvo conditions, motor vehicle hits, and a couple far more drastic situations that I will not enter into. We are inclined to these cats and pet dogs in advance of we are equipped to ingestion others mainly because of minimal kennel house and staff.

This potential customers to the up coming issue: kennel place and intake processes.

When a pet is surrendered to the shelter, they go by a intense intake process. Both of those the pet dogs and cats have quarantine intervals upon arrival canine remaining only 7 times immediately after surrender and cats 21 times after surrender.

All through quarantine, they receive vaccinations, medical treatment (spay or neuter, vaccinations, several sickness screening, microchips, bathed, dewormed, and additional) and owners are supplied the chance to declare within the first seven days, if they are stray animals.

We have limited kennel place. There are only 16 impound cages for the felines, wherever they are quarantined for 21 times. 1 bank of cages is reserved for contagious bacterial infections, these types of as ringworm or giardia. You would be stunned at how common these bacterial infections are in the place. This implies that we can only take 8 or so right before getting complete and not able to just take in any extra non-emergent instances.

We have a different bank of cages in an additional space reserved for emergencies, these kinds of as bottle babies, damaged extremities, higher respiratory infections and other a variety of health-related troubles.

Let us not forget about the situation of overcrowding in our adoption regions. In buy to ingestion cats, we have to undertake them out at the very same amount. We have a established limit of only 15 in our grownup space and 10 in our kitten place. This allows sustain the peace and quality of lifestyle for our feline friends. Our nursery spot is reserved for kittens and puppies that are recently born or are in what we phone “their increasing up time period.” This is the time from birth to the age that they are ready to be fixed and adopted out.

In the pet dog area, we have 4 kennels reserved for the “pound,” where regional legislation enforcement are in a position to house stray animals that they could select up on patrol.

For the duration of the wintertime, we lower our dog figures to around 7. This permits us to full what we connect with “a flip.” A flip is where by we are capable to get the dogs outside and provide them in pretty immediately if it is chilly without acquiring to thoroughly clean their dirty kennels initial.

We have 4 kennels reserved for the quarantine period that the canine have to go by to give time for entrepreneurs to assert and/or for vaccinations. It is the similar process below. Just before we can intake a dog, a single will have to be adopted.

To get on the ready listing, please call your neighborhood shelter. Really don’t demonstrate up with no 1st notifying employees. There is no guarantee that we will be able to ingestion the animal. We will try to microchip scan it and get more information for a surrender request. During your time on the ready listing, you should attempt to rehome the animal by way of personal party and always check with for a rehoming fee. We do counsel you proceed to contact other shelters (and get on waiting around lists if you have to) for best good results with a placement.

I hope this makes it possible for for clarity for all those who are unsure of why we are unable to acquire an animal as soon as we would like to. We check out our best to appease everyone’s needs, but sad to say that is not constantly possible.

We extremely encourage that if you are heading to select up a stray animal, that you have a approach in place with how you will home it, try to uncover the operator, or if you are equipped to uncover placement with a area shelter.

If you are unable to find placement, please residence the animal in a locale where it is out of the features (garage, lavatory, porch), and ideally away from pets that you may perhaps have in the dwelling. We would dislike for them to capture health issues from a stray pet in the residence.

We are working by appointment only. For the most up to date cats and pet dogs, be sure to glance at our PetFinder (https://www.petfinder.com/member/us/mn/park-rapids/headwaters-animal-shelter-mn75/).

To schedule an appointment, make sure you phone the staff at the shelter. You will be questioned to fill out a pre-undertake consultation sort. This will help us get to know what you are wanting for and what your home is like.

Speak with your landlord (even relatives members) ahead of inquiring about adopting, it is in our coverage to discuss with them very first right before enabling the animal to go into the household.

When a pre-undertake is permitted, an appointment will be scheduled. You have to be 18 decades or older to undertake from the Headwaters Animal Shelter.

The cat adoption payment is $161.06, even though the dog adoption charge is $214.75.

Our cats are thoroughly vetted vaccinated, microchipped, fixed, dewormed, analyzed for giardia/ringworm/FEL/FiV, bathed and dipped in antifungal remedies, flea/tick/mite remedies, and any extra professional medical treatment method that may perhaps be expected for ideal health.

Our canines are absolutely vetted vaccinated, microchipped, mounted, dewormed, tested for tick and heartworm disorder, bathed, flea/tick solutions, and any other medical treatment method that may perhaps be expected for optimum wellbeing.

Make contact with information for location animal shelter companies

Headwaters Animal Shelter

901 Western Ave. S., Park Rapids

218-237-7100

Holly, cat manager, [email protected]

Lorena, puppy manager, [email protected]

Humane Society of The Lakes

19665 U.S. Hwy. 59, Detroit Lakes

218-847-0511

Marshmallow Animal Shelter

1478 Mallard St., Detroit Lakes

218-847-9040

Wadena County Humane Society

310 Ash Ave. NW, Wadena

218-632-5938

Enable Enjoy Stay

204 Jefferson St. N, Wadena

218-430-0150

Great River Rescue

1612 Carr Lake Rd. SE, Bemidji

218-751-7910

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue and Resort

2949 State Hwy. 371, Hackensack

218-675-7297

The Babinski Foundation

2825 76th St. SW, Pequot Lakes

218-568-7387

Holly Packman is the cat manager for the Headwaters Animal Shelter.