| Short 'n Sweet Dog Rescue is Located at the beautiful Short 'n Sweet Ranch in Templeton California |
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| Allow "Duke of Merle" to show you around our website |
| Our foster Dogs |
| Rescue Alliance information |
| Ways you can help |
| Training your dog |
| Duke's antics |
| Although our desire is to place as many dogs as possible, all homes must be qualified to take care of the dogs they adopt. For this reason, all homes are screened. There are a few guidelines that almost all rescue groups use to determine if an individual is a good candidate for adoption. By coming to a dog rescue site you have already passed the first qualification! You CARE about saving a dog that needs you! But, caring isn't enough. You must have a home that is "dog friendly". Ask yourself the following: Is there anything in my home that could harm a dog? Any exposed electrical cords? Any poisonous houseplants? Are household chemicals on open low shelves? Are there other pets that are aggressive? Do your young children understand to be "gentle"? Do you have a securely fenced yard? If not, are you willing to walk the dog on a leash several times every day? You might also check to see if a dog can hurt your home! All dogs occasionally have "accidents", even well trained dogs. Can you deal with this? Many dogs (especially younger dogs) chew belongings, or scratch couches. Most dogs shed leaving dog hair on your furniture, carpets & clothes . . . are you ok with this? Are the other members of the household ok with this? All dogs bark, whine & howl on occasion. Can you deal with this? Can your neighbors? And lastly, you must have the TIME for a dog! Dogs are like perpetual children. They need love, discipline, love, exercise, love, training, love, medical care and more LOVE! Please browse about our site. We would love to hear your suggestions or comments. Feel free to email us! Sincerly, Debby Sweet |
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| Contact us |
| Short 'n Sweet Dog Rescue takes in dogs that are in shelters or heading towards shelters due to their home situation changing. All dogs taken in are spayed, neutered and given vaccines and any medical attention they need. We strive to match them up with caring families that will love them for their entire natural lives. All dogs are spayed or neutered! We discourage casual breeding of dogs . . . even purebred dogs! If you question this opinion, please go to www.petfinder.com and browse through the thousands of homeless dogs needing a place to live. |
| Trick training! |
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| For more information on spaying/neutering |
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| Some special Teen Angels! |
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| Graphic Art fun! |
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| Ask us about our book of cartoons featuring reasons people have given us as to why they had to take their pet to the shelter. We used "Spot" and "Fluffy" bringing their "owners" to a tired overworked shelter manager to hopefully point out how ridiculous most of the reasons are. Animal Shelters were never intended as a dumping ground. Please ask us to help you KEEP your pet if you are considering getting rid of him. |
| view our "special needs" dogs! |
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| Our Nursery |
| Member of the Rescue Alliance of Hairless & Other Breeds a 501(c)3 non-profit organization |
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| Visit the Short n Sweet Ranch website |
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| We want to thank some special companies and businesses that have helped us tremendously! Main St. Small Animal Hospital in Templeton Thank you for alway taking such great care of our fosters & for always giving us the best possible prices & discounts on our necessary procedures Animal Expressions in Cambria Thank you for transforming some of our more scruffy fosters into beautifully groomed gorgeous dogs! Daniels Woodland in Paso Robles Thank you for donating wood shavings to keep our dogs warm & clean! |