K9 Kindness Rescue, Inc. is a non-profit organization started in April, 2004. All of our dogs are up to date on shots, on heart worm preventative, flea and tick preventative and are altered. Any other veterinary care that they need is done before the dogs are placed in homes. There are many ways to help K9 Kindness and the dogs! If you are interested in becoming involved with our rescue group, please email us for more information! And we always need more people to help care for our dogs until they find their forever homes. For information on this program, email us, too! We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and are licensed per State of Iowa Code 162.
A Brief History
K9 Kindness Rescue, Inc. was started in March of 2004 by founder Debbie Fraker who has now retired from rescue. The rescue was originally the size of a few friends and three foster homes in Davenport, De Witt, and Blue Grass. The rescue's name was a play on K9 Child Dog Daycare who worked closely with the rescue. In 2013, we placed our 1,000th dog in a furever home. In 2014, we pulled our first dog from Puerto Rico. We also celebrated 10 years of serving the Quad Cities and the Tristate region. Currently, the President is Kimberly Patterson and the rescue has around 20 foster homes.
Mission and Vision
K9 Kindness Rescue is a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue and adoption of all breeds of dogs with a commitment to providing appropriate veterinary care and treatment in foster settings.
Adoption Policy
Adoption Fees
Adoption fees are charged and due upon completion of the adoption process and the signature collected on the adoption contract. These fees go towards covering medical expenses of caring for the pet while in the care of K9 Kindness Rescue. Items covered by the adoption fee may include heartworm treatment and/or preventative, flea and tick treatment and/or preventative, vet check ups, surgeries, altering, food, toys, treats, or other tests.
Fees for dogs are posted on their bios for adoption.
The Process
1. Fill out and submit an adoption application.
2. The foster home will set up an appointment for you to meet the dog in which you are interested.
3. A home visit is then required as part of the adoption procedure. All members of the household must meet the dog prior to completing an adoption process.
4. References may be checked to ensure everything is on the up and up.
5. If all things are in the clear, the adoption will then proceed and be finalized.
Things To Remember
The adoption process is not necessarily as open and shut as quickly running through the application, references, and then finalizing the adoption. Please take time to look over the following points and things to remember about our adoption process that isn't mentioned in the overall scope mentioned above:
• On the adoption application, we ask for three references and a vet reference. We ask this for the same reason employers request references.
• If you leave any questions blank, we reserve the right to disqualify your application.
• If you provide information that is determined to be false, your application will be disqualified.
• The average time to adopt one of our pets is approximately 7 to 10 days.
• We do not observe "first come, first serve" mentality. We judge applications by their quality and matching them with their pet.
• If you currently own pets, they must be current on all vaccinations and prevention. In addition, they must be altered. This will be confirmed by your veterinarian before adoption.
• Our procedure enables us to gather complete and well-rounded information in order to make an informed and wise decision that will lead to a lifetime relationship between a family and the pet.
• We do follow-up calls to help insure the placement is working, to hone our pet evaluation skills, and to help with any questions that may arise.
• Please realize that it may take up to two weeks for your pet to be comfortable in your home. It is possible that they may have some accidents during this adjustment period.
• Our procedure is about righting a wrong. If an animal is in our care, something has already gone wrong in its life. We want to find our dogs a home where they’ll be cherished and loved.
https://www.k9kindnessrescue.org/adopt/
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