Bichon Rescue Tennessee, Inc. is your host Mission: To  address the plight of bichons in need ...  through education and responsible in-home rehabilitation  until adopting into competent and loving forever homes.  Join us in saving lives . . . . educate, educate, educate!   Last update:   10/13/04 Adoptions

100 Ways to Help Rescue work Don’t know what to do- but really want to help?

1. Transport a dog for a ‘leg’ of it’s journey.

2. Create a craft for a rescue fundraiser

3. Donate your old towels for baths which are constant in rescue work.

4. Donate a Kong .. a nylabone ... and/or greenies

5. Donate a crate or crate pad

6. Donate an expen

7. Donate a food dish or a stainless bucket for a crate

8. Donate a leash And/or collar

9. Donate your outgrown baby gates

11. Donate a halti or gentle leader

12. Walk a dog

13. Brush a dog

14. Donate shampoos, combs, brushes, etc.

15. Offer to do a shelter id for a rescue

16. Write your favorite rescue into your will. Create a legacy in your name.

17. Mail out applications to people who've requested them

18. Provide local vet clinics with contact information for educational materials on responsible pet ownership

19. Drive a dog to and from vet appointments

20. Donate long distance calling cards

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21. Donate your old scanner or digital camera .. or just loan it to a rescue

22. Donate the use of a photocopier

23. Attend public education days and try to educate people on responsible pet ownership

24. Donate a gift certificate to a pet supply store .. either online or in your neighborhood.

25. Donate a raffle item if your club is holding a fundraiser

26. Donate flea preventative (Advantage, Frontline, etc.)

27. Donate heartworm pills

28. Donate a canine first aid kit

29. Provide a shoulder to cry on when the rescue person is overwhelmed

30. Pay the boarding fees to board a dog for a week or two

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31. Be a Santa-paws foster to give the foster provider a break for a few hours ... or a day or two

32. Clip coupons for dog food or treats

33. Bake some homemade doggie biscuits

34. Make book purchases through Amazon via a web site that contributes commissions earned to a rescue group

35. Host rescue photos with an information link on your website

36. Donate time to take good photos of foster dogs for adoption flyers, etc.

37. Conduct a home visit or accompany a rescue person on the home visit

38. Go with rescue person to the vet to help if there is more than one dog

39. Have a yard sale and donate some of the money to rescue

40. Be a volunteer contact in your area

42. Talk to all your responsible friends about adopting and fostering rescue dogs

43. Donate vet services or can you help by donating a spay or neuter each year or some vaccinations

44. Interview vets to encourage them to offer discounts to rescues

45. Write a column for your local newspaper or club newsletter on dogs on dogs currently looking for homes and/or ways to help rescue

46. Take photos of dogs available for adoption for use by the Rescue organization

47. Maintain web sites listing/showing dogs available

48. Volunteer tp help organize and run fundraising events

49. Help maintain the paperwork files associated with each dog or enter the information into a database

50. Sponsor a tattoo for a rescued dog

51. Sponsor a microchip for a rescued dog

52. Loan your carpet steam-cleaner to a rescue foster home.

53. Donate a bottle of bleach or other cleaning products

54. Donate or loan a portable dog run to someone who doesn't have a quarantine area for quarantining a dog that has an unknown vaccination history and has been in a shelter

55. Drive the fosters' children to an activity so that the foster can take the dog to obedience class

56. Use your video camera to film a rescue dog in action

57. Pay the cost of taking a dog to obedience class

58. Be the one to take the dog to its obedience class

59. Go to the foster home once a week with your children and dogs to help socialize the dog

60. Help the foster clean up the yard (yes, we also have to scoop what those foster dogs poop)

62. Pay for the dog to be groomed or take the dog to a *Do It Yourself* Grooming Place

63. Bring the foster family take out supper so they don’t have to cook dinner

64. Pay a house-cleaning service to do the spring cleaning for someone who fosters dogs all the time

65. Lend your artistic talents to your club's newsletter, fundraising ideas, and t-shirt designs

66. Donate printer paper, envelopes and stamps to your club

67. Go with a rescue person to the vet if a foster dog needs to be euthanized

68. Go to local shelters and meet with shelter staff about how to identify your breed or provide photos and breed information showing the different types of that breed may come in and the different color combinations

69. Go to local businesses and solicit donations for a club's fundraising event

70. Offer to try and help owners be better pet owners by holding a grooming seminar

71. Help pet owners be better pet owners by being available to answer training questions

72. Loan a crate if a dog needs to travel by air

73. Put together an *Owner's Manual* for those who adopt rescued dogs of your breed

74. Provide post-adoption follow up or support? All dogs need to be followed up on ...

75. Donate a coupon for a free car wash or gas or inside cleaning of a vehicle

76. Pay for an ad in your local/metropolitan paper to help place rescue dogs

77. Volunteer to screen calls for that ad

78. Get some friends together to build/repair pens for a foster home

79. Microchip your own pups if you are a breeder, and register the chips so if your dogs ever come into rescue, you can be contacted to take responsibility for your pup

80. Donate a small percentage of the sale of each pup to rescue if you are a breeder
 

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81. Buy two of those really neat dog-items you "have to have" and donate one to Rescue

82. Make financial arrangements in your will to cover the cost of caring for your dogs after you are gone - so Rescue won't have to

83. Make a bequest in your will to your local or national Rescue

84. Donate your professional services as an accountant or lawyer

85. Donate other services if you run your own business

86. Donate the use of a vehicle if you own a car dealership

87. Loan your cell phone (and cover costs for any calls) to someone driving a rescued dog

88. Donate your *used* dog dryer when you get a new one

89. Let rescue know when you'll be flying and that you'd be willing to be a rescued dog's escort

90. Donate a doggy seatbelt

91. Donate a grid screen for a van or other vehicle

92. Organize a rescued dog picnic or other event to reunite the rescued dogs that have been placed

93. Donate other types of doggy toys that might be safe for rescued dogs

94. Donate a roll-a-treat or Buster cube

95. Donate clickers or a video on clicker training

96. Donate materials for a quarantine area at a foster's home

97. Donate sheets of linoleum or other flooring material to put under crates to protect the foster’’s floor?

98. Donate an engraving tool to make ID tags for each of the rescued dogs

WE need YOU!!