About
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Adopt-A-dog is a 501c3 facility that rescues stray dogs and cats. Our purpose is to care for the animals medically, spay or neuter, and get them socially ready for their new homes.
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Adopt-A-Dog is a small shelter in Chappell, Nebraska. Here is their story... "I am a mother of 2 daughters and started this shelter back in 1984, I had a stray show up at our house no one ever claimed her so I kept her and it snowballed from that day. I have always had a love and concern for the welfare of the animals, no matter what kind of animal it was. As kids my sisters and brother and I would bring stray animals home and keep them. It all was planted back in my childhood. My mother was a big animal lover and caregiver. My grandparents raised and cared for dogs and had a farm with different kinds of animals.
I worked for Deuel County as the animal control person and I have gone to the NACA training,(National Animal Control Academy) and was certified with them. I have a farm with several animals and I take care of the dogs around the area and here on my place. I do this because the only place for the dogs to go was two choices, farmers shot them or they went to local vets and if not claimed were put to sleep. So I started this shelter for the sole purpose of trying to help the dogs at least get that fare chance that anything deserves. It is a bit much these days, the animal population is so out of control. Things and animals are way to easy to throw away. Education is another item I am hitting on. I was able to start a spay and neuter program here in the area and have altered hundreds of animals and save thousands of lives. It is great to help the community and help the animals.
I am a 4-H leader for the local dog club. I put on a rabies clinic once a year. I started a spay day for 5 counties and now are just sponsoring three, ours included. I groom dogs on the side to bring a few extra dollars. Answer any questions I can when people approach me and if I can't answer I send them to hopefully someone who can. I and a group of people are trying to start a Humane Society shelter near my home town, it will help out surrounding towns and animals as well. We in this area have now where to take the stray or lost animals, it is going to take some fairly good grants or donations. It can be done and I am setting goals to try and see this come to life. That is about all, thank you for looking at the dogs in need of a home. And remember animals feel fear, and loneliness, and love, just in different ways. But they do feel."
I worked for Deuel County as the animal control person and I have gone to the NACA training,(National Animal Control Academy) and was certified with them. I have a farm with several animals and I take care of the dogs around the area and here on my place. I do this because the only place for the dogs to go was two choices, farmers shot them or they went to local vets and if not claimed were put to sleep. So I started this shelter for the sole purpose of trying to help the dogs at least get that fare chance that anything deserves. It is a bit much these days, the animal population is so out of control. Things and animals are way to easy to throw away. Education is another item I am hitting on. I was able to start a spay and neuter program here in the area and have altered hundreds of animals and save thousands of lives. It is great to help the community and help the animals.
I am a 4-H leader for the local dog club. I put on a rabies clinic once a year. I started a spay day for 5 counties and now are just sponsoring three, ours included. I groom dogs on the side to bring a few extra dollars. Answer any questions I can when people approach me and if I can't answer I send them to hopefully someone who can. I and a group of people are trying to start a Humane Society shelter near my home town, it will help out surrounding towns and animals as well. We in this area have now where to take the stray or lost animals, it is going to take some fairly good grants or donations. It can be done and I am setting goals to try and see this come to life. That is about all, thank you for looking at the dogs in need of a home. And remember animals feel fear, and loneliness, and love, just in different ways. But they do feel."
