Pet Owner Resources

  • The Care Credit healthcare credit card can be used to help finance your pet’s veterinary needs:      

  • Best Friends has a comprehensive list of resources that offer financial assistance for pet guardians who are struggling, as well as senior citizens, people with disabilities and people who are seriously ill.

  • Brown Dog is a 501c3 public charity that provides funding to families who find themselves with a sick pet that would likely respond to treatment, but due to an unforeseen circumstance, there is not enough money immediately available to make it happen.

  • MN SNAP provides high-quality and affordable spay and neuter surgery for pets to qualifying families across the state of Minnesota. This work reduces the influx of homeless pets into rescues and shelters, preventing suffering and death.

  • The Animal Humane Society offers a full range of medical and preventative care, spay/neuter and specialty surgeries, and dental services on a sliding fee scale.

  • Mission Animal Hospital provides affordable, high quality veterinary care for dogs and cats. This program provides low-cost spay and neuters, dental cleanings
    and extractions, and other common procedures for low-income pet owners.

  • Access Veterinary Care works with clients to find a care plan that fits their financial situation.

  • Banfield Pet Hospitals (through PetSmart) offers a free first office visit and consultation.

  • Banfield HOPE Funds HOPE Funds program offers financial assistance for income-qualified pet owners whose pet is suffering from an immediately life-threatening condition. You do not need to be an existing Banfield Pet Hospital® client to apply for HOPE Funds, but treatment and the application process will need to be done at a Banfield Pet Hospital. Due to the high demand for assistance, not everyone who applies for HOPE Funds will be approved, and the entire cost of your pet’s treatment will not be covered. All applications submitted must be reviewed for both medical and financial eligibility.

  • Dogs on Deployment is a non-profit that provides an online network for services members to search for volunteers who are willing to board their pets during their owner’s service commitments.

  • Rehome is an online posting service which includes helpful forms to transfer legal ownership of your pet to a new home.

  • Pets Find Help - This curated database of resources is provided by Human Animal Support Services and its partners to keep people and pets together.

  • To find low-cost spay or neuter services near you, simply visit SpayUSA.org or call 800-248-SPAY ( 800-248-7729). 

  • The Street Dog Coalition cares for both ends of the leash. They provide free medical care to pets of the homeless, and those at risk of homelessness, through their street clinics across the nation. Their teams include volunteer veterinarians, vet-techs, social workers, doctors, nurses, dentists, allies, and advocates including students in One Health fields of study.

  • Petco Love Lost is a free and easy way to search 100,000+ lost and found pets to help them return home.

  • RedRover (formerly United Animal Nations) works to bring animals from crisis to care and to strengthen the bond between people and animals.

  • The Pet Fund provides financial assistance to people with pets who need vet care. They also provide information about preventive care, pet insurance programs, and financial services to help prevent future emergencies. Note: All applicants are required to contact the Pet Fund by phone at 916-443-6007 before applying for funding. Emergency funding is not available. The Pet Fund has a waiting list for those needing non-basic, non-emergency care. There are links for other funding organizations on Pet Fund's website.

Pet Health

The links below provide a wealth of information on pet health, pet care, illnesses, treatments, procedures and surgeries. Note: this information does not replace veterinary advice or care.

Re-Homing Your Pet

Helpful Tips for Rehoming Your Pet

Deciding that your pet needs a new home is not an easy decision. Angel of Hope is here to support you and your pet. Finding a home for your pet on your own and keeping them out of the shelter is beneficial to both YOU AND YOUR PET.

A healthy pet is easier to rehome. Make certain your pet is up-to-date on all vaccinations. Provide copies of the vet paperwork. If your pet is not spayed or neutered, we highly recommend getting this done.

It is better for your pet if you are able to rehome them yourself. The shelter can be a very stressful environment for any pet. Ask people in person, but also leave a flyer so they can contact you if they know of someone or decide to adopt your pet themselves. Ask family, friends and co-workers if they know anyone who is looking for a new pet. Create flyers, post to local Facebook groups and Nextdoor.com.

Make colorful and creative flyers highlighting special information about your pet:

  • Location

  • Pets Name

  • Age

  • Breed

  • Sex

  • Spayed/Neutered

  • Vaccine Status

  • Flea meds

  • Brief bio

  • Good with Kids?  Other pets?  Favorite Toys?  Temperament?  Bite History?

  • Rehoming Fee

  • Recent photos

Pet Relinquishment
We urge you to exhaust all other resources and alternatives before surrendering your pet to an open intake shelter. This helps shelters ensure resources are available for the pets that need it most -- those who are lost, displaced, homeless, injured, or sick.

Angel of Hope Animal Rescue is not an open intake shelter.

Our current policy requires that intake must be by appointment only after a surrender application is completed, and we have officially accepted them into our program. If you have a stray dog or cat, please call 311 or your local impound.  We cannot take in strays at this time.

Open intake shelters are run by a local government and accept domestic animals from the city/county they serve. Private shelters and rescue groups select animals from different sources as well as municipal shelters. Some private/rescue groups occasionally accept owner-surrendered animals directly from the public. We are one of those rescues. But they must be a good candidate for our program.

If you adopted your pet from Angel of Hope, please complete our 'Return' form on our website and make sure you use the name of the person who signed the adoption paperwork or your pet's microchip number, and the reason for the return,  so we can locate the info in our system and send you return information.

If not, did you adopt from any other rescue? Most rescues take their animals back. Just contact them.

Resources to Help You Re-Home Your Pet

  • Home to Home is an online pet placement platform that helps pet owners find new homes (permanent or temporary) for their pets. Home To Home believes pets that need a new home do best if they can be transitioned directly from their current home to a new, loving home and avoid the stress of a stay at an animal shelter. Help your pet find a new home or temporary foster care by creating a new pet profile. Click here to get started.

  • Rehome by Adopt A Pet The experts at Adopt-a-Pet.com have created a simple, reliable, free program to help you place your pet from your loving home directly to another. Rehome by Adopt-a-Pet.com is a user-friendly resource for those who are seeking to rehome or adopt an animal. Click here to get started.

  • Rehome with Love, offered by Joyful Pets, supports pet guardians through the challenging process of rehoming a cherished pet. The program aims to keep pets out of shelters by helping them find loving homes directly, while pet parents continue to care for their pets throughout the process. Rehome with Love provides full support, including creating profiles, screening adopters, facilitating introductions, and offering post-adoption care. Rehoming a pet is a loving decision, and Rehome with Love is dedicated to guiding and supporting guardians every step of the way.