How Can You Help The Shelter?

You can support the animal by donating to our shelter. About 6 to 8 million animals enter pet shelters each year, and only about 5,000 shelters exist to help these animals. Your donations will help to purchase blankets, litter boxes, nursing bottles, and more to help animals in need.  We have a donation wish list and an Amazon wish list of items that will be helpful to our shelter pets.

You can also become a Foster or Volunteer (DDO Volunteer) as well. While the shelter environment is safe for our pets it can also be stressful. Foster and DDO Volunteers allow our pets to get out of the shelter for a while to increase their quality of life. Volunteers help the shelter and our pets' environments remain clean to help decrease the spread of disease and to increase the chances of adoption and return visitors. Click here to learn more info.

Medical Funds:

Our most pressing and consistent need is for funds to provide special medical care for conditions that cannot be treated at our facility with the limited time of our contracted vet and the limited equipment of our medical suite.

Donating via the button below puts money directly into the account specifically used for those unique, and often time-sensitive medical needs.

Examples of how the money may be used include amputations, x-rays, hip joint reconstruction surgery (FHO), emergency treatment of a stray dog that’s been hit by a car or one suffering from severe heat stroke, or collecting professional medical evidence in animal cruelty investigations, etc.
 

Amazon Wish List:

Our needs are always changing, so we update our Amazon list regularly to best reflect what we are currently needing the most. With Amazon, you can ship items directly to our doorstep. Click the box below to see what we need the most:

Ship any items to: 1330 Columbia Drive, Richardson, Texas 75081 

General Wish List:

We love your “spring cleaning”! Did you come across some pet supplies in your garage? Realize you’ve accumulated 10x as many leashes as you have dogs? Have a pet that won’t eat salmon-flavored food? We would be more than happy to take this off your hands! We are always in need of the following items:

• Towels & blankets (used are just fine!)
• Dog treats (especially small, stinky treats for training)
• Dog toys (particularly Kongs, Nylabones, and similar "tough" items)
• Cat toys
• Animal sweaters (often useful for the small, skinny, or elderly dogs that have a harder time maintaining body heat)
• Plastic pet carriers
• Sensitive stomach dog food
• Wired or hard-shell dog crates
• Leashes, collars, and harnesses
• Unscented baby wipes
• KMR powdered kitten formula
• Heating pads (preferably with not automatic “off” feature)
• Peanut butter (smooth, not crunchy)
• Large dog costumes (we use them for promotions!)
• Newspaper to line our cat kennels
• Gift cards to pet supply stores
• Stuffed animals for our small orphaned kittens to snuggle up with
• Dog and cat beds (lightly used or new)
• Exotic animal supplies - food, heat lamps, bulbs, bowls, habitat accessories, etc.

***What We Don't Want***

We don’t really have a need for these items and some of them can actually do more harm than good for the pets in our care. Please AVOID donating the following items:

• Controlled prescription medications
• Pillows
• Fitted sheets (regular, unfitted sheets only!)
• Human clothing