The Golden Valley Pet Shelter offers many services to residents of the area, in addition to rescuing pets from spending their lives on the streets. It offers an alternative to keeping animals in kennels by placing them in loving foster homes until such time that they can be adopted. This pet shelter also offers to look after pets while the owners are on holidays or away on business. This is welcome news to many pet owners who do not want to have to put their pets in a kennel for a period of time.
Golden Valley Pet Shelter looks after your pet without removing your pet from your home. All the volunteers are bonded and a veterinary student owns the service. They personally take care of the pets, thus, you don't have to worry about strangers coming into your home or what will happen if your pet gets sick while you are away. You don't need to get extra shots and you have no risk of your pet contracting fleas or a disease while being at a pet shelter and in contact with other animals.
You can pay a small fee to have a person come to your home once a day and make sure that he/she has food and water. This person will also play with your pet and walk it if necessary. It is up to you to decide how often you want someone to look in on your pet -- up to three times a day if you wish. The mission behind this aspect of Golden Valley Pet Shelter is that animals often become stressed when they are taken out of their normal surroundings and placed in a kennel. The animals do not understand what is going on and many of them become ill because they think their owner doesn't want them anymore.
The city of Golden Valley holds an annual "Walk for Animals". This is part of the Golden Valley Pet Shelter's "Be Kind to Animals" week and people pay money to bring their pets and be part of a walk with animals of all kinds. This one event raises much-needed funds for the shelter and helps to pay for the cost of needles and sterilization for the animals that are rescued. It is a five-mile walk but the shelter has vans circling then route just in case of an emergency. There is free lunch and entertainment provided at this event and prizes are awarded throughout the day. The grand prize is usually a trip to some destination, awarded at the end of the day.
This city is one of the leaders in campaigning for the proper care of pets and the importance of getting the proper medical attention. They are always looking for volunteers to help out. If you are an animal lover and live in the area, you can reap many rewards by helping out at the Golden Valley Pet Shelter.
