Links and Information

All kinds of great links, articles and fun stuff about poodles and resources to care for them.

Bring Pets Home donates a portion of every purchase to shelters including Carolina Poodle Rescue! Simply by shopping online, with no extra cost, you can help! Specify Carolina Poodle Rescue when you register!

Join the Carolina Poodle Rescue Volunteers Yahoo Group
Carolina Poodle Rescue Volunteers is a network of dedicated, poodle loving volunteers doing what they can to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome needy poodles and poodle mixes. This list is our home for chatting about the ups and downs of foster care, transports, home checks needed, etc. It's our hands-on working group.


CPRPoodlePals is a Yahoo Group run by Carolina Poodle Rescue for more chatty conversations among poodle adopters. CPRPoodlePals is a support and discussion group for those who have adopted from Carolina Poodle Rescue.

The Poodle Room ... where the Poodles are. The Poodle Room is a site dedicated to providing information and resources on Poodles worldwide. This site has breed information, articles, a discussion board, chat, many poodle-related links and more... all about Poodles!

Adoption Q&A

Why We Do Not Adopt to Households with Intact Dogs

Integrating your new Dog into Your Household

Integrating Your new dog into a Household with Cats (PDF)

Outside Dogs

Article by Dennis Fetko, PH.D

Health Issues

Raisins and grapes CAN be harmful to dogs. SNOPES

The Wrath of Grapes: Discover why grapes and raisins prove toxic to dogs. ASPCA

For Folks Who Need Help with Pets

American Animal Hospital Association
http://www.aahahelpingpets.org/home/
Through the AAHA Helping Pets Fund, veterinary care is possible for sick or injured pets even if they have been abandoned or if their owner is experiencing financial hardship.

Angels 4 Animals
www.Angels4Animals.org
Angels4Animals, a non-profit organization and a program of Inner Voice Community Services, has a mission to serve as the guardian angel of animals whose caretakers find themselves in difficult financial situations. At Angels4Animals we believe that animal owners should not have to say goodbye to the animals that they love. Our work is accomplished in conjunction with veterinary clinics across the country, eager to assist as many animals, and their owners, as possible. Our services range from financial aid to complete treatment to those pets and pet owners in need."

Care Credit
www.carecredit.com
A credit card company for health care, including veterinary care. "CareCredit, the leader in patient/client financing, has helped more than 3 million patients/clients get the treatment or procedures they needed and wanted. With a comprehensive range of plan options, for treatment or procedure fees from $1 to over $25,000, we offer a plan and a low monthly payment to fit comfortably into almost every budget."

Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance (FVEAP) http://www.fveap.org/sys-tmpl/door/
"The NEED & The HELP: Seniors, People with disabilities, People who have lost their job, Good Samaritans who rescue a cat or kitten - any of these folks may need financial assistance to save a beloved companion." The Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization that provides financial assistance to cat and kitten guardians who are unable to afford veterinary services to save their companions when life-threatening illness or injury strikes.

Help-A-Pet
http://www.help-a-pet.org/home.html
"Our efforts focus on serving the elderly, the disabled, and the working poor. For lonely seniors, physically/mentally challenged individuals and children of working parents, pets represent much more than a diversion."

IMOM
http://www.imom.org
"Mission Statement: Helping people help pets. To better the lives of sick, injured and abused companion animals. We are dedicated to insure that no companion animal has to be euthanized simply because their caretaker is financially challenged."

The Pet Fund
http://thepetfund.com/
"The Pet Fund is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit association that provides financial assistance to owners of domestic animals who need urgent veterinary care. Often animals are put down or suffer needlessly because their owners cannot afford expensive surgery or emergency vet visits. The purpose of the Pet Fund is to work towards a future where decisions about companion animal medical care need never be made on the basis of cost."

United Animal Nations
http://www.uan.org/lifeline/index.html
"The mission of LifeLine is to help homeless or recently rescued animals suffering from life-threatening conditions that require specific and immediate emergency veterinary care. We strive to serve Good Samaritans and rescue groups who take in sick or injured animals. In certain cases, LifeLine can also assist senior citizens and low-income families pay for immediate emergency veterinary care."

Corgi Aid
http://www.corgiaid.org/

Dachshunds Needing IVDD surgery
http://members.rushmore.com/~dds/applyforhelp.htm

HandicappedPets.com
http://www.handicappedpets.com/Articles/help/
"From time to time, HandicappedPets.com recognizes a caretaker of handicapped pets that need some special attention, and a little extra help. There are those who are so selflessly dedicated to their animal families that they give up a little more than they can afford."

Labrador Lifeline
http://www.labradorlifeline.org/success/2005-abbey.htm

LabMed: Rx For Rescued Labs
http://www.labmed.org/aid_main.html