Our Mission
FLD is a shelterless rescue located in the Mad River Valley, Vermont. We commit to rescuing dogs from numerous southern states, while we educate and raise awareness of dog rescue.
How to Adopt
1. Review our adoption requirements.
2. Select a dog.
3. Fill out an application.
Once we have an application an adoption coordinator will be in touch with you.
Adopt
Each year, For the Love of Dogs Vermont transports hundreds of dogs to New England from high-kill shelters in the South. Choose to adopt your next dog rather than buying.
Foster
For the Love of Dogs Vermont is a shelterless rescue. We rely on volunteers to provide short- and long-term care for our rescues until they can be placed with their forever families.
Donate
Every gift, large or small, helps For the Love of Dogs Vermont meet its goal of rescuing and supporting dogs currently in high-kill shelters in the South.
WHY RESCUE A DOG?
Every year, four million highly adoptable dogs are killed in this country’s “shelters.” That’s 1 dog every 13 seconds. Dogs end up in shelters for many reasons, most often through no fault of their own. Divorce, relocation, medical issues, a new job, a death in the family, someone simply can no longer care for their dog—just a few of the many reasons a perfectly wonderful dog is suddenly homeless.
So, why rescue a dog?
Because rescue dogs are happy, healthy, well-socialized animals just waiting for the right family to come along.
Because adopting is cheaper than buying. Rescue dogs are already spayed or neutered and vaccinated and given a clean bill of health when they leave the shelter.
Because when you rescue a dog, you not only save his or her life . . . you save the life of the dog who takes the space you helped free up.