Our Mission
For the Love of Dogs Vermont 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.
Note: For the Love of Dogs Vermont does not rehome dogs from other rescues, breeders or organizations. Please contact the organization or breeder from which your pup was originally adopted if you wish to rehome. Unless otherwise noted, our dogs are currently with rescues in the south and cannot be met in Vermont prior to adoption.
WHAT WE DO
Welcome to For the Love of Dogs Vermont, a network of people with more than 40 years of rescue experience. FLDVT is run entirely by volunteers and relies on donations and adoption fees to support its programs.
FLDVT works to rescue dogs at risk of being euthanized in "high-kill" shelters in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee. FLDVT is a registered non-profit 501(c)3.
For many in the south, spay/neuter laws do not exist, and the dog overpopulation problem is critical. To date, with massive amounts of coordinating and collaborating and endless hours of dedication from the rescuers, fosters, transporters, volunteers, and donors, FLDVT rescues approximately 800 dogs per year. Our goal is to save more.
FLDVT makes sure our incoming dogs are tested for heart worms and are de-wormed, altered, and vaccinated. Our dogs are transported using USDA-licensed transporters who provide the dogs with quality care while on their way to us.
Our dogs are adopted into loving families directly from our partner organizations in the South. Occasionally, we will provide a foster home for one of our dogs until an appropriate placement can be found, but this is not the norm.
FLDVT supports local shelters in Vermont by supporting dogs with special needs and placing them with foster families who can provide short- and long-term care and rehabilitation until permanent homes are found.
FLDVT supports the Mad River Valley community, offering assistance for missing dogs and found dogs in need of medical attention and fostering until the owner is located.
FLDVT is dedicated to educating the public about spaying and neutering their pets as well as choosing adoption over buying a dog from a puppy mill and breeder.
You can help
Adopt through FLDVT.
Foster through FLDVT.
Volunteer with FLDVT.
Donate to FLDVT.
Four million highly adoptable dogs are killed each year in this country's "shelters." That is 1 dog every 13 seconds.
