Have you found a dog or cat that needs a home? Are you unable to keep your dog or cat? Foster home space is very limited. Whenever we take in a pet from an owner, that is one less cat or dog that we could have saved from a local kill shelter.

If you are considering surrendering your pet due to a behavior or medical problem, please contact us - we might have some information for you! Pet Helpers volunteers work very closely with the animals and have various solutions to behavior problems and may know resources on how to get some help for a medical problem.

Austin Pets Alive No-Kill Handbill (click on "No-Kill Handbill") - A daily rescue newsletter about pets in need. Please include a title in all capital letters, use complete sentences and good high school grammar. Sign your article with your name (first and last please) and email address. (Submissions without this information will not be published.) They can't attach photos, but they can include links to web sites with a photo. Send submissions to handbill@hotmail.com.

Austin SPCA - Call and, if they do not have any room, ask to be placed on their waiting list.

Austin Feral Cats - Too many feral (aka wild) cats? Trap/Neuter/Return is the answer. This group can help you get control!

Pet Friendly Rentals (click on "Business Partners") - Landlord says your pet has to go? Find a new place to live! Some places have "negotiable" and "no limit" allowances for pets. One of our own volunteers found the perfect place to live when she was forced to sell her home and move into an apartment!

Moving? - Can't take your pet? There are many transport groups willing to help your pet get to your new destination. Is there another way we can help you keep your pet?

Having a baby? - Check out these articles on how to help your pets adjust to your new addition:

• Search for "pets and babies" at Google.com

Newspapers - If you advertise in a newspaper, be sure to ask for a fee, even if it's as little as $20. This will deter pet thieves who pose as caring pet owners and then sell the animals to dog-fighting rings, research facilities, cults, etc. Newspaper ads tend to generate a lot of questionable calls. Enlist the help of a friend or someone else who has placed a pet through a newspaper ad.

Pet Helpers offers a unique way to re-home a pet. We welcome individuals to sit in with our adoptions events, which are held several weekends every month at Petco and Petsmart stores around Austin. Bringing your Pet to a Pet Helpers adoption event allows you maximum comfort of knowing your animal companion will be well taken care of in a new home. You meet and talk to prospective adopters and at the same time get the advice of experienced rescue staff. You can sleep well knowing your pet is well taken care of in a new home.

If you are interested in participating in our adoption days, please contact us for more information.

What Pet Helpers provides:

• Web site and newspaper advertising of the adoption events
• Assistance and advice with screening potential adopters
• Application and placement agreement paperwork
• Opportunity to post a picture, description of your pet, and your contact information
• Information and referrals for potential adopters

What is required of the pet's present guardian to adopt a pet out through Pet Helpers:

• Bring all medical paperwork for the pet at the adoption event.
• Pets must be current on vaccinations appropriate for their age (bring proof from your vet).
• If old enough, per Pet Helpers policies, the pet must be spayed or neutered (bring proof from your vet).
• No fleas, ticks, or other contagious conditions are acceptable at adoption events.
• The pet’s guardian must stay with the pet during adoption events. You do not have to stay for the whole adoption event.
• In the event the pet is returned by the adopter, you agree to foster the animal until another adopter can be found.
• Sign our "Sitting-in Agreement" (basically covers these same points).

The people wanting to adopt your pet will be asked for an adoption fee, which goes to Pet Helpers to help cover operating costs. This fee also ensures your pet will be respected and taken care of in its new home.

Adoptions are 3 hours in length and the guardian must stay with their own pet for the time that they are there. If your pet’s actions disrupt the adoption event or if it shows signs of stress you will be asked to take it home. Current vaccinations are required by law and by the pet stores where we hold our adoption days - no exceptions can be made. In order to add your animals to our web site, please email us a digital photograph. If you do not have access to a digital camera or scanner, we might be able to get a photograph at an adoption day.

Pet Helpers does not allow pets who are aggressive to other animals and/or people at adoption events. Pet Helpers assumes no liability for any damages or bodily harm caused by your pet during an adoption event.