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Rehoming Your Pet

Pet owners are often faced with hardships that ease up days or weeks later. It may be only a short period of time that you and your pet need help. Please take a look at the list of additional tools and options below that may be able to help. Only consider rehoming your pet as an absolute last resort.

 

Rehoming Resources:

Rehome by Adopt-A-Pet

Home To Home

How To Successfully Rehome A Pet (BadRap)

Tips for Rehoming Your Pet (East Bay SPCA)

Petsforpatriots.org (For current and former service members and their families)

How to Rehome a Dog: Tips & Advice for Finding a Good Home (PetFinder)

Rehoming a dog? Here's what you need to know (ManyPets)

Rehoming Your Pet (Humane World For Animals / Humane Society)

 

Before You Rehome:

  • Post your pet on Social Media platforms to engage family and friends for a possible solution to the issue you are dealing with.
  • Check with the animal shelter, rescue organization, or breeder you originally obtained your pet from. Many agencies will take a pet back that was adopted from them
  • Reach out to rescue organizations (see list below) and animal shelters in surrounding areas to determine if any have space to accept your pet.
  • If pet food is a factor, the Bakersfield Pet Food Pantry can help.
  • If behavior is an issue with your pet, consider seeking training guidance. GoodPup offers virtual options.
  • Additionally, here's a list of over 30 common and correctable behavior issues that pet owners often deal with. Most of them can be overcome with patience and love.

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR PET BEHIND. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR PET IN FRONT OF A SHELTER. Time and time again, animals are left in front of shelters in the hopes that the good people that work in Animal Welfare will take them and find them homes. Time and time again these animals are severely injured or killed in traffic, because they were frightened. Please use these resources, and please speak with our staff directly to give us a chance to help you before you abandon your pet.