Because Dogs and Cats Go Directly From One Good Home To Another.
Get Your Pet is an online community that connects people who need to find a new home for their pet with people who want to adopt a pet like theirs.
The Problem:
Animal shelters and pet rescues do wonderful work, but the current, shelter-based system for pet adoption is in crisis, and it needs our help. Get Your Pet is a simple, smart and humane way to keep pets out of shelters, one that also increases shelters’ ability to care for the homeless and abused animals that really need them.
- Fact: 6.5 million animals enter shelters each year.
- Fact: One third of them, or 2.1 million, are pets people had to give up.
- Fact: Shelters euthanize 1.5 million animals each year.
The Solution:
Together, we can spare pets the stress, exposure to illness, and potential of being euthanized in shelters. Imagine if everyone who had to give up a pet found a new home for them through Get Your Pet:
- 2.1 million pets would stay out of shelters. (Shelters are a necessary last resort for abused animals and strays, but, as anyone who works at a shelter will tell you, they are no place for pets.)
- Shelters would be able to reallocate the space and money now spent on 2.1 million pets to the remaining strays and abused animals they take in.
Get Your Pet Benefits:
- People who want to adopt have the confidence of knowing that the pets they view online are truly available (not the case on most other pet adoption websites.)
- Guardians (current pet owners) can safely message with, and meet, potential adopters, so they can gain the peace of mind that comes from knowing their pet is going to a good home.
- Adopters can learn about pets from the guardians who know them best, and meet the pet in a low-stress environment where they are calm.
More Reasons to Go Get Your Pet:
- Our Adoption Package includes a free examination by a local, participating Get Your Pet veterinarian.
- Shelters and animal welfare organizations benefit from a portion of the profits from Get Your Pet.
- If the adoption doesn’t work out, the Adopter can re-list the pet on Get Your Pet at no charge.
- Adopters are eligible for a certificate for 30 days’ pet insurance from Trupanion (offer varies in California).
- Low fees, generally ½ to 1/3 of what you’d pay at a shelter, and a portion of the profits benefits local animal shelters. (See what it costs here.)
- Money-saving in-store coupons valuable for those who live near Pet Valu stores.
- $40 off pet care services with Rover, the nation’s largest network of 5-star pet sitters and dog walkers (new Rover customers only).
- It’s simpler. Smarter. More humane. The way pet adoption should be.