To adopt one of our rescues, you must first fill out an application.


Great Pyrenees Rescue of Southern California is an all-volunteer organization, supported by contributions from dog lovers like you. If you would like to contribute, please choose one of the options below. You can use your Visa or MasterCard, and the paymants are handled securely by Paypal. Thanks.

One Time Donation

One Time Donation

of Any Amount
Automatic Monthly Recurring Support

$100.00 Recurring Monthly
A monthly donation of $100 may spay or neuter one Great Pyrenees each month to prepare that dog for adoption -
12 dogs in one year  

$50.00 Recurring Monthly
A monthly donation of $50 may allow de-worming of 1 dog per month or 12 dogs in one year
Monthly Support

$25.00 Recurring Monthly
A monthly donation of $25 may provide a 40 pound bag of dog food which can feed 20 adult Great Pyrenees for one day each month

$10.00 Recurring Monthly
A monthly donation of $10 may provide the annual rabies, bordatella, or parvo vacination for one Great Pyrenees each month or 12 dogs in one year  

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Can you help rescue a Great Pyrenees dog?
Right now, not enough people are actively working and paying for rescued dogs and their expenses. The many expenses (the shelter bailout fee, neutering/spaying, feeding, kenneling, vet bills, grooming, phone bills, etc.) are all absorbed by the person who fosters the rescued Pyr. Times are tough for Rescue. Rescue took in over 20 dogs last summer! Can you help?

Here is what it takes. You can choose the really hard part, the hands-on rescue that will immediately insure your place in heaven. You physically deal with, live with, groom, transport, feed, and nurture a rescue Pyr. It's demanding, and the expense is all yours, unless you can get a donation to help. If you have the love, time, energy, space and more, here's what you can do to help rescue:

Identifying a Pyr as a Great Pyrenees in a shelter. Is it a Pyr? Rescue needs to know. Requires familiarity with Pyrs, Code of Ethics and Rescue Policy and availability of your time between 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Friday, and limited Saturday hours, to go to a shelter to identify a dog as a Pyr (or a Pyr we can place) before we actually rescue the dog from the facility.

Fostering a Rescue Pyr (Must be able to separate same sex dogs.) Often it takes months to place in an appropriate home. You would need to interview potential owners, visit their homes; help the Pyr decide if this is to be his family, and complete Rescue paperwork.

Grooming a Rescue Pyr Rescue dogs can be filthy, matted, hungry, starved, sick and depressed initially.

Donating money for shelter bail-out fees for a Rescue Pyr. Fees average $60.00 per dog.

Donating money for Spaying/Neutering Fees for a Rescue Pyr. Fees average $100.00 per dog.

Donating money for kennel fees for a rescue Pyr for 10 days (the current quarantine period before we can accept a Pyr coming from a shelter) Actual fees average $10.00 - $15.00 per day per dog totaling $100.00 - $150.00 per dog.

Donating money for pickup of a Rescue Pyr: $20.00 for transportation (gas).

Donating money to feed a Rescued Pyr for one month: one 40 LB bag of dog food $30.00.

Donating money for grooming expense for one Rescued Pyr: average fee: $60.00.

Donating money for vet expenses for shots, or care for an injured or sick Pyr. Any amount you can afford is much appreciated.

Donating money in any amount you can to Rescue helps all Pyrs in need.

Just a Quick Click Will Help
Great Pyr Rescue!

Great Pyrenees Rescue of Southern California is now part of Ralph's Grocery Stores' "Community Contribution" program. This means that all friends of Great Pyr Rescue who have Ralph's Club Cards can register in support of GPASC and a fraction of all the money you spend at Ralph's will be contributed to Great Pyr Rescue, at no cost to you!

Just click on the Ralph's logo and fill out the form. Use 90141 for the "NPO Number" (that's us), fill in the rest of the form and click the "Submit" button, and all your purchases on your Ralph's Club Card will be providing funds to support the dogs in rescue. That's all there is to it!

This is the easiest contribution you will ever make. Click on the link right now!

 

100 Ways to Help Rescue

There's LOTS more ways to help rescue animals than just adopting them, so next time you hear someone wondering just what they can do....give them this list and see if they can come up with 100 and 1!!

  1. Transport a dog?
  2. Donate a dog bed or towels, blankets or other bedding type items?
  3. Donate MONEY?
  4. Donate a Kong? A nylabone? A hercules?
  5. Donate a crate?
  6. Donate an x-pen or baby gates?
  7. Donate a food dish or a stainless bucket for a crate?
  8. Donate a leash?
  9. Donate a collar?
  10. Donate some treats or a bag of food?
  11. Donate a halti or promise collar or a gentle leader?
  12. Walk a dog?
  13. Groom a dog?
  14. Donate some grooming supplies shampoos, combs, brushes, etc.)?
  15. Go to the local shelter and see if that dog is the breed the shelter says it is or go with rescue to be a second opinion on the dog?
  16. Make a few phone calls?
  17. Mail out applications to people who've requested them?
  18. Provide local vet clinics with contact information for educational materials on responsible pet ownership?
  19. Drive a dog to and from vet appointments?
  20. Donate long distance calling cards?
  21. Donate the use of your scanner or digital camera?
  22. Donate the use of a photocopier?
  23. Attend public education days and try to educate people on responsible pet ownership?
  24. Donate a gift certificate to a pet store?
  25. Donate a raffle item if your club is holding a fund raiser?
  26. Donate flea stuff (Advantage, etc.)?
  27. Donate heart worm pills?
  28. Donate a canine first aid kit?
  29. Provide a shoulder to cry on when the rescue person is overwhelmed?
  30. Pay the boarding fees to board a dog for a week? Two weeks?
  31. Be a "Santa paws" foster to give the foster a break for a few hours or days?
  32. Clip coupons for dog food or treats?
  33. Bake some homemade doggie biscuits?
  34. Make book purchases through Amazon via a web site that contributes commissions earned to a rescue group?
  35. Host rescue photos with an information link on your web site?
  36. Donate time to take good photos of foster dogs for adoption
  37. Conduct a home visit or accompany a rescue person on the home visit?
  38. Go with rescue person to the vet to help if there is more than
  39. Have a yard sale and donate the money to rescue?
  40. Be volunteer to do rescue in your area?
  41. Take advantage of a promotion on the web or store offering a
  42. Talk to all your friends about adopting and fostering rescue
  43. Donate vet services or can you help by donating a spay or neuter
  44. Interview vets to encourage them to offer discounts to rescues?
  45. Write a column for your local newspaper or club newsletter on
  46. Take photos of dogs available for adoption for use by the Club?
  47. Maintain web sites listing/showing dogs available?
  48. Help organize and run fundraising events?
  49. Help maintain the paperwork files associated with each dog or
  50. Tattoo a rescued dog?
  51. Microchip a rescued dog?
  52. Loan your carpet steam cleaner to someone who has fostered a
  53. Donate a bottle of bleach or other cleaning products?
  54. Donate or loan a portable dog run to someone who doesn't have
  55. Drive the fosters' children to an activity so that the foster
  56. Use your video camera to film a rescue dog in action?
  57. Pay the cost of taking a dog to obedience class?
  58. Be the one to take the dog to its obedience class?
  59. Go to the foster home once a week with your children and dogs
  60. Help the foster clean up the yard (yes, we also have to scoop
  61. Offer to test the foster dog with cats?
  62. Pay for the dog to be groomed or take the dog to a "Do
  63. Bring the foster take out so the foster doesn't have to cook
  64. Pay a house-cleaning service to do the spring cleaning for someone
  65. Lend your artistic talents to your club's newsletter, fundraising
  66. Donate printer paper, envelopes and stamps to your club?
  67. Go with a rescue person to the vet if a foster dog needs to
  68. Go to local shelters and meet with shelter staff about how to
  69. Go to local businesses and solicit donations for a club's fundraising
  70. Offer to try and help owners be better pet owners by holding
  71. Help pet owners be better pet owners by being available to answer
  72. Loan a crate if a dog needs to travel by air?
  73. Put together an Owner's Manual for those who adopt rescued dogs
  74. Provide post adoption follow up or support?
  75. Donate a coupon for a free car wash or gas or inside cleaning
  76. Pay for an ad in your local/metropolitan paper to help place
  77. Volunteer to screen calls for that ad?
  78. Get some friends together to build/repair pens for a foster
  79. Microchip your own pups if you are a breeder, and register the
  80. Donate a small percentage of the sale of each pup to rescue
  81. Buy two of those really neat dog items you "have to have"
  82. Make financial arrangements in your will to cover the cost of
  83. Make a bequest in your will to your local or national Rescue?
  84. Donate your professional services as an accountant or lawyer?
  85. Donate other services if you run your own business?
  86. Donate the use of a vehicle if you own a car dealership?
  87. Loan your cell phone (and cover costs for any calls) to someone
  88. Donate your used dog dryer when you get a new one?
  89. Let rescue know when you'll be flying and that you'd be willing
  90. Donate a doggy seat belt?
  91. Donate a grid for a van or other vehicle?
  92. Organize a rescued dog picnic or other event to reunite the
  93. Donate other types of doggy toys that might be safe for rescued
  94. Donate a roll-a-treat or Buster cube?
  95. Donate clickers or a video on clicker training?
  96. Donate materials for a quarantine area at a fosters home?
  97. Donate sheets of linoleum or other flooring materials to put
  98. Donate an engraving tool to make ID tags for each of the rescued
  99. Remember that rescuing a dog involves the effort and time of
  100. Do something not listed above to help rescue?

 


Great Pyrenees Association
of Southern California Rescue

Contact: Dorothy Sisco
(909) 887-8201

Email Us: gpascrescue@aol.com


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