Tools for Rescuers
As a rescuer myself, I
can not tell you how important it is to keep accurate paper work on the
animals that you take in. This not only keeps you from possible legal action
if someone decides that they didn't really want to give up their dog
after all, and it also makes keeping up with who, when, where and how things
are done much easier. When I first started doing rescue, it took me months
of researching on the internet to find the paperwork that I needed.
And then I still had to spend hours re-formatting and compiling and changing
the paperwork that I had to reflect Scottish Terrier Rescue and the needs
specific to my breed. After all that work I decided, that I would try
to keep a comprehensive list of the forms that I had online for other rescuers
to find in one place. So here it is, the New Complete Rescue Packet.
This contains forms for almost any situation that you could imagine.
From screening phone calls about particular dogs, to doing the community
a favor and offering a "Listing to Place" when owners need to place their
dogs, but aren't ready to give them over to rescue yet. They are all
here, and they are all free for you to modify and use as you see fit.
Add to or take away from, make them suitable for Doberman rescue or for Pomeranian
rescue, it doesn't matter. And no credit is necessary. Just take
the individual forms that you need and use your own word processor to modify
them as you need to. Its as simple as that. And if you ever see
a form online somewhere, or your organization has one that we don't have,
please do let me know. I try to keep this list as current as possible.
Its all for you, the fellow rescuers who give all those needy pets second
chances as first rate pets.
