If you’re ready to get a Poodle don’t go to the puppy store at the mall or even to a poodle breeder. Contact a poodle rescue organization to see what kinds of homeless poodles they have available for adoption. By rescuing a poodle, you can get a purebred dog without paying a purebred Poodle price, and your dog gets a new home with a loving owner. Any family needing a pet cannot go wrong at a Poodle rescue center.

Most poodles have nothing to do with the fact they end up as rescue dogs. For whatever reason, their owners have decided to surrender them to Poodle rescue. Some Poodle rescue dogs’ owners have died or gone to an assisted living home. Others have new children, roommates or spouses who are allergic to dogs or don’t get along with dogs for some reason. Toy Poodles, Miniature Poodles and Standard Poodles can all be found in Poodle rescue at one time or another.
Poodle rescues work with families, owners, shelters and veterinarians to make sure all rescue dogs are groomed, given a health examination, and are current in their vaccinations and heartworm medications. All those procedures cost money, and your adoption fee helps pay for all the care Poodle rescue had to give your dog before you adopted it.

When you adopt a dog from Poodle rescue you are charged a fee based on the age and condition of your dog to help cover Poodle rescue’s operating expenses. Poodle rescue organizations are independently licensed from state to state, but most if not all are 501(c)3 non-profit, tax-exempt organizations.

Poodles that are not already spayed or neutered have the procedure done before they are put up for adoption. Your fee helps pay for the medical cost of the surgery and for the cost of a foster family to care for your dog while it recuperates.
Poodle rescue has offices in all fifty of the United States, and poodles available for rescue vary from one location to another. Foster homes for Poodles provide temporary housing for dogs that are being evaluated for suitability as a Poodle rescue dog and having their medical and grooming care performed. Homes that already have Poodles or Poodle mixes are preferred. Foster homes should have non-electric fenced yard, and no members of the household less than ten years of age.

Applicants to adopt a Poodle into a permanent home must complete an application process that includes a home visit. Potential owners must be twenty-one yeas of age or older, provide landlord permission to have a dog if they are renters, and commit to get regular grooming for the dog. The application also asks about prior dog ownership and what kind of activity level the owner has. Your new Poodle awaits you at a Poodle rescue near you.

A Poodle rescue provides a valuable service for Poodle owners who can no longer keep their dogs. General Poodle information is available from some Poodle breeders and from the national rescue organization.

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