To Love a Canine Rescue, Inc. (TLC) is a non-profit, all breed, 100% foster-based, no-kill rescue operating in Chester County, PA.
Our mission is to rescue and find permanent homes for abandoned, stray and surrendered dogs in order to minimize the needless euthanizing of animals.
Mission and Vision
Our mission is to rescue and find permanent homes for abandoned, stray and surrendered dogs in order to minimize the needless euthanizing of animals. Our vision is to make the right connections between our rescued dogs and families in order to give our dogs their final, happy, loving homes.
TLC strives to be a valuable resource to our community by working with struggling dog owners and by providing education on responsible dog ownership including the importance of spaying/neutering, behavior training, heartworm testing & prevention, and microchip implanting.
Adoption Policy
We require you provide at least 2 personal references. Please confirm the phone number you provide for your references are in service and accurate. You may want to check with your references in advance to let them know to expect & return our calls.Additional ConsiderationsWe require that all dogs and cats in your household are spayed or neutered, kept up-to-date on legally mandated vaccines and that they are seen annually for a veterinary check-up.We do not require a fenced in yard and don't have restrictions regarding children for all dogs but may have additional requirements or restrictions where appropriate/necessary for a specific dog.Depending on the dog you are interested in, or any special needs consideration, we may also schedule a home visit.We do not adopt siblings to the same household.While we work around an approved applicant's schedule to set up a meeting/adoption appointment, we do not hold dogs that are ready for adoption for someone to adopt at a later date. If you are unable to adopt the dog when it is ready for adoption, we will allow another approved applicant to meet & adopt that dog if it is a good fit for their family.Please understand that it is in the dog's best interest to move into his/her forever home and start bonding with its new family, and that keeping that dog in foster for even an extra week longer than necessary means we would not have open foster space to save another dog at risk for euthanasiaWe conduct our adoption appointments in Malvern, PA. While we will adopt to applicants that do not live in our local area, we do not ship animals to adopters. We work hard to try to ensure that the match between our adopter and the dog is a mutually good fit and feel it is important that a potential adopter's family, including children and any resident dogs, meet the dog in person prior to making the commitment to adoptSince we are a foster-based rescue and we need to coordinate with foster families, we only set up private appointments/adoptions with approved applicantswe bring a selection of our dogs to Meet & Greets at local pet stores & community events to meet the general public (in compliance with PA Dog Law, adoptions cannot be conducted at these public events)if you are approved by us, you are approved for any available dog (who is not already committed to meeting someone) that we, mutually agree might be a good fit for you. If the dog you apply for is still available at that time, and is a good fit for your family, the adoption coordinators will work with you to schedule an appointment; if s/he is not, they will work with you to find another dog.
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