Surrender a Pet

Pets are part of our family, and families should

If you're finding it difficult to care for your cherished pets and feel that surrendering them to a shelter is your only choice, Animal Friends is here to help. We offer a variety of services designed to support you in keeping your family intact during challenging times. At Animal Friends, we believe in exploring every option before you face the tough decision to surrender your pets.

Our Pet Retention services provide pet owners in need with resources to help them care for their pets and prevent unnecessary surrenders due to financial hardship.

Pet Owner Support Resources

Other Rehoming Options:

Home to home adoptions

H2H Rehoming Program

Before surrendering a pet to Animal Friends, we encourage you to consider our home to home adoption program, H2H Rehoming.

This program was developed to help families who need to make the difficult decision to rehome their beloved pets, but wish to take a more active role in the adoption process.

You will have the ability to screen and meet future adopters to determine if they are the right fit as a new home.

Surrender Applications

Animal Friends cares for each year

Our goal is to admit and place as many animals as possible while maintaining our no-kill policy. We do not euthanize animals to make space, so all admissions must be scheduled in advance.

We request a $25 surrender fee to help cover the cost of food, medical care, and other expenses. For mother cats with litters, we ask for $25 for the mother and $25 for the kittens.

Surrender Application

What Happens Next?

After submitting your application, our Admissions team will review it and contact you to schedule an appointment when space is available. Please note that all dogs must complete an initial behavioral assessment prior to being scheduled for admission.

If you have any questions, please contact our Admissions team.

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Testimonials

Audra O.

I volunteer here and the amount of time and care they take with the animals is above and beyond.

Leah C.

We got our baby girl Maya there over a year ago and had a wonderful experience!!! They were friendly and helped us adopt out fun, vocal, sassy, beautiful girl as a member of our family. 

Thomas B.

Absolutely wonderful place. We frequently return for classes and grooming!

J. Els

Awesome staff - they take great care of the animals and go above and beyond for veterans. 

Kerry W.

Such a clean, organized and loving environment! Beautiful campus and very well run organization.