Whether you currently own a pet or simply have a passion for them Generation Wags welcomes you!
If you could help reduce the staggering numbers of pets in our shelters and rescue system would you? What if you could PREVENT many from happening in the first place?
If you could help reduce the staggering numbers of pets in our shelters and rescue system would you? What if you could PREVENT many from happening in the first place?
Join our journey to creating the next generation for rescues … Generation Wags!
Consider us your “soup to nuts” resource to understand the connection between pet parenting and preventing homeless pets and a place to explore issues and share actions YOU can take to create pawsitive change.
Whether you’re looking for the basics of finding a pet, or how to enhance your relationship we have resources for you. Plus, we can provide you with insight as to how what you know about pet can help do all you can to make sure they flourish not fail. We invite you to check out the topics and resources we’ve curated here as a clearinghouse to assist as you as you embark on a journey to assist in creating a new generation for rescues.
Positive Pet Parenting = Reducing Rescues
We’ve got lots for you to explore. Visit often and share with others.
After all, “You Can’t Fix What You Don’t Know”
Preventing the flow STARTS with spaying and neutering your pets (check this great link for important info), and promoting rescue over purchasing from breeders. Those two things alone will make a huge difference!
Beyond that are some many factors related to pet parenting situations that can land a pet in the rescue system.
TIME TO GET STARTED!
Could YOUR pet be at risk of entering the rescue system?
How can you assist your community to REDUCE the throngs of homeless pets entering your local shelters or rescues? It can be done, and helping you to understand HOW is central to our mission.
Learn how YOU can be part of the equation, for your OWN pet or by advocating for others.
Now more than ever, pet food banks and pet pantries are greatly needed. Check out the ones we have learned about!
Lots of new resources are coming soon, but in the meantime visit our pages on:
financial medical care assistance
getting involved on the State level with animal-related legislation
Let us know what types of resources that would be helpful to you! Email us at generationwags@gmail.com.
We can’t wait for you to see our refreshed site in Fall 2024!
LOST & ABANDONED PETS
Lost Pets are a huge contributing factor to the rescue community, filling shelters and overflowing into rescues or facing death. For those who sincerely love their pets, but end up frantically searching should they go missing, the journey can be torturous. Learn about steps you can take to protect your pet from going missing, as well as giving them the best chance of finding their way home.
Learn more! And get the 411 about microchips for your pets!
At the same time, many shelters and rescues believe that there are strays that end up in the system that were willfully abandoned.
The bottom line is that a change MUST occur in order to relieve the burden of the rescue system, and to save the lives of so many dogs and cats that may never find the loving home they deserve.