Resources

Listed here are some trusted resources for pet owners and those who may be considering pet ownership:

Lost & Found Dogs:

Lost Dogs Illinois https://lostdogsillinois.org/

PawBoost https://www.pawboost.com/

PetFBI https://petfbi.org

Lost Pets at Chicago Animal Care & Control (on the right side of the page) https://petharbor.com/chicago/

Low Cost Veterinary Care:

Anti-Cruelty Medical Clinic https://anticruelty.org/clinic

Fox Valley Animal Welfare League https://www.fvawl.org/clinic-services

PAWS Lurie Clinic http://www.pawschicago.org/our-work/spayneuter/lurie-clinic/

SNIP Society Joliet https://www.snipsociety.org/

South Suburban Animal Hospital https://southsuburbanvet.com/

Spay Illinois https://www.spayillinois.org/

Summit Animal Hospital https://www.summitanimalhospitalil.com/

Pet Food Pantries:

Care For Real careforreal.org/services-programs/pet-pantry

Friend Pet Food Pantry friendshippetpantry.org

Irving Park Community Food Pantry irvingparkfoodpantry.com

One Tail at a Time Pet Mutual Aid https://www.onetail.org/petmutualaid/

Our House of Hope Food Pantry https://www.ourhouseofhoperescue.com/pet-food-pantry

PAWS Chicago Pet Food Bank pawschicago.org/our-work/crisis-support/crisis-care-program

Red Door Animal Shelter reddoorshelter.org/newsite/programs.html

Tree House Pet Food Pantry reddoorshelter.org/newsite/programs.html

Wet Nose Food Pantry http://wetnosepetfoodpantry.webstarts.com/

Pet Insurance:

Figo https://figopetinsurance.com/

  • Figo is a local Chicago company and proud supporter of Rescue Chicago

Homeowners/Renters Insurance Without Breed Restrictions:

Farmers http://www.farmers.com/

State Farm www.statefarm.com 

USAA www.usaa.com 

Owner Support:

https://www.crispchicago.com/

Surrender or Rehome a Pet:

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cacc/supp_info/OwnerSurrenderInformation.html

Home-to-Home https://home-home.org/

Rehome by Adopt-a-Pet https://rehome.adoptapet.com/

Temporary/Crisis Assistance: 

https://anticruelty.org/services-local-resources/society-programs-services/safe-program/

http://www.pawschicago.org/our-work/crisis-support/crisis-care-program/

https://adoptpetshelter.org/clinic/crisis-assistance/

https://www.southsuburbanhumane.org/pets-are-family

https://thesafehavennetwork.org/

Positive Reinforcement Trainers & Behaviorist: 

Margaret Fraser, Copilot Dogs https://www.copilotdogs.com/

  • Margaret is one of our co-founders who recently became a certified trainer and launched her own training business!

Andrea Burggrabe, I Speak Woof (virtual) https://www.ispeakwoof.net/

Ali Evanson, I Got This Sit (suburbs) https://www.igotthissit.com/

Janice Triptow, Dog Behavior Solutions http://www.dogbehaviorsolutions.net/ 

Drew Ballantine, Insight Animal Behavior Services https://www.insightfulanimals.com/

Dr. Kelly Ballantine, Insight Animal Behavior Services https://www.insightfulanimals.com/

Report Animal Abuse or Negligence:

311 https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cacc/provdrs/animal_control_andrescue.html

Anti-Cruelty Society https://anticruelty.org/abuse

Recognize & Report Dog Fighting:

https://home.chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dogfightingtips4public.pdf

Two Week Shut Down (for adopters & fosters):

Introducing Dogs & Cats: