STRMN Shih Tzu Rescue of Minnesota
Rescue, Rehabilitate, Rehome
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Foster A Shih Tzu At any Petco event, ask us about fostering! Pick up our information packet and let's talk about the details and rewards of being a foster home. Get your questions answered. There will be foster families available to share their insights and experiences. We have a wonderful dog waiting just for you! |
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Our Rescued Shih Tzus
Your donation will help
STRMN rescue a Shih Tzu
in need. You may make a
tax deductable donation to
STRMN at P.O. Box 46562,
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
STRMN rescue a Shih Tzu
in need. You may make a
tax deductable donation to
STRMN at P.O. Box 46562,
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Petvideo.com, created by the founders of Petfinder.com and Petsincredible, provides free online training clips.
We encourage our visitors and adopters to visit this site to view the same positive, reward-based training advice featured on the award winning PetsIncredible DVDs – TRAINING YOUR ADOPTED DOG
We encourage our visitors and adopters to visit this site to view the same positive, reward-based training advice featured on the award winning PetsIncredible DVDs – TRAINING YOUR ADOPTED DOG
Meet and Greet
Minnetonka Petco
10am to 2pm
Last Saturday
of the Month
Store Address and
Directions
Click HERE
Minnetonka Petco
10am to 2pm
Last Saturday
of the Month
Store Address and
Directions
Click HERE
Volunteering with Shih Tzu Rescue of Minnesota
STRMN would not survive without the many volunteers who generously donate their time and energy to the care and welfare of our dogs. We always need more volunteers who are willing to donate as many hours as their time and schedules allow. If you have a passion for the Shih Tzu breed, some extra time, and a whole lot of love to share with these very special dogs, we want to hear from you! We realize not everyone can take a dog in to their home to foster, but there are many other opportunities where you are needed. The rewards cannot be measured and you will be blessed when you help save a dog which is homeless, abused, unwanted, and suffering. We are a warm, supportive group of men and women in and around the Twin Cities area who consider themselves friends as well as fellow volunteers!
There are many different ways to volunteer and listed below are just a few. If you feel a tug at your heart to try volunteering, please fill out the Volunteer Application.
Foster Care
There is always a dog needing to come in to rescue and a foster home. We very much need more homes so we do not have to turn away any dogs. If you have space in your home, and love in your heart for a Shih Tzu or Shih Tzu mix, we want to talk with you! STRMN will cover all necessary veterinary care at pre-approved veterinary clinics.
All of our foster dogs live in private homes, and applicants for these dogs communicate through an STRMN email site. Your home phone and email address is never given out unless it is by you. Our foster homes vary from having one other dog, to four at the most so the utmost care and love for the foster dog can be given.
Every new foster home also gets a foster mentor! This is an experienced foster mom or dad who will walk you through the responsibilities, provide support, go over our Foster Guidelines, and help you from the intake of your dog to their placement in a forever home!
A foster dog may remain in a foster home anywhere from one week to a few months before being adopted depending on the circumstances with the dog’s medical needs, and socialization. If you can take in a dog for only a certain period of time, please make that known to us before you say yes to a dog. It is very important that as a rescue we match foster dogs to their right foster home as well, and we do not want to move dogs from foster home to foster home. Foster moms and dads are able to choose the forever home they feel will best match their dog’s needs. If you need help in making this decision you can have another foster mom go with you on home visits to offer advice and guidance.
We realize that when the time comes for your foster dog to go to his new home you will be sad. It never seems to get any easier, but the reward is seeing another wonderful person or family blessed with the joy of owning a dog; being able to give and receive unconditional love and care. All foster moms and dads go into fostering knowing they personally are unable to keep every dog they foster, but they need to find a home as good as, if not better, than their own. Another great joy for foster parents is making a home visit a month after the adoption to follow up on the adopted dog; seeing the dog remember you and yet want to stay with his new family in his new forever home! One reason STRMN has the Rescue Reunion every year is to be able to continue to see our adopted dogs again with their families. You always know you did “the right thing” for you and for them!
Foster Support
Foster support volunteers are needed to provide help to the foster homes with some doggie daycare, vet visits, doggie walking, and socialization with other people or places. If you are home during the day, when a foster family is working, your help in this area would be greatly appreciated!
If fostering is of interest to you, please submit a completed Volunteer Application, paying particular attention to the fostering section. When your application is received, a volunteer will contact you personally to set up a home visit. It is at this time that we will tell you more about STRMN and answer your questions about fostering responsibilities.
Transport
Many of our dogs come from other parts of the state and from the neighboring states around Minnesota. We have a team of transporters who will travel to pick up these dogs and bring them back to our local foster homes. Many times we also help other rescues with their transports. If you can help by driving distances around the Twin Cities, throughout Minnesota, or from state to state, we can use your help!
Events & Activities
We are looking for people to help raise awareness and visibility of Shih Tzu Rescue of Minnesota at various events we participate in during the year. These include: Twin Cities Pet Expo, Meet & Greets with our foster dogs at two local PetCo’s, St. Paul Paws On Grand, grilling and selling Hot Dogs at Cub Foods Weenie Wagon, Holiday Boutiques, Barnes & Noble Gift Wrapping during the Holidays, and our own Shih Tzu Rescue Reunion! Most of these events have foster dogs attending, and all of them are fun and exciting!
Fundraising
Volunteers assist us in many ways to raise the additional funds needed to cover vetting expenses in particular. If you are not aware of the vetting costs associated with rescuing a dog, please go the FAQ button and read more. The costs far outweigh the adoption fees in most cases, and a rescue can only survive through fundraising and donations. If you like making craft items, we have volunteers who make fleece blankets to sell at our events, along with sleeping pads, doggie placemats, greeting cards and note cards, jewelry, dog jackets, calendars and other items. We would be open to anything you and your talents could offer!
Grant Writing
We always need help in identifying potential corporate and private grant sources, writing grants, and soliciting major donors.
Graphic Design & Printing
We publish educational materials for adopters and volunteers, handbooks, articles for our newsletters, volunteer member updates, and a rescue calendar every year for which we always need help! If you have a talent in design, writing, or printing, your talents would be quickly put to use! You don’t need to do it all, but any little bit is appreciated and would help free up someone else’s time to care for the dogs.
There are many different ways to volunteer and listed below are just a few. If you feel a tug at your heart to try volunteering, please fill out the Volunteer Application.
Foster Care
There is always a dog needing to come in to rescue and a foster home. We very much need more homes so we do not have to turn away any dogs. If you have space in your home, and love in your heart for a Shih Tzu or Shih Tzu mix, we want to talk with you! STRMN will cover all necessary veterinary care at pre-approved veterinary clinics.
All of our foster dogs live in private homes, and applicants for these dogs communicate through an STRMN email site. Your home phone and email address is never given out unless it is by you. Our foster homes vary from having one other dog, to four at the most so the utmost care and love for the foster dog can be given.
Every new foster home also gets a foster mentor! This is an experienced foster mom or dad who will walk you through the responsibilities, provide support, go over our Foster Guidelines, and help you from the intake of your dog to their placement in a forever home!
A foster dog may remain in a foster home anywhere from one week to a few months before being adopted depending on the circumstances with the dog’s medical needs, and socialization. If you can take in a dog for only a certain period of time, please make that known to us before you say yes to a dog. It is very important that as a rescue we match foster dogs to their right foster home as well, and we do not want to move dogs from foster home to foster home. Foster moms and dads are able to choose the forever home they feel will best match their dog’s needs. If you need help in making this decision you can have another foster mom go with you on home visits to offer advice and guidance.
We realize that when the time comes for your foster dog to go to his new home you will be sad. It never seems to get any easier, but the reward is seeing another wonderful person or family blessed with the joy of owning a dog; being able to give and receive unconditional love and care. All foster moms and dads go into fostering knowing they personally are unable to keep every dog they foster, but they need to find a home as good as, if not better, than their own. Another great joy for foster parents is making a home visit a month after the adoption to follow up on the adopted dog; seeing the dog remember you and yet want to stay with his new family in his new forever home! One reason STRMN has the Rescue Reunion every year is to be able to continue to see our adopted dogs again with their families. You always know you did “the right thing” for you and for them!
Foster Support
Foster support volunteers are needed to provide help to the foster homes with some doggie daycare, vet visits, doggie walking, and socialization with other people or places. If you are home during the day, when a foster family is working, your help in this area would be greatly appreciated!
If fostering is of interest to you, please submit a completed Volunteer Application, paying particular attention to the fostering section. When your application is received, a volunteer will contact you personally to set up a home visit. It is at this time that we will tell you more about STRMN and answer your questions about fostering responsibilities.
Transport
Many of our dogs come from other parts of the state and from the neighboring states around Minnesota. We have a team of transporters who will travel to pick up these dogs and bring them back to our local foster homes. Many times we also help other rescues with their transports. If you can help by driving distances around the Twin Cities, throughout Minnesota, or from state to state, we can use your help!
Events & Activities
We are looking for people to help raise awareness and visibility of Shih Tzu Rescue of Minnesota at various events we participate in during the year. These include: Twin Cities Pet Expo, Meet & Greets with our foster dogs at two local PetCo’s, St. Paul Paws On Grand, grilling and selling Hot Dogs at Cub Foods Weenie Wagon, Holiday Boutiques, Barnes & Noble Gift Wrapping during the Holidays, and our own Shih Tzu Rescue Reunion! Most of these events have foster dogs attending, and all of them are fun and exciting!
Fundraising
Volunteers assist us in many ways to raise the additional funds needed to cover vetting expenses in particular. If you are not aware of the vetting costs associated with rescuing a dog, please go the FAQ button and read more. The costs far outweigh the adoption fees in most cases, and a rescue can only survive through fundraising and donations. If you like making craft items, we have volunteers who make fleece blankets to sell at our events, along with sleeping pads, doggie placemats, greeting cards and note cards, jewelry, dog jackets, calendars and other items. We would be open to anything you and your talents could offer!
Grant Writing
We always need help in identifying potential corporate and private grant sources, writing grants, and soliciting major donors.
Graphic Design & Printing
We publish educational materials for adopters and volunteers, handbooks, articles for our newsletters, volunteer member updates, and a rescue calendar every year for which we always need help! If you have a talent in design, writing, or printing, your talents would be quickly put to use! You don’t need to do it all, but any little bit is appreciated and would help free up someone else’s time to care for the dogs.
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