Resources

MetLife Pet Insurance

All pets adopted from Angel of Hope are eligible for thirty days of MetLIfe Pet Insurance.

Click here for more info, or learn more by visiting metlifepetinsurance.com.




How to Keep Your Pets Safe While Driving

Travel season has arrived, and many pet owners are preparing to take their furry friends on their next vacation. However, traveling with pets requires more than just letting Fido hop into the passenger seat. Keeping your pet safe while driving isn’t difficult; with proper supplies, your pet can stay safe while driving and enjoy the ride. Click here to learn more about how to set yourself and your pet up for a successful drive.

Surrender Services

We cannot provide immediate surrender services. We are a foster-based rescue, and it can take several weeks or more to find a foster home for your pet.  If you have a pet who needs placement, please try contacting the following rescues to see if they have an opening sooner than us:

Microchipping

Microchips are extremely important for keeping your pets safe. Microchips greatly increase the chances that pets will be reunited with their families if they are lost or stolen…but a microchip only works if its registration information is accurate. Click here, for more info on microchipping.

Lost and found pet resources

If your beloved pet has recently gone missing, we have some helpful tips and resources to help locate that animal.

Please click here for more info.

Rehome by Adopt A Pet

The experts at Adopt-a-Pet.com have created a simple, reliable, free program to help you place your pet from your loving home directly to another. Rehome by Adopt-a-Pet.com is a user-friendly resource for those who are seeking to rehome or adopt an animal.

Click here to get started.



Home to Home

Home To Home is an online pet placement platform that helps pet owners find new homes (permanent or temporary) for their pets. Home To Home believes pets that need a new home do best if they can be transitioned directly from their current home to a new, loving home and avoid the stress of a stay at an animal shelter. Help your pet find a new home or temporary foster care by creating a new pet profile. Click here to get started.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have a question about adopting a pet? Do you have a question about fostering or volunteering?

Click here for our frequently asked questions section regarding adoption, fostering, and volunteering.

other pet owner Resources

  • A list of Registered Minnesota Humane Societies, Shelters and Rescue Organizations: Minnesota Humane Society/Shelter Organizations

  • The Care Credit healthcare credit card can be used to help finance your pet’s veterinary needs:      

  • Best Friends has a comprehensive list of resources that offer financial assistance for pet guardians who are struggling, as well as senior citizens, people with disabilities and people who are seriously ill.

  • Brown Dog is a 501c3 public charity that provides funding to families who find themselves with a sick pet that would likely respond to treatment, but due to an unforeseen circumstance, there is not enough money immediately available to make it happen.

  • MN SNAP provides high-quality and affordable spay and neuter surgery for pets to qualifying families across the state of Minnesota. This work reduces the influx of homeless pets into rescues and shelters, preventing suffering and death.

  • The Animal Humane Society offers a full range of medical and preventative care, spay/neuter and specialty surgeries, and dental services on a sliding fee scale.

  • Mission Animal Hospital provides affordable, high quality veterinary care for dogs and cats. This program provides low-cost spay and neuters, dental cleanings
    and extractions, and other common procedures for low-income pet owners.

  • Access Veterinary Care works with clients to find a care plan that fits their financial situation.

  • Banfield Pet Hospitals (through PetSmart) offers a free first office visit and consultation.

  • Banfield HOPE Funds HOPE Funds program offers financial assistance for income-qualified pet owners whose pet is suffering from an immediately life-threatening condition. You do not need to be an existing Banfield Pet Hospital® client to apply for HOPE Funds, but treatment and the application process will need to be done at a Banfield Pet Hospital. Due to the high demand for assistance, not everyone who applies for HOPE Funds will be approved, and the entire cost of your pet’s treatment will not be covered. All applications submitted must be reviewed for both medical and financial eligibility.

  • Dogs on Deployment is a non-profit that provides an online network for services members to search for volunteers who are willing to board their pets during their owner’s service commitments.

  • Rehome is an online posting service which includes helpful forms to transfer legal ownership of your pet to a new home.

    https://pets.findhelp.com/  - This curated database of resources is provided by Human Animal Support Services and its partners to keep people and pets together.

  • Rehome with Love, offered by Joyful Pets, supports pet guardians through the challenging process of rehoming a cherished pet. The program aims to keep pets out of shelters by helping them find loving homes directly, while pet parents continue to care for their pets throughout the process. Rehome with Love provides full support, including creating profiles, screening adopters, facilitating introductions, and offering post-adoption care. Rehoming a pet is a loving decision, and Rehome with Love is dedicated to guiding and supporting guardians every step of the way.

  • The Street Dog Coalition cares for both ends of the leash. They provide free medical care to pets of the homeless, and those at risk of homelessness, through their street clinics across the nation. Their teams include volunteer veterinarians, vet-techs, social workers, doctors, nurses, dentists, allies, and advocates including students in One Health fields of study.

  • Petco Love Lost is a free and easy way to search 100,000+ lost and found pets to help them return home.

  • RedRover (formerly United Animal Nations) works to bring animals from crisis to care and to strengthen the bond between people and animals.

  • The Pet Fund provides financial assistance to people with pets who need vet care. They also provide information about preventive care, pet insurance programs, and financial services to help prevent future emergencies. Note: All applicants are required to contact the Pet Fund by phone at 916-443-6007 before applying for funding. Emergency funding is not available. The Pet Fund has a waiting list for those needing non-basic, non-emergency care. There are links for other funding organizations on Pet Fund's website.

Pet Health

The links below provide a wealth of information on pet health, pet care, illnesses, treatments, procedures and surgeries. Note: this information does not replace veterinary advice or care.