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Fosterers assess dogs for us, help them after surgery (spaying and neutering usually) and socialize and train the dogs.
This is usually temporary and can last for a few days to months. Fosterers can adopt, although keeping a healthy number of fosterers is imperative for us.
Adoption is similar to fostering as regards caring for the animal. However, adoption is a permanent arrangement.
We are a non-profit, charity organisation registered in Ireland. Please support us by contributing. Your contributions help to ensure we continue to re-home unwanted, neglected, abused and abandoned dogs.
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We help members of the public paying vet bills as we want to encourage spaying and neutering for those who cannot afford it. Please fill out your application here.
Adopting a rescue mini-book
This book is a required read for anyone considering adopting a rescue dog
Pre-Adoption Form
Make the first move to adopt an animal that needs you! Fill out the pre-adoption form and we will contact you.
Pre-Fostering Form
Fostering animals in need is an important role. Fill out the application below and we will contact you!
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THANKYOU FOR THE OFFERS SHE’S SORTED NOW 🩷🩷 TINY KITTEN IN NEED OF FOSTER HOMEplease contact us if you can help. Will need night feeding. 0851911369
More great news🥰🎉 Our little sweetie-pie Marty also found a wonderful home last week! He’s been absolutely loving life with Caroline and her husband, right here in County Clare. And even better, he’s getting along brilliantly with their cats! 🐱🥰Huge thanks to Caroline and her husband for welcoming this adorable little fella into their family, and to Marty’s wonderful fosterers for taking such great care of him while he waited for his forever home🏡💕 August is shaping up to be a record-breaking month for adoptions here at CAW! We’ve found wonderful homes for 31 dogs and 33 cats so far this month – and August isn’t over yet🤩🏡A huge thank you to all our wonderful followers for sharing our posts, and helping us find such fantastic homes for our animals. We genuinely couldn’t do this without you! 🙏💕
Great news🥳🥳 All five of our gorgeous little Collie puppies have found wonderful forever homes! 🏡💕Here’s little Fiadh with her cool big sister! She’s been having a great time with her new family in beautiful County Wicklow🥰 Fiadh’s lovely siblings have found equally wonderful homes in Dublin, Limerick, and right here in County Clare! Huge thanks to all five adoptive families for welcoming these bundles of fun into your homes, and to their wonderful fosterers for taking such great care of them while they were with us. And of course, thank you to everyone who shared the pups on social media and helped spread the word🥰🙏And we’re sorry that we couldn’t get back to everyone who applied – they were very popular little pups, and we happily received a huge number of applications for them! 😁
Amazing news!! Moana and Rocky, our gorgeous bonded pair, have been adopted TOGETHER🎉💕🎉They’ve been having a brilliant time so far with Kelly-Anne’s family in County Meath, and it sounds like they’ve settled in better than we could have hoped️. Just a few days after adopting them, Kelly-Anne sent us this lovely update:“Little update on the dogs, they have settled in remarkably well. They’ve changed from skittish and nervous to complete pups. Playing with toys, chasing each other and collapsing in exhaustion. They are loving their walks and are very easy to manage out and about. Moana has been renamed, Mona, although I think Princess Mona might be her full title. She has proper chihuahua energy and decided Saturday afternoon we were her people and is full of love. She’s completely dropped her guard and wants all the pets. We are so delighted with our new family additions!”Huge thanks to Kelly-Anne and her family for adopting this gorgeous pair and giving them such a happy home🏡🥰And a massive thank you to our wonderful fosterers for taking such great care of Rocky and Moana while they waited for their forever home. Finally, thank you so much to everyone who shared their posts and helped us find a home where they could stay together🥰🙏
Say hello to our newest gal, Vanta🥰🖤 This gorgeous 4-year-old Black Lab is absolutely full of love and can’t wait to find a family of her own. Can you give her a share to help her on her way?🙏🏡Vanta came into our care from Clare Dog Shelter earlier this week and has settled into her foster home like an absolute dream! Like most Labradors, she’s super friendly, cuddly, and loves nothing more than being close to her people🥰🐶She doesn’t seem to show much interest in the other dogs in her foster home – she’s definitely all about the humans! That said, she’s very happily and peacefully co-existing with them, so she won’t mind at all if there are other dogs in her forever home. They’ll just have to be happy with the fact that Vanta might never be interested in playing with them😆She’s also living with cats in her foster home, so she could potentially live with dog-savvy cats who are confident enough to show her who’s boss! 😼Vanta would love an adopter who can help her gradually lose some weight and build up her fitness with longer walks over time. The poor gal isn’t very fit at the moment, so she’ll need to take things slowly to begin with. She’ll also ideally need a secure garden, as she has a bit of a tendency to roam. In fact, this was the reason she was surrendered by her previous family to the dog shelter – she would follow strangers when they were out walking and would frequently go missing. The poor gal was likely pretty lonely being left in the garden alone💔Vanta is such a lovely, affectionate girl and we’d absolutely love to see her find a family who will keep her safe and give her all the love she deserves🥰🏡 If you live in Ireland and would love to offer Vanta the second chance she so deserves, please fill out our adoption form below:service.sheltermanager.com/asmservice?account=caw&method=online_form_html&formid=41
