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Please make your donation check out to ARWOB and specify if you would like the funds
to be used for medical care, supplies,spay and neuter procedures, or general support.
Your monetary donation today could help to benefit our rescued dogs and cats through the following:
- $10 Flea medications for one animal
- $15 Core Vaccines each for a cat or dog. (Most puppies and kittens will require 3 sets)
- $30 Rabies vaccine (ALL dogs 4mo or older will have received a USA rabies vaccines. Some 3mo old pups dependent on circumstances ei vet approved and dogs under 3mo will NOT receive rabies. Felines are NOT mandated to receive rabies in the state of California and SD county does not require cats to receive. In some instances our cats will have received a rabies BUT its not a must)
- $20 Microchip and owner must pay registration or use the free lifetime registration registry
- $40-80 Its market dependend. Most brands and bags 20-40lbs range in this fee. Cat food is typically 10-25lbs and more costly
- $40-200 Physical examination (depends if RDVM or Speciality, these prices are rescue discounted)
- $100-200 Spay/Neuter for a cat (add $40-100 if spay abort)
- $200-300 Spay/Neuter for a dog under 60lbs (add ons if larger and if in heat/pregnant)
- $1,000-3,000 Dental cleaning and extractions (we only approve dentals on severe cases NOT mild cases of tartar)
- $350 a month of half-day Doggie Day Care and socialization for high energy dogs (as of 2026 we have discountinued these for lack of sponsors. these are typical fantastic when we have too many dogs in a single home OR a foster with a long term foster dog who can only help if we can help with doggy day care couple times a week because of school/work schedule) IT CAN be life saving for our larger and energetic breeds.
- $70 fecals w giardia (NOT all rescues receive fecals, we do deworming prophylatically and on cases who are symptomatic for something being wrong we will test fecal. On litters or families we only do 1-2 fecals per family as a communal sample) we HIGHLY recommend ALL adopters to have fecals done within 1 month of adoption or sooner through their family veterinarian OR at a PETCO/VETCO which is most cost effective
- $40-80 SNAP testing which is a blood diagnostic. For dogs 6mo or older (occasionally younger. In litters/families we test mother and 1-2 litter mates, NOT each individual pup) we test for 4Dx snap test (heartworm and tick born disease) For cats 2.5mo or older we test for retroviral testing (felv and Fiv -occasionally heartworm too) in litters or families we will test mom and 1-3 litter mates depending on how large the litter is, we do NOT test each individual kitten of a litter unless mom or siblings where positive. Each record states who was tested or not for those litters.
Wishlist for DonatED Goods
In order of need, these are goods that will be used at adoption events and in foster homes:
- Gift cards to COSTCO, Amazon, PETCO OR other local pet stores (our wishlist is updated as of 2026 on our IG (instragram) page
- Dog and cat crates*
ANY size, single or double doored, prefer Black Folding Crate/Kennel
Can be found on Craigslist or Amazon for very reasonable prices.
- Dog,Puppy, cat & kitten Dry FOOD
We do accept open bags or expired. As long as properly labeled and kept stored properly. If the food has not gone bad and is properly stored/labeled we are happy to accept. If purpchasing new bags any brand works. We prefer the chicken/turkey diets vs seafood. Costco, Iams, blue buffalo seems to be our to go to for residents.
- Dog and cat enrichment supplies like slow feeders, dispensers, search matts, bully sticks, edible rawhide or nylon bones like benabones. Anything to stimulate and enrich their life while under our care.
- Dog and cat treats - chewing bones like bullysticks, yaks, edible chewable, etc
- Cat trees, posts, cubbies. We will accept any cat tree that is clean and has NOT been exposed to ringworm or feline leukemia virus. Please, vaccumm/disenfect before donating (assuming is not brand new) unfortunatelly sometimes we go through infectious stages be it viral or fungal and we need to toss potential exposure items that are not worth desinfecting and risk not safely being cleaned. These items are ALWAYS welcomed so we can provide scratchers/trees to kitty fosters too.
- ALL items like corrals, pee pads, medical, toys, bedding, carriers, etc. As long as items are properly storeda and labeled (ei food) or clean and still have some life ei bedding, dog cots, toys (if you have items your dog or cat does not seem to play with or use, etc, contact us! we would love to accept them.
ARWOB uses the following brands of dog & cat food primarily for foster homes:
- COSTCO brand - Kirkland puppy & Adult dry
- COSTCO brand - Kirkland Cat dry
- Science Diet - Puppy or small breed/small kibble size
- Science Diet - Kitten dry and wet food any flavor
- Iams - Puppy or Kitten dry/wet food
- Blue buffalo for all dog/cat
We can accept ANY BRAND of dog or cat food, including opened bags, because anything we can't use here will be given to our rescuers in Baja, Mexico to distribute to stray animals. We especially need renal/kidney and hypoallergenic/skin issues Rx diet food.
You are welcomed to drop off any goods at scheduled adoption events, or email animalrescuers@sbcglobal.net to schedule a drop off/pick up location and time.
Other Ways to Support us
Donate supplies:
We have an Amazon Wishlist, featuring items which make life better for our rescues: 
Turn your online orders into support for ARWOB!
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