Fences for Fido
Funded 2022, 2024
Fences for Fido protects dogs from dangerous and inhumane lives at the end of a chain. They build fenced yards that allow dogs to move comfortably; provide warm and protective insulated dog houses; ensure spay, neuter, urgent, emergency and wellness veterinary care; educate with culturally competent empathy; and offer a dog food pantry to fill hungry bellies--all at no cost to needy recipient families.
Since its founding in 2009, Fences for Fido has unchained 3,600 dogs, including seniors (sometimes as old as 14 and 16), who have spent their entire lives on chains. As the only unchaining organization in the Pacific Northwest, they encounter struggling families in every type of community: urban neighborhoods, remote rural areas, temporary or transitional housing, makeshift tribal fishing villages, and tribal reservations. They work to bridge the gaps that prevent these families from accessing adequate veterinary care. Most of the dogs they serve have never seen a vet. They ensure senior dogs receive long-deferred treatment for health issues and provide spay services to tired mama dogs so they can retire from a life of too many unplanned litters.
A Grey Muzzle grant is helping Fences for Fido improve the welfare of senior dogs who have only known life on a chain. Funds will be used to construct safe fences, provide insulated dog houses and shade structures, and ensure that senior Fidos get much-needed veterinary care. They will unchain senior dogs like Bull, a 16-year-old who lived 24/7 on a short chain until Fences For Fido built him a roomy fenced yard to share with his younger brother, Dino, who also had been chained 24/7.
