Resources

Rescue Organizations

• Fancy Cats Rescue

• Friends of Homeless Animals

• Golden Retriever Rescue, Education and Training

• HART Rescue

• Lost Dog & Cat Rescue

• Northern Virginia Canine Rescue Groups


• Piedmont Feline Rescue League

Recommended Reading

Pet First Aid: Cats and Dogs by Bobbie Mammato, DVM, MPH

• Choosing a Dog for Life
by Andrew DePrisco and James B. Johnson

• Dog Owners' Home Veterinary Handbook

• Dogs: The Visual Guide to Over 300 Dog Breeds from Around the World
by David Alderton

• Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds
by D. Caroline Cole, PhD

• Harpers Illustrated Handbook of Dogs
by Robert W. Kirk, DVM

• Living with Dogs
by Lawrence Sheehan

• The Right Dog for You
by Daniel F. Tortora, PhD

•Simon and Schuster's Guide to Dogs
Edited by Elizabeth Meriweather Schuler

• Big Book of Cats
by Susan Feuer

• Cat Owners' Home Veterinary Handbook
by Delbert G. Carlson, DVM and James M. Giffin, MD

• Cat Stories
by James Harriott

• The New Cat Handbook
by Ulrike Muller

Shopping

Doctors FOSTER & SMITH Inc
Products for your pet selected by veterinarians available by catalog.

Volunteer Opportunities

Operation Noble Foster
Many of our armed forces, National Guard and Reservists, are being called to active duty as a result of the current situation in the MiddleEast. They may be leaving loved pets behind. If you or anyone you know can find room in their heart and home to foster a cat, please visit this Web site.

PETS-DC
Enables people living with HIV/AIDS to maintain and care for their pets. They provide public health education, exercise, pet food, veterinary care, grooming, foster care, and adoptions services at no cost to individuals in the Metropolitan Washington area.

Web Education

• All About Pets

• All Cats, All the Time

• Dogs Deserve Better

• Healthy Pets Library

• Herndon Dog Park

• METROPETS
This organization promotes the adoption of homeless animals and the well-being of companion animals in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area through the smart use of Internet technology.

• Notes on Declawing

• PBS: NATURE Extraordinary Dogs

• PBS: NATURE Understanding Cats

• The Pet Behavior Clinic

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