Buddy would like that home to be free of cats and other small animals but could share with a suitable canine companion.
To understand her quirky personality is to love her. She's definately one of the most entertaining felines our shelter has ever seen. She absolutely love to play and will rip around the shelter like there's nothing better in the world! Then she'll flop in a patch of sun and roll over like a dog.
We're guessing that she's been rough handled in the past as she loves to tackle fingers. With some gentle handling and no poking or teasing, she's actually being trained to treat human hands more gently. Amazing how much change can happen with just a little bit of proper handling and TLC.
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Since our opening on January 01, 2002, numerous improvements have been made at our District of North Vancouver Animal Welfare Shelter facility. Months of repairing, painting and renovating have given the shelter a new look, including a "Community Cat Courtyard", where cats can enjoy the outdoors in a secure environment, and a "Bunny Run" that allows rabbits to leave their condos to play outside. In addition to the new areas, the Shelter has a new "Community Cat Room" that houses cats ready for adoption, a "Singles Room" that holds strays pending a search for owners, and an "Isolation Room" for sick or pregnant animals. In the future, we hope to build a training area for Animal Behaviorists to work with behavior-challenged dogs.
We have implemented numerous animal welfare programs. Most notable is our Progressive Animal/ Canine Evaluation program, which has been used to place 264 animals in life long homes. Other programs include quality animal medical care, nutrition, socialization, exercise, behavioral training, fostering, lost and found; as well as programs on volunteer opportunities, educational tours, and assisting and liaising with rescue organizations. We also encourage the public to view our web sites at
www.dnv.org and dnvpaws.petfinder.orgThe staff at the Animal Welfare Shelter is dedicated to ensuring owners are more responsible, through education for the care and control, vaccinations, spaying and/or neutering and licensing of their pets. This is being done through education and with the outstanding support of ten veterinarian practices that volunteer their time at our Shelter. In turn providing our Community with a safe, healthy and caring environment for our animals and citizens.
Our Shelter has currently responded to 1764 different requests for service. These included picking up stray dogs, park patrols, transporting injured animals to receive veterinarian care, as well as investigating complaints related to dog biting, abandonment, animal cruelty, abiding by the scoop law and excessive barking. In the past 15 months we have cared for over 700 animals at our Shelter.
As in the past, our staff is always committed to developing new and innovative programs.
We provide quality medical care, nutrition, socialization, exercise, behavioral training, and a progressive animal evaluation program to carefully select the RIGHT home for the success and well being of our animals.
We are responsible for picking up stray dogs, transporting injured animals to receive veterinarian care, investigating dog biting incidents, abandonment, animal cruelty, and scoop law and excessive barking complaints.
We are committed to ensure owners are more responsible for the care and control, vaccinations, spaying and or neutering and licensing of their pets through education. In turn providing our Community with a safe, healthy and caring environment for our animals and citizens.
Closed Mondays.
Public enquires via telephone are welcome!
Hours of operation
Tuesday through Sunday, 10am to 5pm
Telephone Enquires: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Open to the public 10am - 5:00 pm
Volunteers are welcome.
Our Shelter will be closed to the public on Mondays.
Volunteers are welcome anytime.
