Theothersideofthefence.org is considered by some to be a "hard rescue organization". We accept dogs with serious medical needs and are supported mainly out of our 2 Board members own pockets, supplemented by adoption fee donations and a very small percentage of donations from the public (ONLY approximately $20.00 a month). We are not a government run facility.In addition to treating the usual minor medical conditions such as demodex mange, vaccinating, and altering, we also arrange for more expensive procedures such as long term care for heartworm treatments, emergency tooth extractions, and emergency eye removal, to name a few.
Our veterinarians are generous and loving professionals, who support our efforts. In order to pay veterinary bills, mortgage for the rescue, food, treats, and all other costs associated with running an animal rescue (we care for approx. 50 cats/dogs at a time), we must ask for an "adoption fee" or "adoption donation." These range from $200 to $550 for our small breed dogs. Most adults, 2 years or older, are $250 - $350. Pups younger than 2 years old are usually $300-$550. The adoption donation for our medium and large breed puppies and dogs is between $110-$350. The adoption donation for purebred cats and kittens ranges between $90-$150. The adoption donation for all other kittens is $90.00 and for cats over 7 months of age is $35-$70. Thank you all for understanding our application process.
All homeless pets taken in by our rescue will be socialized towards children and other pets. They receive individual attention and basic obedience training. They only sleep in a kennel while potty training. The animals live in a more home type environment, no lonely cement kennels at our rescue! This helps prepare them for a real forever home. Some rescued pets have never been inside a house, moving inside is a lot for these dogs and takes some adjusting. We help these animals with the transitional period, and show them basic indoor manners to create a well behaved inside pet.
WHY ARE OUR ADOPTABLE PETS NOT FREE? Because every month we give 50 + animals
heartworm prevention
worming medication
pay shelter mortage costs
utilities
buy LOTS of food, toys and treats
vaccines
spay/neuter
flea/tick medication
vitamins
and sometimes emergency veterinary care is required
Our adoption fees are quite cheap, considering several animals reside at the rescue for a year or more before finding their forever home. We are a no kill rescue.
Adopting a friend
ALTHOUGH WE GLADLY ACCEPT CHECKS FOR A DONATION,WE CAN NOT ACCEPT CHECKS FOR THE ADOPTION OF OUR PETS. With our associated costs and vet bills in the thousands, we can not afford to get another bad check. Sorry for any inconvenience. If you see a pet you would like to meet you can go to our website and fill out an adoption application, or call and schedule a time to come and meet him/her. After making sure that you guys are right for each other (for example of a bad situation which can be prevented : someone who lives in an apartment and is not very active wanting to adopt a beagle) you will fill out our adoption contract and take your new pet home. If he/she has not been neutered, you must take your pet to their scheduled appointment. Puppies and kittens over 6 months of age will already be neutered/spayed.
Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in adopting a new friend or have ANY questions.
ALL of our rescues will be spayed or neutered whether it is done at our vet or yours! If the pet is under 6 months of age our vets will not alter them. YOU MUST GET THE ANIMAL ALTERED within two weeks of them becoming six months of age. Luckily Missouri state law is on our side here, as pursuant to section 273.400 to 273.405 of the "Animal Care Facilities Act", and a $1000.00 penalty will be due to theothersideofthefence.org.
Come Visit Us!
To see our available animals call 573-686-7551. We do not have a full time staff available so we can only show pets upon appointment. We are available to show animals Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday after 5pm. and Thursday, Saturday, Sunday after 11am. If none of these hours work for you, we do have a few volunteers who live in Poplar Bluff that can show you the pet at their home.
SAVE A STRAY … ADOPT TODAY- or donate a bag of dog food We go through 40 pounds of dog food a day!!!!
Adoption Application
Lucky
1.5 yr MALE ROTT/GSD LOST Lucky dived out of his new families vehicle when they brought him home--- in Pocahontas Arkansas. We can not find him!!! Please contact us if you have any information-- We will pay a REWARD for ANY INFORMATION LEADING TO HIS RETURN!!!
I attach to my family very easily. I am very affectionate and the smartest dog at the rescue right now. My name is Lucky because I was rescued from Euthanasia by local Animal Control when I was about 9 weeks old by a couple in their 80's. I learned to be very gentle. I have been at the rescue FOR OVER A YEAR NOW!!! Please take me to my forever home. I love to swim! I am so very smart and affectionate! I love other pets!
I am housebroken and know hand signals and verbal commands for several basic commands. I am a very good girl who enjoys lounging on the couch and occasional romps with my friends. I was a big couch potatoe before I was taken to the pound. Please sponsor me so I can have a safe warm place to stay and a meal to keep me beautiful.
I am not completely healed from my bad skin infection, but I am close!! I have spent a year recuperating at the rescue and look great! My upper maxillary jaw bone has been broken and healed at an angle, giving me a funny Elvis lip curl you can see on our Home page. I am such a wonderfully playfull and loving dog. I am so very grateful for being saved from certain death I am extremely loyal. I am not quite ready to go home yet, Please sponsor me so my rescue can help another suffering bundle of love!
I was about to be euthanized at the pound. I was dying of a really bad intestinal infection that was spreading, but thanks to my animal rescue, I am doing better and am ready to go home. Although I am great with neutered males and all female dogs, I get a little dominant with intact males. I act like I have never seen a cat, and would do best in a home without any. I am great with children and people. I love attention and cuddles. Please be my forever home!
I am the best housedog ever. I have been sick with a skin infection caused by mange, onset by parvo, for so long. I have had a tough time, when I thought I was all better, I
got worse. I have been fighting Lymph Node Infections and because of the EXTENSIVE Ivermectin and Antibiotic Treatments I have undergone, my immune system was shot and my body completely resistant to the meds. After my rescue spent a lot of money on traditional medicine, they have begun a holistic approach. I no longer get any ivermectin or antibiotics, instead I get 1000mg Vit. C., Raw Food Diet, tblsp Flax Seed, 2 raw eggs including shells, and every other day 1 LG or 2 med. raw garlic cloves. I am on a uphill battle and will continue to fight! Please Sponsor Me so my Rescue can help other suffering animals!
Do you need some excersice? Want to take a rescue dog for a walk? If you are not sure if adopting is right for you, or can't for some reason, maybe you can foster. 1 hour is all you have to give? That is alot of attention for a dog who wished he had a family of his own!! Whether it is until they find their forever home, or only for a day, you can help out by becoming a foster parent!
6 mo. MALE Shepherd Mix
I am such a friendly dog. I was abandoned on the side of the road with mange, but have healed up so perfectly. No one even knew what beautiful colors I was going to have!!!
I am such a solid white. I love to play with children and other pets! I a, very well behaved and socialized. I have been homeless since I was 6 weeks old!!!! Please be my Forever home!
KAYLEE2+ year oldFemale Terrier MixSmall dog
She was brought to the pound in SUCH horrible shape, they did not even give her a chance to find a new home. She was taken straight to the vets office to be put to sleep, where a very kind technician called a very loving rescue who came immediately and picked Kaylee up while the vet was away at lunch. Although the vet feined mad, I do not believe she really was. Kaylee is such a sweet heart. She is a Man's dog, she loves the men!! Although she has gained weight and her coat is getting shiney, her toal nails have not completely grown back, so her feet are tender to touch. Her previous owner did not know how to trim toes, or anything about the Quicks and cut her toe nails COMPLETELY OFF--ALL THE WAY TO HER FOOT!!! She is healing, when she first came, she could BARELY walk, now she is running around, and they have begun to grow back. She is looking for a home that will cuddle her like a little baby and play tug of war with her!! SHE IS SUCH A GOOD GIRL! She weighs about 17 pounds. Please sponsor me so that my rescue can bring in another perfect pet to await their forever home!
ONYX6 mo old LAB MIX
I am such a well behaved boy, I am the star of the teenager training workshops!!! I am just waiting for my new family to tell me what they want me to do, I love to go on walks, and give kisses to all the children who come by and play with us! My time was up at the pound, and I was one of only a few very lucky babies who got pulled by my rescue! They knew you were out there and you would be sad with out your big ol' baby doll. I am going to be a BIG boy, maybe 70+ pounds. I will probably be a bit lazy, so I will need a a cozy place by your feet to rest my baby doll eyes. I am doing great on my crate training. I am now about six months old.
Pretty mellow compared to the other puppies.I am a very affectionate puppy. One of many found on the side of the highway. Right now Sam is in foster care, he is looking for his family, his new forever home, can it be you? He is living outside, with no family, no warm place to sleep, just a place to keep him alive. Because of this, he will need a patient family to help teach him what we expect of a house dog!
We currently have only 2 people who care for approximately 48 dogs/cats. The same two also take on most of the financial responsibility to better their community. WE ARE AT OUR LIMIT.We need volunteers and sponsors. Although we receive approximately 11 phone calls a day from people who need to release a pet (or 6), please understand we can not take them all. We can offer a low cost spay neuter through SEMO LOWCOST SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM for qualified low income families. .
We run a RESPONSIBLE NO- KILL RESCUE. We charge a $30.00 release fee! We MAY have room for:
Small breed puppies
If you have kittens or puppies that need bottle fed, we may have room for them, BUT, we enforce our $30.00 release fee due to the extensive time, expensive formula, and often drastic life saving techniques, to keep the neonatals alive.
What a cuddle bug. This poor baby was abandoned on the side of the highway. If you have room in your home and heart, please be this sweethearts forever home. She is in a foster home now.She has medium length crinkle (not quite curly) hair and a white chest.
We only receive funding from our community. No government agency or Organization provides funds to our endeavors. Without your support, we will never solve our pet over population problem. Whether it is time or money, please donate.
1.5 Yr MALE BEAGLE/GSD?
6 mo. MALE Shepherd Mix
I am such a friendly dog. I was abandoned on the side of the road with mange, but have healed up so perfectly. No one even knew what beautiful colors I was going to have!!!
KAYLEE
2+ year old
Female Terrier Mix
Small dog
She was brought to the pound in SUCH horrible shape, they did not even give her a chance to find a new home. She was taken straight to the vets office to be put to sleep, where a very kind technician called a very loving rescue who came immediately and picked Kaylee up while the vet was away at lunch. Although the vet feined mad, I do not believe she really was. Kaylee is such a sweet heart. She is a Man's dog, she loves the men!! Although she has gained weight and her coat is getting shiney, her toal nails have not completely grown back, so her feet are tender to touch. Her previous owner did not know how to trim toes, or anything about the Quicks and cut her toe nails COMPLETELY OFF--ALL THE WAY TO HER FOOT!!! She is healing, when she first came, she could BARELY walk, now she is running around, and they have begun to grow back. She is looking for a home that will cuddle her like a little baby and play tug of war with her!! SHE IS SUCH A GOOD GIRL! She weighs about 17 pounds. Please sponsor me so that my rescue can bring in another perfect pet to await their forever home!
ONYX
6 mo old LAB MIX
I am such a well behaved boy, I am the star of the teenager training workshops!!! I am just waiting for my new family to tell me what they want me to do, I love to go on walks, and give kisses to all the children who come by and play with us! My time was up at the pound, and I was one of only a few very lucky babies who got pulled by my rescue! They knew you were out there and you would be sad with out your big ol' baby doll. I am going to be a BIG boy, maybe 70+ pounds. I will probably be a bit lazy, so I will need a a cozy place by your feet to rest my baby doll eyes. I am doing great on my crate training. I am now about six months old.
8 Mo. Male Australian Shepherd/Collie
8 Mo Female Spaniel/Border Collie
