Low Cost Spay & Neuter Certificates

If you would like to get your pet(s) spayed or neutered, you can do it for a very affordable price. Please call C.A.R.E. @ 423-894-4926 or 423-867-7518 and you will mailed a certificate to one of C.A.R.E.'s participating vets.

You can also come by the shelter to get your C.A.R.E certificate, please call the shelter for availability of certificates.

You can also make an appointment at Wallys Friends low cost spay/neuter clinic in Red Bank @ 423-877-9966 or on the web at www.wallysfriends.com

RABIES & REGISTRATION

East Ridge Residents all dogs & cats must have a current rabies vaccination (city ordinance #10-206 Inoculation Required) and city registration tag (city ordinance #10-201) Registration of Animals

All pets (dogs & cats) over the age of 3 months must be vaccinated against rabies in the state of Tennessee. All pets (dogs & cats) within the City limits of East Ridge (37412) must be registered with East Ridge Animal Services.

City registration tags are $5.00 if the pet is spayed/neutered and $25.00 if the pet is not spayed/neutered.

All residents that have not utilized one of the several rabies clinics during the month of April and for some reason we have to visit your home and find an unvaccinated & unregistered pet you will only have 72 hrs to have such pet vaccinated & registered, failure to comply will lead to a citation to court for failure to follow the State of Tennessee Vaccination law & City of East Ridge Registration ordinance.

Be a good pet owner, have your pets vaccinated against rabies and registered. Registering your pet is the best form of ID that you can put on tour pet next to micro chipping. With your registration we can contact you any time of the day or night in the event your pet is ever injured or found stray by a citizen, while it is harder to contact the owner of a pet using the rabies tag information (during regular business hours).

Proper ID on your pet will insure that your lost or injured pet will always be reunited with you!

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****Ask about our Guardian Angel Program****

The Guardian Angel Program enables you to help animals in our shelter by donating funds towards their adoption fee; you choose the animal you wish to help.

Many worthy families that would like to adopt but just can't afford the adoption fee can adopt an animal that has a Guardian Angel. So far we have had 17 animals adopted through this program.

Contact the shelter at 423-664-0271 or czagona01@comcast.net to find out more details.

Some people just want to help the animals in shelters and just don't know how to go about it, this is one way you can DIRECTLY affect the happy outcome of one of the pets at our shelter.

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Our Featured Pets...

Say hello to Buford, he has been running loose in a local neighborhood for the past few days. Buford is a little skittish but friendly, he is real scared being at the shelter. Buford has had DA2PP & Bordetella on 6/25/2008 and if not claimed by his owner will be available for adoption on 6/30/2008. 6/26/2008 Buford has found a 'Guardian Angel' that has paid a portion of his adoption fee.

Say hello to Becky, she was found by a citizen running loose in their neighborhood. Becky is real scared right now, she will be available for adoption on 3/3/2008 if not claimed by her owner. Becky has had DA2PP & Bordetella on 2/28/2008. 5/20/2008 Becky has a current rabies vaccination and was heartworm tested, she tested negitive. 5/28/2008 Becky has found a 'Guardian Angel' that has paid a portion of her adoption fee.

Say hello to Jeremy, he wouldn't leave a citizens backyard. Jeremy has an injured rear leg and that's why he wouldn't leave the yard. We picked him up and took him to the vet to be checked out. The vet released him back to us, and he is walking fine now on his leg. Jeremy has had DA2PP & Bordetella on 3/5/2008 and if not claimed by his owner will be available for adoption on 3/9/2008. Jeremy is very friendly! 3/31/2008 Jeremy has found a 'Guardian Angel' that has paid a portion of his adoption fee.Jeremy is in a foster home, if interested please contact the shelter.

Say hello to Patsy, she had been hanging around a residents house and they didn't want her there. Patsy is super friendly and has been getting along great with Jasmin. Patsy has had FRcP on 7/17/2008 and if not claimed by her owner will be available for adoption on 7/23/2008.

This is Macy, she is 10 years old, fully vetted and in need of a new home. Her owners can't give her the time she deserves since the birth of their first child. Please contact the owners if interested: Owner information- Jason & Heather Sims 423-304-0595 sims1087@comcast.net

Say hello to April, a resident said that she was abandoned by her owner. April has 4 kittens and all are looking for a new home. April has had FRcP & Strongid on 9/8/2008. All of April's kittens have found new homes, now April is looking for that special home.

Say hello to Jasmine, she was trapped by a citizen that has been feeding her because a neighbor that owned Jasmine just quit. This neighborhood has a bad cat problem but we are getting them slowly. Jasmine is friendly and has had FRcP on 7/29/2008 and is available for adoption now.

Say hello to Daisy, she was surrendered by a citizen that found her RAL in her neighborhood. Daisy looks like she has recently been clipped, she is real friendly and if not claimed by her owner will be available for adoption on 7/3/2008. Daisy has had DA2PP & Bordetella on 6/28/2008. 8/10/2008 DAISY WAS ADOPTED TO A GREAT FAMILY WHILE OUT AT PETSMART. 8/12/2008 Daisy was returned today because her new owner said she is dog aggressive, her new owner has a small dog and Daisy didn't get along at all with her. He did say that Daisy is great with children and is housetrained.

I (Jonathan) found Marshall wandering alone in Camp Jordan Park back in August of last year. He was a little shy at first, but I quickly realized he was a really sweet guy. He stayed at the shelter for a while, but when space got tight, I knew I had to bring him home to stay with us until we could find him a new forever home. Marshall is housebroken, loves other dogs, loves cats, and is ok with kids, but he should be supervised around kids at first. Sara and I love Marshall, but we live in a tiny apartment with 3 other dogs, 4 cats, and a rat, and he doesn't get the attention he desreves because with Sara being a vet and me being a humane officer, we are gone most of the time helping other animlas. This guy could make some lucky human a truly great companion! Marshall has had DHLPP & Bordetella on 8/11/2007. Please contact the shelter if interested in Marshall.

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ADOPT-A-CAT PROGRAM

C.A.R.E has some kitties and puppies posted on our sites that are no longer at the shelter but in the custody of C.A.R.E.

These are the kitties and puppies that C.A.R.E. has rescued from our shelter and we are continuing to post them for C.A.R.E so they may find a new adoptive home.

If you are interested in any of the kitties or puppies that C.A.R.E has rescued and would like to contact C.A.R.E about one of these animals please call 423-867-7518 or 423-894-4926

Email C.A.R.E at
Email: sparklesprinkler@comcast.net

Email: spayallpets@aol.com

Click on the links to see the other animals C.A.R.E has for adoption

Our Adoptable Pet List

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2008 News

Our goal is to keep our shelters euthanasia rate extremely low. "NO" adoptable animals have been euthanized for space! And our year to date percentage for adoptable animals in 2008 is 0%.

This is because of our high adoption rate, owner reclaimed animals and rescues. We have an extensive rescue network that has helped us in saving countless animals lives.

We are having a high rate of owner surrenders at the shelter. Many are from the City limits of Chattanooga and NW Georgia.

We are a very small shelter with extremely limited space. We are unable to accept animals from other areas; proof of residence will have to be given when surrendering any animal.

Please do not have a friend from East Ridge surrender your animal as theirs. We do check up on all suspicious surrenders. And do not surrender your animal to us as a stray, that is just wrong and we can tell if you are the owner.

We have the reputation of finding our animals new homes or getting them into rescue, but it's not our responsibilty to find "YOUR" animal a new home, we are the last RESORT.

We have only ONE main cat rescuer and only ONE dog volunteer that brings the dogs to Petsmart to increase their chances fo finding new homes. We would like to thank our other couple that helps with the dogs every other week with getting the dogs to Petsmart.

So, you can do the math on your own, our resources are extremely limited and so is our kennel and cat cage space.

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO FIND YOUR ANIMAL A NEW HOME, REMEMBER YOUR PET IS A FAMILY MEMBER, NOT A THROW A-WAY OR RECYCLABLE ITEM THAT CAN JUST BE THROWN AWAY WHEN YOU ARE TIRED OF IT. YOUR ANIMAL IS A LIVING BREATHING, CARING CREATURE THAT DESERVES BETTER! THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU SURRENDER YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, THE CHOICE YOU MAKE WILL ALWAYS STAY WITH YOU!

Please do not have a friend that lives in East Ridge surrender your animal, this is not fair to the animals from East Ridge.

If you live outside of East Ridge and need to surrender an animal we can provide rescue contacts but we can not take your animal.

Please remember WE are NOT a RESCUE group but an ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY. We can not guarantee that your surrendered animal will find a new loving home.

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Who We Are

East Ridge Animal Services was created to provide the citizens of East Ridge with fast and courteous animal control services.

East Ridge Animal shelter is certified by the State of Tennessee

East Ridge Officers are both NACA certified (National Animal Control Association); both Officers hold a State of Tennessee CAET certification (Certified Animal Euthanasia Technician) and both are members of the Hamilton County DART Team (Disaster Animal Response Team).

Officer Zagona is on the Board of Directors of ACAT (Tennessee Animal Control Association).

East Ridge Animal Services will work with the new McKamey Animal Care & Adoption Center & Catoosa County Rabies Control if asked since our areas border each other’s jurisdictions. We cannot provide services to these areas; we do help in situations when needed.

Animal Control services are provided 24/7/365 days a year, all calls are ran during regular business hours, on weekends & holidays only emergency calls are ran.

PLEASE ONLY SICK OR INJURED ANIMAL CALLS, ANIMAL BITES, AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS or ANIMALS at a BUSINESS ARE CONSIDERED AN AFTERHOUR EMERGENCY CALL, If you believe your complaint is one of the above please call the East Ridge Police @ 423-622-1725.

Please remember DO NOT CALL 911 for animal emergencies DO NOT call the East Ridge Police for a stray or a dog running at large. Stray animals or dogs running at large are not considered an emergency and no Animal Services Officer will be dispatched.

If you have a stray animal please call the shelter and leave a message and we will run the complaint the next business day.

When making a complaint please provide the owners address if known & animal description. This will enable our officer to talk to the owner and remedy the problem quickly.

East Ridge Animal Services shelter is a rescue friendly shelter, we gladly welcome all rescue groups to come by and visit with us at anytime. We have had several rescue groups visit. They thanked us for being so friendly and helpful. We could not help these animals without the help from these rescue groups.

Please donate to your local rescues!

Click to see our pets!

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Adopting a friend

♥ Adoption prices are ♥

*** Unaltered (not spayed/neutered) $85.00, which includes a vet check,a rabies voucher and a spay/neuter. The pets are wormed when they arrive at the shelter. All other services, shots & tests are not included and will not be covered under the adoption contract.***

***Altered (already spayed/neutered) $40.00, which includes a vet check & a rabies voucher. All other services, shots, tests are not included and will not be covered under the adoption contract.***

When dogs and puppies arrive at the shelter, they are given a DHLPP (distemper, hepatitis, leptospirosis, parainfluenza and parvo virus) & Bordetella vaccine.

When cats and kittens arrive at the shelter they are given a FVRCP (rhinotracheitis, calicivirus & panleukopenia) vaccine.

Participating Veterinarians

These veterinarians provide a service to the community buy accepting our adoption contracts, they don't make any money off the spay/neuters but in turn hope to gain a new client.

If your veterinarian is not on our list ask them if they would accept our adoption contract, just have the vets office call us and we can explaine our reimbursement policy to them.

East Ridge Animal Hospital

Riverview Animal Hospital

Middle Valley Animal Hospital

Ashland Terrace Animal Hospital

Red Bank Animal Hospital

Northgate Animal Hospital

Ooltewah Animal Hospital

Animal Medical Professionals of Ooltewah

Shallowford Animal Hospital

Hwy 58 Animal Hospital

Wolftever Animal Hospital

Chattanooga Veterinary Center

Animal Hospital of Signal Mountain

Signal Mountain Veterinary Clinic

Lee Parkway Veterinary Clinic

Brainerd Hills Veterinary Clinic

Mountain Hospital for Animals

Northshore Veterinary Clinic

Sequoyah Animal Hospital, Soddy Daisy

Marion County

Kirk Veterinary Clinic, Kimball, TN

Rhea County

South Rhea Animal Hospital, Dayton,TN

Bradley County

Bradley Veterinary Clinic

Keith Street Animal Clinic

Animal Medical Center

Georgia

Catoosa Veterinary Clinic, Ringgold, GA

Dalton Animal Care (Gordon,Murry & Whitfield counties only)

Alabama

North Jackson Animal Clinic, Stevenson, AL

Mountain Top Animal Clinic, Pisgah, AL

Huntsville Animal Clinic, Huntsville, AL

Linderman Animal Hospital, Brownsville, AL

We can no longer adopt out of state unless one of our participating veterinarians is used, or the animal will have to be spayed/neutered here and picked up from the vets office only after the animal is able to travel. Any extra costs will also have to be paid to the vet before the animal can be picked up by the new owner (HW test, blood work ect.)

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Thanks to All Our friends

We would like to thank all the rescue groups for the help in cross posting our animals, to date we have had several rescue groups take animals from the shelter. Without these groups help our animals would not of found the help they needed in finding a new loving home. Please donate to your local rescue groups; this will enable them to continue the hard work they do for the animals.

We would also like to thank the Best Friends Network for their members help in finding rescues and donations for our shelter, and we would also like to thank C.A.R.E for rescuing many kitties and pups and the Pet Placement Center for rescue help and all the numerous rescues that have helped.

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Donations

We are in need of blankets for our furry friends, We could also use DRY DOG (Dog Chow) & PUPPY FOOD (Puppy Chow), KITTEN FOOD, CAT LITTER (Tidy Cat), CARRIERS/CRATES. Toys would be great for everyone, but please washable toys only (hard rubber) for the dogs. We don't want them ingesting any of the tear up kind of toys like stuffed animals and such. We will accept any donation. Nothing goes to waste. If you would like to just come and visit the animals, that would be AWESOME! The doggies need walks and quality time spent one on one with caring individuals. We encourage the citizens of East Ridge and people everywhere to visit the shelter and just spend time with the animals. They desperately need the affection and exercise.

If you would like to MAKE dog beds for our dogs, check out this link: http://www.columbusdogconnection.com/elevated_dog_beds.htm

We do recommend using heavy weight vinyl material for the beds. 40 oz per square yard weight is what the brand/company Kuranda uses for their beds. It is highly unlikely that the doggies will be able to tear or chew this material. Another volunteer made some beds using canvas material and they were all but destroyed completely... So, canvas would not be a lasting choice...Since these beds take a good little bit of time to make, it would be in ones best interest to have them last- not to mention the doggies best interest. :-)

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You can also see our adoptable pets in Critter magazine, we also list our animals on 1-800-save-a-pet.com, Pets 911, and some of our animals can be seen on KZ-106 Kelly McCoys Pet Project page. We do post our animals on several web sites to get the animals more exposure; it has been working great for us.

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Come Visit Us!

We are located behind East Ridge Hospital at 1015 Yale St. Come down Spring Creek Rd and look for Graston St. there will be an Animal Shelter sign. Follow the signs to the shelter.

Map to our shelter

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City of East Ridge Animal Services
1015 Yale St.

East Ridge, TN 37412
Phone: 423-664-0271

Shelter Email: eras@comcast.net

Animal Control Supervisor Email: czagona01@comcast.net
Email: czagona@eastridgetn.org

Animal Control Officer Email: jcooper952@comcast.net
Email: jcooper@eastridgetn.org

Click here for a list of pets at this shelter

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Email C.A.R.E: sparklesprinkler@comcast.net
C.A.R.E: spayallpets@aol.com

Click here for a list of pets at this shelter

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