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Our Pet Food Relief Program provides pet food to dog and cat owners in Orange County who are struggling financially. Pet Food Relief Program We recently launched our new Pet Food Relief Program that provides dog or cat food for low-income Orange County pet owners. Availability of pet food is dependent on program funding and in-kind donations. To be eligible for this program, applicants must: Reside in Orange County Be receiving some type of government assistance Have a dog or a cat If you meet these requirements, please fill out an application. Please note that submitting an application does not guarantee assistance. Click Here To Apply Sponsored In Part By: $250 Spark Good Grant from Walmart Huntington Beach

Want to make a donation to help homeless animals? Here's how you can donate to Diamond's Friends. How To Donate We cannot save lives without donations. Every dog we take in has needs, whether it's transport, medical care, behavioral training, or extended care while they are with us looking for a home. We use Zeffy as our main donation processing system! This platform does not charge us any fees, ensuring every dollar you donate goes directly to Diamond's Friends Pet Rescue. This differs from Paypal, Venmo, Facebook, and Instagram that do charge processing fees to donate to us. Donate Here! If you prefer to donate via PayPal, Venmo, or check, we have details on how to do so below. PayPal: info@diamondsfriends.org or Venmo: @diamondsfriends or Check: Diamond's Friends Pet Rescue PO Box 673 Newport Beach, CA 92661

Want to help homeless animals? Here's how you can volunteer with Diamond's Friends. Volunteer Volunteer Whether you are open to driving a foster pet to the vet, reviewing adoption applications, helping with social media, being a foster coordinator, or organizing events, we want to talk to you! Please fill out our volunteer questionnaire to get involved!

Have a question about Diamond's Friends Pet Rescue? Get in touch with us today! Contact Us Are you interested in adopting? Do you want to foster? Do you need resources to help keep your dog in your home? Or do you have another question? C0ntact us below! Please note we do not provide a phone number where we can be reached. We are a small, volunteer-run organization that doesn't have the capacity for a designated phone line. But we will respond to your contact inquiry within 48 hours! Mailing Address: PO Box 673 Newport Beach, CA 92661 PO PO Thanks for submitting! Submit

Want to help foster a dog? Here's how you can get started with Diamond's Friends Pet Rescue! Become a Foster Pawrent Diamond's Friends is an entirely foster-based rescue. We can only save as many animals as we have foster homes for. By becoming a foster pawrent, you help us save lives. We cannot do this work without YOU! Fostering is FREE, and we provide everything you need. You just provide a safe place for an animal in need to stay until an adoptive home can be found. To become a foster, Fill Out Our Foster Questionnaire Here! Fostering FAQs 1. What supplies do fosters receive? We give you everything you need! This includes: Crate, bed, and crate bowl Leash, collar, ID, and Airtag Food, food bowls, water bowls, Treats Toys and chew bones Shampoo Nature's Miracle Cleaner Probiotics (if requested) Baby gate or puppy pen (if requested) Potty pads (if requested Harness (if requested) Anything else you request! 2. What support do fosters receive? At Diamond's Friends, we are committed to supporting our fosters throughout their foster journey. We never want them to feel like they are on their own! Fosters receive daily check-ins from the foster coordinator. Training and behavioral assistance is provided as needed. They also have access to 24/7 support via phone if needed. 3. Do you have a foster manual? Yes! Click here to download it . 4. Where can fosters be located? Because of the level of support we provide our fosters, we do restrict fostering locations to Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, and Huntington. We will occasionally consider fosters around the UCI area as well. Unfortunately, we cannot provide adequate support to fosters who live outside of those areas. 5. How long do I have to foster for? We prefer fosters who can commit to fostering until their pup is adopted. Our average length of stay for our adoptable dogs is around 40 days because we prioritize finding the right home for a dog as opposed to moving them along quickly. Some dogs get adopted faster, others take longer. However, sometimes we will accept temporary foster homes if we have long-term fosters who are traveling and need someone to take their foster dog temporarily. 6. Will I have to transport my foster dog to the vet, adoption events, or meet and greets? While it is extremely helpful to us when we have fosters who can help transport their pups to and from appointments, this is not a requirement to foster for us. 7. Do I get to choose my foster dog? We will only match you with a foster dog we think will be a good fit for your home, family, schedule, lifestyle, and other pets. That said, we do make sure you are ok with the dog we are placing in your home prior to drop off. 8. Who pays for my foster dog's supplies and medical needs? We do! Diamond's Friends covers the cost of whatever your foster dog needs. 9. How do I know my foster dog doesn't have an illness my current dog could get? Sadly, we cannot make any guarantees that a foster dog is completely healthy. That said, most of the ailments we see in dogs coming from our local shelter (i.e. kennel cough, giardia, and worms) are treatable and have manageable risk levels if you don't let dogs eat/drink from the same bowls, play with the same toys, and you pick up poop quickly. We can also mitigate the risk to your dog by matching you with a pup from a partner that tends to send us fewer pups with highly communicable illnesses (these dogs primarily come from the Hawaiian islands, so they can't fly if they have any type of URI). 10. Can I foster a dog who is already trained? We cannot make any guarantees about the level of training any dog has had. Most of our dogs come from shelter environments and will likely need at least some training when they enter a new home. We do offer training support and resources to our foster homes. However, we will occasionally take in owner surrenders that we have a better idea of their level of training. We'd be happy to try to match you with an owner surrendered pup, but we don't take these pups in as often as we take in dogs from kill shelters. 11. I have a question not answered here. Where can I ask it? You can contact us here !

Want to make a donation to help homeless animals? Here's how you can donate to Diamond's Friends. Leadership Donations If you are a donor who believes in our rescue and wants to have an even bigger impact, we are looking for leadership donors who are interested in supporting our mission on a larger scale. Our goal is to open a facility where we can house adoptable dogs and better serve as a resource to our fosters, adopters, and donors. The reality is that there is only so much we can do relying solely on foster homes to rescue dogs, With your help, we can make an even bigger impact and save even more lives. If you are interested in ensuring we can rescue as many dogs as possible, please contact us. We'd love to talk to you. Get in Touch!

View Diamond's Friends adoptable animals. All animals are housed in foster homes in Newport Beach and Costa Mesa. Our Partners We are grateful to our partners and the incredible businesses we work with who help make our work possible! A&K Dog Training works with our more difficult pups for training and socialization. Action 4 Animals Hawaii is one of our sending rescue partners Chris volunteers her time helping to train our more difficult rescue pups. She also helps get them acclimated to their new homes as needed. Costa Mesa Animal Hospital sees and treats all of our rescue dogs, ensuring they are healthy before we place them into adoptive homes! Tiffany creates custom artwork of our hard-to-place dogs to help them get adopted. This artwork goes with the dog to their furever home. Dogma Pet Portraits helps provide amazing photos for our adoptable animals. FitPup Mobile works with our pups to help them get safe exercise and build confidence! Kauai Animal Welfare Society is one of our networking partners. Kauai Humane Society is one of our sending shelter partners Max and Neo donates collars, leashes and other products to support our efforts. Maui Humane Society is one of our sending shelter partners Newport Paws helps us with grooming our adoptable dogs! Pilots N Paws helps us with out of area animal transports. Riverside Department of Animal Services is one of our sending shelter partners

Want to make a monthly donation to help homeless animals? Here's how you can donate to Diamond's Friends. Pawesome Friends Monthly Giving Program Your monthly gift through our Pawesome Friends Monthly Giving Program keeps at-risk dogs safe, vetted, and loved! 🐶 As a recurring donor, you help us rescue homeless dogs, cover medical care, and support foster homes until each pup finds a furever home. Every month, your support provides: Vaccines, spay/neuter, and medical treatment Food, crates, and supplies for our foster network 🐾 Transport costs Anything else we need to ensure our dogs receive the best care possible until amazing homes are found! Plus, depending on your monthly donation amount, you'll receive a free gift! $5 per month receives a Diamond's Friends sticker $10 per month receives a Diamond's Friends keychain $25 per month receives a Diamond's Friends coffee mug $50 per month receives a Diamond's Friends tote bag. $100 or more per month gets ALL the swag listed above! Become a Pawesome Friend Here!

Want to make a donation to help homeless animals? Here's how you can donate to Diamond's Friends. Our Wish Lists We are always in need of supplies to help support our rescue dogs! This can include: Food Treats Toys Supplements Cleaner Crates Beds Towels Leashes/Long Lines Collars Airtags/Airtag holders Potty Pads Puppy Playpens Heartbeat dogs Benebones The best way to donate supplies is through our Amazon Wish List or Chewy Wish List . We will update these regularly to include the items we need the most.

Want to make a donation to help homeless animals? Here's how you can donate to Diamond's Friends. Temporary Guardian Program For just $1-$2 per day, you can become a temporary guardian to one of our adoptable dogs! Your gift to the Temporary Guardian Program supports an adoptable dog while they wait to find a home. As a temporary guardian, you help support the pup's cost of care while they are in their foster home. Each month, you'll receive an update and photos about how your pup is doing and progress towards adoption. And when your pup gets adopted, we will forward your guardianship to a new adoptable pup! Temporary guardianship levels include: $30 per month helps support an adult dog $40 per month helps support a puppy $50 per month helps support a dog that would benefit from training $60 per month helps support a dog that needs medical care Become a Temporary Guardian Here!

Want to adopt a pet from Diamond's Friends? Here are the details about our adoption process. Adoption Process Interested in adopting one of Diamond's Friends? Here's what you need to know! 1. All Adopters Must Complete an Application We require all prospective adopters to complete an adoption application (accessible here ). We do allow applicants to request specific animals, but our adoption applications help us make sure we are matching you with the best animal for your home. Please note that most of our dogs have restrictions in terms of the adoption distance we will consider for them. We are a Newport Beach-based organization that is 100% volunteer-run, and our founder works a full-time job in addition to running the rescue/handling all adoptions (including transporting dogs to meet and greets/doing home checks). As you can imagine, it's a lot to juggle! Consequently, we prioritize adopting out our dogs in Orange County to ensure we can provide adequate support to facilitate the long-term success of our adoptions. We also like to keep our dogs close in case an adoption doesn't work out so that we can take them back into our care quickly if needed. 2. Adoption Fees We do charge adoption fees. All our animals come spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped (unless it is not medically safe for them to receive that type of care). They have received preventative medication for fleas, ticks, and heartworms. Some of our animals have been transported in from other cities or states. Others have had lab work done or other medical needs taken care of. All of this costs us money, and our adoption fees help us recover some of the costs we incur helping these animals so that we can help others in need. Our adoption fees vary based on the animal's age and medical needs we've treated him/her for. NOTE: If our veterinarian deems it not in an animal's best interest to spay/neuter them prior to their adoption, we require our adopters to sign a legally binding spay/neuter agreement in order to adopt. If you are not willing to abide by this agreement, we will not adopt allow you to adopt the dog. This agreement will include a spay/neuter deposit that is fully refundable once the dog is spayed/neutered. 3. Meet and Greet Once your application is approved, a member of our team will reach out to schedule a meet and greet as well as a home check. 4. Finalize Adoption If the meet and greet and home check goes well and you'd like to move forward with adopting, you will pay the adoption fee and sign an adoption contract as well as the spay/neuter agreement if required. Apply To Adopt!

Need to surrender your pet in Orange County? Contact Diamond's Friends Pet Rescue. Need to Rehome Your Pet? If you are in a situation where you need to rehome your pet, please fill out our owner surrender questionnaire. Please do NOT give your pet away for free to anyone you find on Craigslist or social media as this can put your animal in extreme danger. We have a complete review process for our potential adopters to ensure pets go to loving and safe homes. While we cannot guarantee we will be able to help, we can occasionally take in owner surrendered pets when we have foster homes available. We also recommend listing your pet for rehoming using Adopt-a-Pet's Rehome platform . This will allow your pet to show up both on Adopt-a-Pet as well as our site. Click here to access our owner surrender questionnaire.