
Facts About Heartworms
Heartworm disease in dogs is very common in the Southern United States and anywhere where
Due to current weather and travel conditions in metro Atlanta, the LifeLine Community Animal Center shelter and clinic will now be closed on Wednesday, 1/22. Staff are still onsite caring for the animals. We intend to resume normal hours on Thursday, 1/23, but will keep our community updated.
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If you need help with your pet, you have come to the right place. Whatever your situation, LifeLine strives to keep pets safe and with the people who love them. Did you find or lose a pet? Does your dog have behavior challenges? Does your cat have special medical needs? LifeLine can provide you with resources and assistance.
Our Community Animal Center clinic offers full-service, affordable veterinary care, including vaccines, dental care, surgery and more. The Fulton County Animal Services Veterinary Clinic offers yearly pet exams, vaccines and heartworm and flea and tick preventatives. Book an appointment today.
Fetch is dedicated to helping people and shelter pets adjust to their new lives together. Fetch provides comprehensive coverage for unexpected illnesses and injuries, as well as unique behavioral and medical needs.
The LifeLine Spay & Neuter Clinic provides low-cost, high-quality spay/neuter surgeries and has performed over 150,000 procedures.
In partnership with DeKalb County, LifeLine's Mobile Clinic offers FREE vaccines for DeKalb County residents who own cats or dogs and cannot afford to pay for low-cost clinic services. Free health exams and microchips are available, too! If you don't reside in DeKalb County, there are also low cost vaccine clinic dates scheduled each month for pet owners in need!
SNIP (Spay Neuter Impact Program) offers FREE spay/neuter and vaccine services for DeKalb County residents who own cats or dogs and cannot afford to pay for low-cost spay/neuter services.
If you live outside of DeKalb County, check to see if free spay/neuter programs are offered in your county. If none exist in your county, SPOT may be able to help.
Whether you have adopted a new pet or need help with your current pet, we can provide you with resources and solutions for your pet’s behavior. Many pet behavior challenges can be managed and corrected through training. These resources can help you to improve your pet’s behavior.
GoodPup provides private dog training with certified trainers who teach cues and advanced behavior on crate training, barking, begging and jumping. Sign up with GoodPup for one FREE week of dog training + 10% off for life, and GoodPup will make a generous donation to help us care for more pets in need.
Heartworm disease in dogs is very common in the Southern United States and anywhere where
LifeLine promotes humane, force-free training tools and equipment for success in shelter and in homes.
Atlanta is a fun city with so much to explore. With so many great places to hang out, see which ones are dog-friendly so you can bring your pup along!
Paws Between Homes provides temporary foster homes, supplies, and veterinary care to the pets of people who are getting evicted or otherwise losing their housing. They serve low-income households in metro Atlanta.
My Pit Bull is Family is a 501c-3 nonprofit organization with a mission to end housing and insurance discrimination. They have the largest database of rental properties that welcome ALL pet breeds.
For more than 15 years, PetRelocation has been guiding pets and their people through the complicated process of moving, happily reuniting them in their new homes.
If you are moving that will require your pet to travel by air, Air Animal can handle all the details ensuring a stress-free experience for you and your pet.
RentCafe offers this helpful guide to finding a pet-friendly apartment and renting with pets! You can also use their Estimated Fees filter when searching for a rental that displays pet-related costs and policies upfront.
The Humane Society provides vital resources for how to keep pets safe and make a plan in the event of a natural disaster.
Following these safety tips from Captain Gary Menard of City of Decatur Fire and Rescue could make all of the difference for you and your pets in the event of a fire.
Ensure your pets are safe and comfortable by following LifeLine's hot weather tips during the summer months.
Ensure your pets are safe and happy by following LifeLine's cold weather tips during the winter months.
Dogs on Deployment connects those in active duty, reservists, National Guard, veterans and first-responders with volunteers who will care for their pets while they have service commitments.
Pets for Patriots, a LifeLine partner, offers free memberships to U.S. veterans and provides members who adopt from LifeLine with a $150 pet gift card, discounts on vet care and pet supplies, as well as post-adoption follow up calls. LifeLine offers members free adoptions on eligible pets.
If you see animal cruelty, you may be the only voice for that animal. When you report animal cruelty or neglect, you may remain anonymous, and one less animal will continue to suffer. You may request Field Services for dog bites, injured animals, dog or cock fighting, loose animals, welfare checks or license/rabies vaccination violations.
Call 404-613-0358, ext 2.
Monday – Friday, 8:00AM to 7:00PM
Saturday – Sunday, 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Officers are available after hours for emergencies only (animal cruelty, animal bites, etc.).
Call 404.294.2996, ext 2.
Monday – Friday, 8:30AM to 5:00PM
After hours and weekend calls will be routed to 911.
Officers are available after hours for emergencies only (animal cruelty, animal bites, etc.).
If you think you need to give up your pet because you’ve fallen on hard times, or if you need medical, behavioral or pet supplies for your pet, we may be able to help. Pets are family and we believe it is important to keep people and pets together.
Our Community Cat Program offers Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) assistance and discounted spay/neuter surgeries and vaccines to humanely manage community cat colonies.
A microchip provides your pet with permanent ID that can be scanned by vet clinics and shelters for free to retrieve your contact information. We offer microchipping for only $25.
At Healthy Pets events, we provide free vaccinations, microchips, vouchers for free spay/neuter surgeries, pet supplies and much more for pets in DeKalb and Fulton County.
Our Pets for Life program provides free spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations, licensing, supplies (leashes, collars, crates), veterinary care and pet resources for Fulton County residents living in these zip codes: 30310, 30311, 30312, 30314, 30315, 30318 or 30331.
If your pet has an unexpected illness or injury and you are unable to pay full-price for veterinary care, LifeLine may be able to help. The Stay Together Fund, which relies on donations from our community, is available in certain cases to help supplement the cost of pet care. Ask our team if you qualify at your next appointment in our clinics.
Our Home Free Program will help more pets get back home for FREE! If you’ve lost your pet and they are brought to the shelter for the first time, we will waive reclaim fees and any dog-at-large citation so you can quickly reclaim them at no cost!
Your gift today will help ensure that pets will not suffer because full-cost veterinary care is not accessible.
Together, we will help keep pets with the people who love them.