The establishment of Famous Fido Rescue is the combined effort of many individuals who are driven and dedicated to finding solutions to the many problems that afflict abused and abandoned dogs and cats.  We have made a lot of progress;  however there is still a very long way to go. With the support of the many like-minded people we work with as volunteers or donors, we are able to provide food, shelter, veterinary health-care, spaying, neutering, training, and adoption information. We also offer lots of love, an active support system and many other resources. We want to change the way people view animals and to promote awareness that many laws and policies do not work to protect them. Recently, we began to realize that the most pressing problem is that animal guardians often lack knowledge and resources that would allow them to keep a dog or cat in the home when an issue arises whereby they believe they must surrender their animal to a shelter.

Since moving into our new No-Kill Advocacy Center of Chicago we have initiated a program called Project GUARD. This is an intervention program providing counseling and resources to those stressed by high vet bills, lack of pet-friendly housing, behavioral problems or family issues that have placed the animal in imminent danger of going into the shelter system where there may be a high risk of euthanasia. Famous Fido aims to save the lives of the animals that need us most. We rescue and rehabilitate the animals that many other shelters feel they cannot take. No animal, with the chance of a healthy happy life, is declined medical treatment. All are vaccinated, heart-worm tested, micro-chipped and spayed or neutered before they go to their forever homes. We educate people to think of themselves as guardians of their pets, not owners. We encourage understanding that a shelter is not the answer to an unwanted animal. No animal should have to live in a shelter. If intervention counseling through Project Guard proves ineffective for an individual case, re-homing is the best and only answer.

We will continue to build a network of foster parents and potential adopters to ensure that these animals are treated with respect and compassion for the rest of their lives.