Volunteering

If you are interested in volunteering with Cavalier Rescue USA, please complete our volunteer application and then contact the representative for your area so they know of your interest. Here is a link to the volunteer application: Volunteer Application

Strong preference is given to people who already have or have had a Cavalier, and the process of becoming a volunteer includes an application, vet reference, discussion with the regional chairperson/state representative, and a home visit. 

A key role in volunteering is fostering. You don’t have to be a dog expert to foster, but you do have to have time and love to give, and to be able to balance your heart and head. Parting with the foster dog can be difficult, but is usually a necessary part of volunteering. While foster families do occasionally adopt their foster dog, this isn't the purpose of volunteering, and the dogs tend to be older or special needs dogs for whom placement outside of the rescue team is more difficult.

The foster family’s role is to bring the Cavalier into their home, get needed medical care completed, assess the dog to determine the best type of new family for the foster Cavalier, and work with the regional representatives to place the Cavalier into a loving and appropriate new family. This work isn’t always easy, but is almost always tremendously rewarding.

We have other volunteer opportunities available too that are very critical, such as doing home visits with prospective new families, providing transportation for Cavaliers, and assisting with fundraising activities.

Please volunteer to help with rescue if you can. Working together, we can help all Cavaliers find a way home.

To learn if you might be a good fit for our volunteer team, please fill out the application and then contact the team leader for your area. Here is a link to the Contacts page...Contacts