Dog-Harmony Needs Your Help

Dog-Harmony Needs Your Help

Dog-Harmony, Inc. (a local not-for-profit dog education and rescue), has been providing services to the residents of Okaloosa and Walton County since 2014. Without a designated home of their own, this passionate group of volunteers has been borrowing space from a small doggy daycare center. As the programs offered have expanded, the space has become tight. In order to continue to meet the needs of the community, Dog-Harmony, Inc. has begun searching for a new home and is asking the public for monetary donations.

The volunteers of Dog-Harmony are problem-solving dog lovers who want to make a difference. The goal is to build healthy relationships between humans and dogs, improve the lives of both, and reduce the number of dogs that are placed in animal shelters.

The key to creating these lifelong relationships is providing personalized and ongoing education, support, and training for people and dogs, regardless of age. What makes Dog-Harmony different is the focus on training and support before, during, and after one adopts a dog. This ensures that dogs and family members have the tools they need to build a successful life together. Adopting a dog is not the end of the relationship – it is just the beginning.

Early training in pet care and communication is important for our children to develop safe and happy interactions with animals. Dog-Harmony has a successful bite-prevention workshop program that its volunteers take into the community to teach children the basics. This program is so important that Dog-Harmony offers it free of charge. More recently, this program was presented to the children of Butler elementary school. The organization hopes to be able to take the program to every school in Bay, Walton and Okaloosa counties next year.

While teaching our community the requirements for proper pet care is critical, unfortunately many well-meaning dog owners in this area simply don’t have the funds for some of the important basics. To help fill this need, Dog-Harmony has a program that donates one neuter monthly free of charge. Recently the organization has also rolled out a monthly microchipping program that allows members of our community to microchip their pets for free, only paying the reduced registration fee.

If you would like to make a donation or for more information about Dog-Harmony, Inc. visit dog-harmony.org. Reach out or email questions to dog-harmony@hotmail.com.