Please join us at Culver’s-Huntley (Route 47-across from Sun City)! Thank you!
Animal House is a non-profit, 501(c)(3), No-Kill shelter for all breeds of dogs and cats.
We have been open since June 2002 and have rescued, rehabilitated and placed over 20,000 dogs and cats, to date, into their loving forever homes!
Animal House Shelter, Inc rescues abused and neglected dogs and cats and rehabilitates them mentally & physically in order to place them with the best new family. We rescue 98% of our dogs from high ‘kill’ shelters, pounds and various animal control facilities in which they are usually listed as strays, and almost always scheduled to be euthanized.
The best possible veterinary care is always given to those at Animal House Shelter. We never decline treatment, whatever it may entail, if it means that the animal has a chance at a new and healthy life.
We strive to go above and beyond when caring for and socializing our animals. We understand the importance of getting to know each and every animal available for adoption in an effort to place them in the most perfect home possible. All dogs are walked 4-5 times a day and socialized with each other and volunteers. The cats are housed in a large ‘free roam’ cat room so they can socialize all day with each other, staff, volunteers and potential adopters.
Like people, animals have distinct personalities that make them unique. At Animal House Shelter, we are proud to say that the dogs and cats are treated like our own. We care enough to be certain they are treated with the comfort and respect that they deserve and we make every effort to ensure that they go to the right, forever, permanent, loving home.
We are open for adoptions daily from 11 am to 7 pm!
PLEASE HELP ROXY!!
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WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF FOSTER HOMES RIGHT NOW! IF YOU CAN FOSTER FOR EVEN 1-2 WEEKS, THAT WOULD BE A HUGE HELP!! PLEASE FILL OUT THE FOSTER APPLICATION ON THE ‘ONLINE APPLICATION PAGE. ALL OF THE PUPPIES NEEDING FOSTER IMMEDIATELY ARE ON THE FOSTER A PET’ PAGE.
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ON THE LINK BELOW TO WATCH A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO OUR PIT BULL FRIENDS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73j-H8jgQSs
Shelter prepares for influx of abandoned pets
Definition of a No Kill shelter: “No adoptable animal should be euthanized if it can be adopted into a suitable home. Adoptable animals include only those animals eight weeks of age or older that, at or subsequent to the time the animal is impounded or otherwise taken into possession, have manifested no sign of a behavioral or temperamental defect that could pose a health or safety risk or otherwise make the animal unsuitable for placement as a pet, and have manifested no sign of disease, injury, or congenital or hereditary condition that adversely affects the health of the animal or that is likely to adversely affect the animal’s health in the future.”
ESTER!!
Ester is a whole lot of dog to love! She is such a sweet dog but keeps getting passed over because she is a full figured girl. Ester came to Animal House 4 YEARS AGO!! Although she loves the staff and volunteers at AHS, she desperately needs to find a loving family to call her own. She does need to be the only pet as she can get a bit growly with other dogs and cats look like fast moving treats! She loves to snuggle and would love a home with a nice big yard and plenty of activity to help her melt off the pounds. She is great with children. The Girl Scouts always stop by to play with her 
She is completely housebroken, 5 years old and will be best companion!!
CLICK HERE TO SEE ESTER’SREHABILITATION VIDEO
Animal House Shelter – Established 2002
In memory of Kiley…
KILEY’S STORY
In the summer of 1996, I received a frantic phone call from a friend that a dog had just been dumped out of a car on Lake Cook Rd and was dodging cars in the Barrington area. I was home during a break from college at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois, where I was an Animal Science major and planning to continue on to become a veterinarian.
The beautiful little girl that was scared to death and dodging cars was a 6 month old female American Staffordshire Terrier, who we soon named Kiley. I had grown up with a family filled with rescue dogs, horses, cats and even wildlife that we rehabilitated from time to time. I had never had anyone as special as Kiley come into my life. She returned to college with me as I continued my last year and she quickly opened my eyes to what I needed to do with my passion for animals.
I needed to open a non-profit, no kill animal shelter for all breeds of dogs and cats. Animal House Shelter was established in June of 2002.
When we began our mission, Kiley helped us in so many ways. Because her temperament was so amazing, she was a natural to help us determine if an animal was dog-friendly. She also mothered several orphaned puppies throughout the years.
She was and always will be my source of inspiration for Animal House Shelter, Inc. She inspired our organization to carry out our mission to save from euthanasia homeless dogs and cats from pounds and animal control facilities.
I lost Kiley to adrenal cancer in 2008. Because she was such a special soul that impacted my life in ways I can not fully explain, AHS has now rescued, rehabilitated and found forever homes for over 15,000 dogs and cats to date.
Lesley Irwin
Founder of Animal House Shelter, Inc.
April 2010
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