Animal Rescue for Yuba, Sutter and surrounding Counties.

Our Mission is to place unwanted, abused, neglected animals into homes that will provide love, stability and provide basic needs as well as nuturing needs. These are not only dogs and cats. They are souls, pesonalities. And they deserve a good life. To educate people on spaying and neutering. This is the key to avoid unwanted deaths, and homelessness in animals in the community and everywhere. Educate people there is a humane way to treat and respect animals. They are living creatures and souls.

Happy Paws Rescue is not just looking for good homes. We are looking for great, excellent homes. We are looking for forever homes, not until homes ( until my work schedule changes, I move, become pregnant, etc)

that are looking for new family members
are ready to commit to that 10,15 and 20 years
spay and neuter
knows that these are rescue animals. They are not perfect and may take some time to adjust to their new family, home.
Indoor homes! Dogs do not like looking through windows, out in the elements day in day out. Alone.
Have the time, love, space and money it takes to care for an animal. If something were to happen medically-- they can't save their own lives. Their lives are in your hands! So we need people who care.
Our Process

The first step in adoption is to give us a call the day you are able to come and meet your potential new family member and take them home.

We update daily and the dog may be gone by the time you are able to come. We are on a volunteer basis so time can be tight and the volunteer is giving up their family time to meet with you, talk with you. Aside from their time taking care of the rescues as well.

We do however do not mind questions at all. We are happy you are asking.them. This shows that thought has been put into this process and we are very thankful for this.

After the call if all goes well in the telephone interview, we arrange a time to meet at the local pet store. Gaiser Pets. We however are do not work there. We just go their for adoptions at our arranged times.

Once there, a volunteer will meet with you, answer all your questions, go over our contract and policies. If both parties agree and you wish to adopt, you will fill out the contract. Be given copies of contract and vaccination record and you will recieve all information needed on your new family member.

We do ask for updates. We thoroughly enjoy getting updates, seeing our rescues and keeping in contact. We have some we have heard from for years. It is great! Our email is Happypawsrescue@comcast.net


We are foster based rescue and meet by appointment only. We meet daily between the hours of 10 am and 7pm. Sometimes later can be arranged if this is the only time you can make it but we try and stick between those hours.

WE DO NOT SHIP! We do not mind out of county adoptions or state adoptions and have even adopted to Canada but we will not ship them. We do not mind you flying out but we have to meet the new families and we are not comfortable sending our rescues off without this meet and greet and our contract. And we want someone with them looking out for them on a flight. They are just simply luggage to airlines.They are not looked after like an owner would.

NO Major holidays!

We however meet around our work schedules from our daily jobs. So please do not just come down. Please call in advance and we will arrange a time to meet with you.

The address we meet by appointment only is Gaiser Pets 714 Plumas Street. Yuba City, CA 95991.

This is also a great place for all your pets needs.And you get 20%off everything in the store except the food. This is a great deal. They have comparitive pricing to most stores so this saves you money.

They also have all your pets needs. They have a great supply of fish, birds and any type of reptile supplies you will need. Not to mention a caring, helpful staff that will help you with all your questions and purchases.