Fair Update
For the health and safety of our volunteers and adopters, and in compliance with California's shelter-in-place order, our upcoming fairs are cancelled until further notice. If you're interested in meeting a CIW animal, please email us, or call us at 650-328-0474.
There are no fairs scheduled at this time. If you're interested in meeting a CIW animal, please email us, or call us at 650-328-0474.
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Your tax-deductible gift helps provide food, medical care, and other supplies for homeless pets.
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Please note: We are not doing cat adoptions at this time due to Covid-19. If there's a cat you are interested in, please download an application, fill it out, and mail by postal service to the address on the form. Please do not email the application. We will add your application to the cat's file and contact you when adoptions resume. Thank you!
We are currently doing dog meetings by appointment.
Featured dog Mr. Watson
Featured cat Stella
The 2021 Companions in Waiting Calendars are in. Get yours now!
The 2021 calendar features 13 beautiful portraits of cats and dogs adopted from Companions in Waiting. For a donation of just $21.75 we'll ship one of these calendars directly to you; call us at 650-328-0474 to get yours. Your donation helps us care for and find forever homes for more animals. This is the perfect gift for the animal lover in your life who's looking forward to the start of a new year!
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We at Companions In Waiting want to thank all our supporters and adoptive families who sent notes, pictures and donations about the companion animals they had adopted through CIW and the positive comments about our yearly newsletter. We really appreciate your taking time and we love to hear about your companions and your newsletter feedback. We'll work to keep making the newsletter fun to read!
Success Stories
These are just a tiny sample of the cats and dogs — more than 350 in all — that have found new homes with the help of Companions in Waiting.
Little Alfie was hit by a car and nobody came looking for him at the shelter. The staff there called CIW, where he could take the time to learn to trust people again. And now he has a loving family!
Winnipeg was one of four kittens found in a garage. Due to health issues it took her a little longer than her siblings to find her family, but now she has both a human family that adore her, and big brother and sister cats to play with.