Why do you need to re-home your pet? Maybe we can help! 

If you are giving your pet up because you have to move, here are some pet friendly rentals in the area. Please contact them for their policies/deposits.

• Lakeland Hills Apartment Complex – Jefferson City (865) 350-0008 (Rand Property Management)
• Cherokee Terrace, Juliette, Calton, & Oakwood Apartments – Jefferson City (865) 406-2531 (Rand Property Management)
• Twin Oaks Apartments – Dandridge (865) 940-1400 (Rand Property Management)
• River Country Apartments – Sevierville (865) 428-5186
• Douglas Greene Apartments – Kodak (865) 250-9807
• Overlook at Allensville Square – Sevierville (865) 365-1558
• Riverwalk Apartments – Sevierville (865) 429-4470
• Henley Apartments – Knoxville (865) 270-5702

If you need help feeding your pet(s), contact HSJC at (865) 475-8930 for more information about our pet food pantry. 

We offer a pet food pantry for families who are on low income, disability, government assistance, or if you are just having trouble making ends meet. We offer this service to keep pets in their homes and out of shelters.

If you must find a new home for your own pet, consider trying the following before turning your pet into the Humane Society:

NEWSPAPER: Place an ad in the classified section of your local newspaper: The Standard Banner (Jefferson County); Citizen Tribune (Morristown); Newport Plain Talk (Newport).  Give the animal’s primary breed, age, sex, and a few words to describe its temperament.

We recommend that you  DO NOT offer the pet “FREE TO GOOD HOME”. Please be sure that the animal is spayed or neutered BEFORE you place it in a new home!  There is a good chance you will be contributing to the homeless pet problem in our area if you place an unaltered pet.

When people call in response to your newspaper ad, ask questions to help you decide if the people will provide a good home for your pet.

Be prepared to provide honest answers to any questions the respondents might have of you regarding the pet. Examples of questions you might wish to ask.

• What is the living situation? (apartment, house, farm…)
• Have they had pets in the past? (awareness of routine expenses, veterinary reference…)
• Who is in the family? (young children, other pets…)
• How will the pet be contained? (leash walking, fenced yard, invisible fence…)
• What is the family’s lifestyle? (inside and quiet, outside and active, frequent traveling, how long are they gone during the day…)

A responsible adopter will be glad to answer these and other questions. If the caller sounds like a good prospect, offer to visit the home with the pet. If you are satisfied that the home is well-suited for the pet, great! If not, take the pet home and continue to look for a better match.

FLYERS: Create a nice flyer with your pet’s picture. Post the flyer in pet supply stores and vet clinics. The most likely adopters are people who love and already have animals!

E-MAIL: Take a digital picture of your pet and e-mail it to friends and coworkers for forwarding to their friends and coworkers, etc. Word of mouth works wonders!

WEB SITES: Contact the Breed Rescue Group of your animal’s primary breed to see if they can assist with placing your pet.