A Partnership That Keeps Pets
Out of Your Shelter
Guardian Pet Trust works side-by-side with animal rescues and shelters to intercept preventable surrenders — before a beloved pet ever reaches your door. Free to join. Starts with a conversation.
Why This Partnership Matters
Then You Are The Rescue
Guardian Pet Trust Needs To Know
Every year, hundreds of thousands of pets are surrendered to shelters — not because they're unwanted, but because their owner faced a sudden health crisis or death with no plan in place. Guardian Pet Trust was created to intercept that moment before it ever becomes your problem.
When a rescue partners with GPT, you become part of a proactive safety net for senior pet owners in your community. Fewer crisis surrenders. More intentional placements. And a trusted partner who sends rehoming referrals back to you first.
of senior pet owners have no plan if they can no longer care for their pet
pets are surrendered each year during an owner health crisis or death
your rescue becomes the trusted referral partner before intake
zero cost, zero contracts, zero obligations to join
The Problem We Solve Together
The Surrenders Arriving At Your Door
Are Largely Preventable
The Challenge You Face
Your Resources Are Being Strained by Crisis Surrenders
When a senior is hospitalized or passes unexpectedly, there's often no plan. The pet ends up at your door not because it was unwanted, but because nobody was prepared.
Surrendered senior pets are the most difficult to re-home. They sit in your facility longer, consume more resources, and face a harder road to a forever home.
Time, money, and emotional bandwidth spent on preventable surrenders is time not spent on pets who truly have no other option.
How We Help
Your Rescue Stays In the Loop and Gets the First Call
When an owner faces a crisis, GPT activates a pre-assigned Foster, Caretaker, and legal Trustee — keeping the pet safe and out of your shelter entirely.
If rehoming becomes necessary, GPT contacts our rescue partner network before any shelter intake. Your rescue gets priority — every time.
Every senior adopter from your rescue can be enrolled in Guardian Circle™ — reducing return rates and protecting the placement you worked hard to make.
The Problem We Solve Together
This Partnership Will Impact Your Community Too
When fewer pets are surrendered, your shelter has more capacity for the animals that truly need you. Every senior pet owner enrolled in GPT is one fewer crisis at your door and one more family with peace of mind.
The Program Behind the Partnership
GPT Guardian Circle™
Guardian
Circle™
What Senior Adopters Receive When They Enroll
Every senior adopter from your rescue receives a free Guardian Circle™ Welcome Kit and ongoing support designed to protect their pet if a crisis happens. GPT helps document the care plan, confirm a Guardian, review the plan over time, and activate support immediately helping keep the pet out of your shelter and in a safe, pre-planned home. Your rescue can also be included on co-branded materials produced together.
Partnership Benefits
What Your Rescue Gets as a
GPT Partner
Co-Branded Welcome Kits
Your rescue's name alongside GPT on every senior adoption kit
Referral Network Priority
GPT sends rehoming needs to you first — before any shelter
Lunch & Learn Co-Presenter
Joint presentations at 55+ communities and senior events
Sponsor A Pet Fundraising
Free access to SponsorAPet.org donation tools
Zero Cost to Join
No fees, no contracts — just a shared mission to protect pets
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