Dog adoption and cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog or adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life!
Contact us, or contact another local humane society, animal shelter or SPCA.
We Serve the Following Cities, Towns, and/or Counties: We serve the northern suburban tier of the Twin Cities.
Rescued Pets are Wonderful
About Our Rescue Group
We are a non-profit, 501C-3 companion animal, all volunteer group. The animals are in foster-based situations, though we have several dogs in local kennels until a foster home can be found. We currently work closely with 4 animal control facilities in the area. When an animal has not been reclaimed by his/her owner, instead of being killed, RPAW works with placing them within the group. We will only euthanize an animal because of serious, untreatable injuries or illnesses or when an animal shows severe, dangerous aggression towards humans.
Come Meet our Pets
Please check our website for our adoption sites, though everyone is very welcome to set up an appointment to meet one of our foster animals.
Our Adoption Process
RPAW has a contract and application each potential adopter is required to fill out. After review and interview, the adoption counselor will determine if this dog or cat would be a good fit for an adopter's lifestyle, home, energy level and prior experience. There is an adoption fee to cover the veterinarian's fees. We can not adopt out one of the companion animals to anyone under 21 years of age. If you live in a rental property, there has to be proof that animals are allowed in your residence. There will be a home visit on some of our animals.
Dog adoption and cat
adoption saves lives. Adopt
a dog or adopt a cat and you'll
have a friend for life! What is the difference between adopting a dog, adopting
a cat, adopting a kitten or adopting a puppy versus getting dogs for sale, cats
for sale, puppies for sale or kittens for sale from a dog breeder or a cat breeder?
When someone is breeding puppies or breeding kittens, they are creating new dogs
and cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of
dog, cat, puppy or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed
is to buy a dog for sale or buy a cat for sale from a puppy breeder or a kitten
breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs and cats who must find homes.
So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder or buying a cat
or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a dog, adopt
a cat, adopt a puppy or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane
society or pet rescue group.