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The Art of Paws

Ocala, FL 34482

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Email theartofpaws@gmail.com
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Areas The Art of Paws serves

Ocala, FL and surrounding areas

The Art of Paws's adoption process

Additional adoption info

We require that adopters fill out an application and email to us. We then check your references and do a phone interview. If you are approved we arrange a meet and greet and home visit At that time we will leave your new family member with you. All dogs and pups come started on heartworm prevention and flea and tick control. We also have a contract you will need to sign at the time of adoption.

About The Art of Paws

We are a small 501(c)(3) non-profit group that rescues dogs and pups from high kill shelters in Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana. We do this to reduce the number of dogs euthanized in shelters and spay and neuter all of our adoptable animals to lower the population that ends up in shelters every year. We specialize in Herding breeds and Special needs dogs, but are an all breed rescue.

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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.