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Hopeful Tails Animal Rescue

2303 Oak Leaf Street, Joliet, IL 60436

Contact Rhonda Gentile-Colon
Email hopefultailsadoptions@outlook.com
Phone (779) 206-2132
dogs at Hopeful Tails Animal Rescue

Areas Hopeful Tails Animal Rescue serves

We are located in the Joliet/Plainfield area, and adopt our lovable pups to families within a 2 hour radius from our rescue.

Hopeful Tails Animal Rescue's adoption process

1.

Submit Application

http://www.hopefultailsanimalrescue.org/adopt.html

2.

Meet the Pet

To schedule an appointment, please email us at: hopefultailsadoptions@outlook.com.

Additional adoption info

Thank you for visiting!

If interested in our adoptables please contact us at hopefultailsadoptions@outlook.com, and let us know who you're interested in meeting. You must fill out an adoption application if interested in adopting followed by an adoption contract.

All dogs require a $100 training deposit. Once confirmation of the completion of a training class has been sent to the rescue, you will receive your deposit back in full.

As we are a rescue all of our adult dogs/puppies for adoption must be spayed and neutered. Although we make every attempt to have this done before finding their adoptive families, this is not always possible. Please speak with your adoption coordinator to see of this service has already been performed or they will explain to you if your new dog/puppy will need this service while in your care at no cost to you.

When emailing please include your phone number to help speed up the adoption process. Also, for the safety of our dogs, we adopt within a 2 hour radius of Joliet, Illinois, to allow our volunteers to do home checks, if necessary.

Adoption application

About Hopeful Tails Animal Rescue

We're a nonprofit organization founded by dedicated volunteers wanting to MAKE A DIFFERENCE in the lives of abandoned, abused, and neglected animals as well as partner within our community.

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