Hello! My name is Champ. I'm a sweet, 11-month-old, neutered male dog in need of a lifelong, loving home. I weigh about 40 lbs. I did very well on my temperament test with Gia, Hipster, Diesel and Regis, which means I'm good with other dogs. I love to play. One of my favorite games is "keep away." I run around with my toy and want to be chased. I think it's a lot of fun. I love playing with toys, and although I don't always "drop it" on command, if you ask me to sit and release, I will eventually smile and drop my toy. I'm a fun dog. I am a character who lives for people and playtime. Right now, I live at the Oakland County Animal Control and Pet Adoption Center at 1700 Brown Rd in Auburn Hills. You can visit me there any time they're open. The shelter will not put me up for adoption because of my appearance, so my only way out of the shelter alive is through a rescue. I am a quiet boy who is scared living in a shelter environment. There's too much noise and it scares me. I really need to get out soon because I'm very sad here, but when I get outside into a play run, my whole world changes and for that little bit of time, I'm the happiest boy on Earth. I'm neutered, microchipped and current on my vaccines. I even tested negative for heartworm and I come with 60 days of FREE pet insurance. Please give me a chance to be your newest family member. You'll be so glad you did!
Check me out in action in this
video.
Apply online:
www.pawsforliferescue.org.
UPCOMING EVENT:
Saturday: August 22, 2015: Adoption event at Oakland County Animal Control and Pet Adoption Center at 1700 Brown Rd in Auburn Hills. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., volunteers will be at the shelter to adopt out the rescue-only dogs.
ONLINE PHOTO ALBUM:
Adoption and Foster Care Application
NOTE ABOUT BREED LABELING: Visual breed identification of dogs is unreliable and usually inaccurate. So, for most of our adoptable dogs, we are only guessing at predominant breed or breed mix. We get to know each dog
as an individual and will do our best to describe each of our dogs based on personality, not by breed label.
Why is labeling a dog such a big deal? A label will stick with a dog for the rest of its life. A label can mean discrimination, losing its home or even death. Labels are a problem for the dogs when we, as the local experts on animals, allow adopters, politicians and community members to think that the label we assign can predict who that dog is or will be.
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Adoption Process: Complete the application at
www.pawsforliferescue.org. We then arrange a location, date and time for you to meet some pets. If the meeting goes well and everyone is happy, you begin the mandatory, minimum two-week adjustment period with the pet as part of your family. You will pay the non-refundable adoption fee at the start of the two-week adjustment period. This pending period allows your new dog or cat time to adjust to their new home, new people, new routine, etc., and for you to decide if it's a match and the right pet for you. At the end of two weeks (some people extend the adjustment time as needed and that's fine too), if everyone is happy, then we finalize the adoption. Feel free to email if you have any questions.
