Hi everyone! My name is Nokoda! I am a beautiful, young, spayed female dog in search of a loving forever home. I'm about 2 years old and I weigh 74 lbs. I have an easy going personality. I'm friendly and smart. I know behavior commands and I am housetrained. My former owner took great care of me. I enjoy playing fetch and I will actually bring the ball back to you. You know some dogs can't do that? But, I can and I'm very proud of myself for it, too. I love playing with toys, shaking the stuffed toys, throwing the ball around and pouncing on unsuspecting toys. The volunteers say that I am so good for walks and a real joy to spend time with because I don't pull while on our walks. I am good with other dogs, too. In fact, I passed my temperament test "with flying colors." I love playing in the kiddie pool, splashing around and blowing bubbles. I'm a great dog with an awesome personality. I love people. I'm friendly, fun and playful. And, I bet I'm the perfect dog for you. Just give me a chance and I'll show you! Adoption fee: $75. Adopt a pair: $115. Fee includes testing, deworming, vaccinations, spay/neuter, 60 days of free pet insurance and microchip.
Video of Nokoda in the kiddie pool:
https://youtu.be/OaUiF8qS8lc
Video of Nokoda with her stuffed toy:
https://youtu.be/EObewc0OlmQ
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 the shelter is 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.
TO ADOPT: apply online:
www.pawsforliferescue.org. Complete the adoption/foster application and a volunteer will contact you to answer questions and to schedule a meet-n-greet.
VISIT: Oakland County Animal Control and Pet Adoption Center, 1700 Brown Rd in Auburn Hills any time the shelter is open, Monday - Friday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. or Saturdays from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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.
