Hi! My name is Blair, but my friends call me #TreatThief (just kidding ... they don't call me that). But I do love cookies! Any cookies, and I will take them very gently from your hands. I am smart too and I kindly help myself to cookies from Auntie Anne's bag. She says that's okay - I deserve them for being so cute! I am a 1-year-old female pup in need of a forever home. I am a very sweet and gentle soul who will need a loving human to show me the world isn't so scary. I warm up quickly with treats and love, and sweetly ask for snuggles! I walk very well on my leash - I don't even pull. I stay right with my humans. I am learning how to play with toys and even how to sit on command. Do you want to teach me more? I am very scared in my cage at the shelter, and my heart breaks every time I am put back in there. Can you please come get me out? I am very sweet with other dogs, but my humans haven't seen me with cats just yet. They will test me if requested. Adoption fee: $20. Fee includes testing, deworming, vaccinations, spay/neuter, 60 days of free pet insurance, one session with a certified behavior trainer and microchip.
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.
