Friends! My name is Bonnie and I am 35 lbs of pure love and adoration for humans. I am only 1-year-old, but I am an old soul at heart. I love to cuddle and be petted. If you give me an ear scratch, you'll be my best friend for life. I am very polite. I'm mild-mannered, I walk well on my leash and I take treats very gently from your hand. Not only am I polite, I'm smart too! I can sit on command, and want to learn other fun things too from my new family. I came from a home with other dogs and they're my best friends. I'd love to meet any pets you have in your home. I don't know what a "cat" is, but my humans said they'll send you home with introduction instructions. Please apply to meet me! Adoption fee: $75. 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.