Ivory's Info...
| Breed: | Labrador Retriever/Shepherd (Unknown Type) Mix | Color: | Unknown | Age: | Adult |
| Size: | Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg) | Sex: | Female | ID#: | 4452825-42511 |
I am already spayed, housetrained, a special needs pet, up to date with shots, not good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
This pretty girl is Ivory. She's looking for a home with a loving, patient owner who will help her thrive and live life to the fullest. Ivory is housetrained and crate trained and is a good girl when left alone so she doesn't need to be crated. She really loves dogs and enjoys playing with them and being around them. She likes cats too, although sometimes she thinks they're a fun toy to chase. She'd be happiest in a home with kids in their teens or older. She likes to sleep in bed with her foster parents or on the floor next to their bed. She isn't very interested in playing with toys as she'd rather play with the dogs in her foster home. This pretty girl likes all kinds of treats and and she can even catch them in the air! Ivory is a smart girl who knows how to sit, she knows her name & comes when she's called. She is great on a leash and loves going for walks but she doesn't like the process of putting the leash on. She really likes going places with her foster mom and enjoys car rides. Ivory started life on the streets with little or no contact with humans and is adjusting to living with two. She is very shy and skittish and has been working on getting used to people touching her. She's a beautiful girl who just needs someone who has the time, patience and love to devote to helping her feel comfortable around people. And, it's important for her well-being to have another dog in her life so her forever home needs to have one. If you have room in your heart & your home for Ivory, please visit our website to learn about our adoption process & to fill out an application. www.gatewaypets.com/adopt/adoption_policy. You may also email us at adopt@gatewaypets.com for more information.
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Rescue Group Info...
Gateway Pet Guardians is dedicated to rescuing homeless pets in the St. Louis area, getting them great veterinary care, and finding them forever homes. We are currently a virtual shelter with all of our pets waiting for adoption in the care of volunteer foster families, however we are working toward a facility.
Gateway Pet Guardians is a 501c(3) tax-exempt organization. Donations are always greatly appreciated and are used to provide veterinary care for our foster pets, some of whom have been badly injured by automobile accidents, cruelty, neglect, or life on the street.
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Once you find an animal that you are interested in, email us and we will send your information to the foster family. You will fill out an adoption application and provide us with references. Once we have reviewed the application and contacted your references, we set up a home visit. Adoption fees are $150 for adult dogs and $195 for puppies. This fee includes shots, a spay/neuter and microchipping, as well as any other treatment the animal may have needed upon being rescued from the streets.
PJ Hightower started feeding dogs in East St. Louis, a very impoverished neighborhood in Illinois, in 1995 on her way to her sister's house. She began going on a regular basis from there and has not missed one single day since 2001. The dogs rely on PJ, waiting for her car every morning. They come running at its sound and most come straight up to her car door as she stops. She not only feeds, but medicates, domesticates and rescues when we have a home that will take one in.
A small group of people decided to form Gateway Pet Guardians around PJ's efforts in 2004. Gateway is fast growing and excited about what the future holds for the stray dogs of the East side. Or hopefully lack there of.
When we pull a dog, we give it veterinary care and put it in a foster home where it can learn to live as a dog should live and be loved. We find that with our "virtual" shelter system, the dogs tend to have better outcomes in their forever homes. Although we are saving to build a shelter, we still plan to keep our dogs in foster homes as often as possible.
We are a small group of people devoted to solving the homeless dog population in East St. Louis through education/outreach and spay/neuter programs. We would love your involvement!