Ruff Ruff! My name is Shelby

Meet Shelby. She's about 6 years old and in need of a new home. Shelby is a gorgeous, medium-size dog who loves life. She is active and playful, loves car rides and walks and enjoys playtime and people time. Shelby needs a family who will provide her with TLC and exercise. She's energetic and loves to play, take walks and explore. Shelby is fully housetrained and crate trained, but needs to be in an only-animal home. Shelby is spayed, vaccinated and comes with her own toys, some Hartguard, Frontline, collar, leash, halti, winter coat and seatbelt! Adoption fee: $75.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Sunday, December 9: Adoption Event at Petco, 4820 South Baldwin Rd, Lake Orion, from noon to 4 p.m. Come meet adoptable dogs, puppies, cats and kittens at Petco in Auburn Hills/Lake Orion (in the Baldwin Commons Shopping Center near Kohls, other side of the highway from Great Lakes Crossing mall).


• Sunday, December 16: Adoption Event at Lou's, 20779 Mack Ave, Grosse Pointe Woods, from 1-5 p.m. Paws for Life will have adoptable dogs, puppies, cats and kittens at Lou's in Grosse Pointe Woods. Shop for pet supplies and meet some cute and furry homeless pets for adoption. Also, meet the infamous Franky, the shop's resident 40-pound sulcata tortoise.

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.

Examples:

• Identify these mixed breed dogs (pdf)


• Now, identify these mixed breed dogs (pdf)

Adoption Process:
Complete the application at the link above or send an email to info@pawsforliferescue.org to tell us which pet you're interested in and we'll send you a questionnaire that will help us make the best match for you and your new pet. 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.