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We cover coastal Virginia, North Carolina, DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. We will help collies shelties, blue heelers, Corgis and other small Herding dogs.
Coastal sheltie rescue inc's adoption process
1.
Submit Application
Please go to our website and submit an application and then Email the application to us
2.
Interview
1st we do a phone interview and we check your vet references. After that we send the Home Visit offer.
3.
Home Check
Adoption process changed due to Covid. We will be limiting in home visits and required.
4.
Meet the Pet
Additional adoption info
Please keep in mind we are all volunteer organization and it will take some time to review each application
Please keep in mind we are all volunteer organization and it will take some time to review each application
Coastal is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Virginia. We are a foster home based animal Shelter dedicated to finding loving new homes for unwanted, stray, and abandoned Shelties, Collies, Old English Sheepdogs, doodles and other small dogs. We serve Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, the District of Columbia, eastern West Virginia, and south central Pennsylvania, and are staffed solely by volunteers. We also strive to educate the public about the characteristics of the herding breed and the rewards of giving a home to a rescued dog.
The majority of the Coastal dogs are turned in to us by their previous owners.
Coastal is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Virginia. We are a foster home based animal Shelter dedicated to finding loving new homes for unwanted, stray, and abandoned Shelties, Collies, Old English Sheepdogs, doodles and other small dogs. We serve Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, the District of Columbia, eastern West Virginia, and south central Pennsylvania, and are staffed solely by volunteers. We also strive to educate the public about the characteristics of the herding breed and the rewards of giving a home to a rescued dog.
The majority of the Coastal dogs are turned in to us by their previous owners.
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