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Search and see photos of adoptable pets in the Erie, PA area.

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Happy Bark

PO Box 9062, Erie, PA 16505

Contact
Email adopt@happybark.org
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dogs at Happy Bark

Areas Happy Bark serves

Northwestern Pennsylvania

Happy Bark's adoption process

Additional adoption info

You will find our adoption process to be friendly and unintrusive. We simply work with you to ensure you are willing and able to provide appropriate care for a dog.

Adoption application

About Happy Bark

Happy Bark is dog rescue reimagined. We embrace a progressive, community based approach to adoption designed to inspire the rehabilitation and rehoming of dogs in need so they may have a second chance at a life of boundless opportunities.

Happy Bark's adopted pets

Make a donation to Happy Bark to help homeless pets find homes

Adopt a Pet is the easiest way for you to search for a new pet in Erie, PA.

Support adoption and rescue. Why go to a dog breeder, cat breeder or pet store to buy a dog or buy a cat when you can adopt?

Why should you adopt?

Dog adoption and cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog or adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life.

What is the difference between adopting a dog, adopting a cat, adopting a kitten or adopting a puppy versus getting dogs for sale, cats for sale, puppies for sale or kittens for sale from a dog breeder or a cat breeder?

When someone is breeding puppies or breeding kittens, they are creating new dogs and cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of dog, cat, puppy or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a dog for sale or buy a cat for sale from a puppy breeder or a kitten breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs and cats who must find homes.

So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder or buying a cat or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a dog, adopt a cat, adopt a puppy or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane society or pet rescue group.