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Leonard... we love his sweet and slightly salty labby spirit and you will too! He has an endearing personality, he`s older, he just `gets` things, he has a great grasp of the verbals and he`s really in tune with his people. Of course he knows everything you expect, he`s housetrained like a tank, has nice manners and is often a loose leash walker. He lost his home and his very important man who had to give him up to a life`s hardship. He then was displaced back into the same shelter he started at a few years ago. 13 years looks good on him though, and he`s not letting it hold him down but it`s not a great age to be in a shelter... Leonard loves life on both the easy and wild side - these days `wild` means chasing a tennis ball for 5 or 10 minutes or swimming a little or barking for treats (yes please & many!) and `easy` means lounging on a luxury liner bed with a smile. Leonard doesn`t like to dine alone in a noisy kennel. He waits until walk time and corrals us in his kennel to be present while he devours his dinner and makes us wait. He has us wrapped around his little paws! Leonard also has a large mass that needs to be removed from his rump and the longer he`s here the larger the risk it may erupt. We`re going to get that fixed through medical sponsorship by ClassicCaninesATX but he needs to recover in a home, not a shelter kennel. Can you help Leonard by giving him a pet free home so we can get this work completed? Leonard is on the URGENTS LIST and supported by so many fans and especially by his friends at Orange Dot Crew and Classic Canines.
Leonard... we love his sweet and slightly salty labby spirit and you will too! He has an endearing personality, he`s older, he just `gets` things, he has a great grasp of the verbals and he`s really in tune with his people. Of course he knows everything you expect, he`s housetrained like a tank, has nice manners and is often a loose leash walker. He lost his home and his very important man who had to give him up to a life`s hardship. He then was displaced back into the same shelter he started at a few years ago. 13 years looks good on him though, and he`s not letting it hold him down but it`s not a great age to be in a shelter... Leonard loves life on both the easy and wild side - these days `wild` means chasing a tennis ball for 5 or 10 minutes or swimming a little or barking for treats (yes please & many!) and `easy` means lounging on a luxury liner bed with a smile. Leonard doesn`t like to dine alone in a noisy kennel. He waits until walk time and corrals us in his kennel to be present while he devours his dinner and makes us wait. He has us wrapped around his little paws! Leonard also has a large mass that needs to be removed from his rump and the longer he`s here the larger the risk it may erupt. We`re going to get that fixed through medical sponsorship by ClassicCaninesATX but he needs to recover in a home, not a shelter kennel. Can you help Leonard by giving him a pet free home so we can get this work completed? Leonard is on the URGENTS LIST and supported by so many fans and especially by his friends at Orange Dot Crew and Classic Canines.
Our shelter has more than 500 available cats and dogs every day! For pets at the shelter: Adoptions must be completed in-person at the shelter. AAC is open for adoption walk-ins every day from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. A shelter pet’s availability can change at any time, so we recommend choosing a few favorites. For pets in foster: Go to www.AustinAnimalCenter.org to find the pet's profile and click that pet's pink “Adopt Me” button. This will prompt you to complete an adoption questionnaire. Submitting an application does not hold the animal for you.
We have dozens of animals that won't be listed online yet because they're still in their stray hold period, but can be pre-adopted at the shelter in case their owner doesn't come for them.
Adoption Fees:
$80 cats & kittens up to 6 years old
$80 dogs 6 months to 6 years, 30 lbs and up
$100 dogs under 30 lbs and/or under 6 months
$30 small animals
No fee for senior pets 7 years and older
Our shelter has more than 500 available cats and dogs every day! For pets at the shelter: Adoptions must be completed in-person at the shelter. AAC is open for adoption walk-ins every day from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. A shelter pet’s availability can change at any time, so we recommend choosing a few favorites. For pets in foster: Go to www.AustinAnimalCenter.org to find the pet's profile and click that pet's pink “Adopt Me” button. This will prompt you to complete an adoption questionnaire. Submitting an application does not hold the animal for you.
We have dozens of animals that won't be listed online yet because they're still in their stray hold period, but can be pre-adopted at the shelter in case their owner doesn't come for them.
Adoption Fees:
$80 cats & kittens up to 6 years old
$80 dogs 6 months to 6 years, 30 lbs and up
$100 dogs under 30 lbs and/or under 6 months
$30 small animals
No fee for senior pets 7 years and older
The Austin Animal Center is open for adoptions every day from 11:00am to 7:00pm. We're closed Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Thanksgiving Day to give our staff some time with family.
Interested adopters should come to the shelter during business hours to meet with a counselor start looking for a pet who'll be a good fit. Our counselors and volunteers are happy to help with that process.
The Austin Animal Center is open for adoptions every day from 11:00am to 7:00pm. We're closed Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Thanksgiving Day to give our staff some time with family.
Interested adopters should come to the shelter during business hours to meet with a counselor start looking for a pet who'll be a good fit. Our counselors and volunteers are happy to help with that process.
More about this shelter
Austin Animal Center is the largest open-intake animal shelter in central Texas and we work very hard to try to save 90% or more of the thousands of animals we shelter every year. We always need volunteers and both monetary and in-kind donations to help us in our sheltering and prevention activities. Visit our website to find out how you can help!
Austin Animal Center is the largest open-intake animal shelter in central Texas and we work very hard to try to save 90% or more of the thousands of animals we shelter every year. We always need volunteers and both monetary and in-kind donations to help us in our sheltering and prevention activities. Visit our website to find out how you can help!
