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My name is Gracie!

Posted over 5 months ago

Adoption fee: $475

This helps Homeward Trails Animal Rescue with pet care costs.

My basic info

Breed
Australian Cattle Dog
Color
Brindle/Brown/Chocolate
Age
Adult
Size
Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg) (when grown)
Weight
30 lbs (current)
Sex
Female
Pet ID
35318

My details

Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

**SPECIAL EVENT
Homeward Trails SPRING GLEANING Event
*Gleaning (verb): /gln/ - to pull from various sources

Saturday and Sunday April 27th and 28th
We are having our special SPRING GLEANING EVENT where my adoption fee is discounted! My new adoption fee is $235 (down from $475)

If you are interested in adopting this dog, please fill out our dog adoption questionnaire and e-mail any questions to: Jamie, nereid_parson.02@icloud.com

PLEASE VISIT THIS WEBSITE TO FIND THE ADOPTION QUESTIONNAIRE:
http://www.homewardtrails.org/adopt-a-pet/adoption-forms/

LOCATION: Trails Home Farm, 2581 Winchester Rd, Delaplane, VA

HOW TO MEET THIS ANIMAL: Any dog located at Trails Home Farm or in foster require an appointment for any approved adopter to have a meet and greet.

ADOPTION FEE: $475 **SEE SPECIAL EVENT

ABOUT GRACIE:

Gracie came to us from a rural rescue partner. She was surrendered because her owner sadly has stage 4 cancer. Gracie has been struggling with shelter life and would really like to have a home, even a temporary home with a foster. We do the best we can to help all of our dogs feel comfortable, safe, and loved but there are is a lot of constant stimulation that can create a lot of stress for a pup.

Gracie LOVES to play fetch with her ball. She takes her ball everywhere! She will carry it from her kennel to the field and back again. It's her binky. When you start running, she will run with you because she wants to be by your side. Gracie struggles with being overstimulated with pets. She absolutely loves company from her people but would like breaks from being petted too much.

Graice struggles with other dogs since coming to the Farm and at this time we believe that she would do best as the only dog. When we do more dog testing, we will update her profile.

Please give Gracie a chance. Come see for yourself how amazing she is by filling out an adoption application today.

KNOWN WITH DOGS: she does not care for other dogs

KNOWN WITH CATS: She prefers not to live with cats.

KNOWN WITH KIDS: If she were to go to a home with children, they will need to be 14 +

KNOWN COMMANDS: Gracie knows how to sit, sit pretty, down, and working on place. She is amazing at fetch and has mastered "go long", "go low", and "jump".

KNOWN HOUSEBREAKING AND/OR CRATING: She is crate and house trained

KNOWN LIKES: People, affection, treats

KNOWN DISLIKES: Shelter life


HT ADOPTION INCLUSIONS:

Spay/Neuter
First 3 distemper series vaccines and de-wormings
Microchip - lifetime with no registration fees
Current on heartworm preventative
Current on flea/tick preventative

EXCLUSIVE ADOPTER BENEFITS:

Free first exam with:
Caring Hands Animal Hospital, Palisades Veterinary Clinic, Jermantown Animal Hospital and Clarendon Animal Care and all VCA Animal Hospitals (VCA offers $250 coverage - details provided)
Free online workshop with a professional dog trainer at Fur-Get Me Not within the first 30 days of adopting (in DC/Arlington/Alexandria only)
A portion of EVERY ADOOPTION fee supports spay/neuter for animals in under-resourced communities

BE A FOSTER: Save a life: http://www.homewardtrails.org/foster-a-pet/dog-and-cat-foster-program.
Rescue
Homeward Trails Animal Rescue

Contact info

Pet ID
35318
Contact
Phone
Address
11116 Fairfax Station Road, Fairfax Station, VA 22039

Their adoption process

Additional adoption info

You will first be required to complete our Adoption Questionnaire (http://www.homewardtrails.org/adopt-a-pet/adoption-forms/). Once received, a Homeward Trails rep will contact you via phone or e-mail. Please allow 72 hours for a response. If it seems you are a good fit for each other based on the info you provided, a phone interview will follow. If you are renting, we require proof that you are allowed to have a pet as well as any breed or size restrictions that may exist. If you have pets or did previously, we require your vet information and we will call them to verify that your pets are in good health, current on vaccines and spayed/neutered. We require that all pets in the home be spayed/neutered unless there are health reasons that can be verified with the vet.

Homeward Trails' adoption fees range depending on type of animal, the originating shelter and the vetting the animal has received. Our adoption fees are set to allow us to cover our expenses as well as to help other animals in our program that require additional care. Our fees cover vetting costs, shelter fees, fuel for transport, copying and printing of contracts and paperwork, our website presence, food, boarding, behavioral training and additional medical care. It is important to note that while the animal you adopt may not require all of these things, many other animals in our system do. Thus, any "extra" money from adoption fees goes to help those animals who may require additional care. By adopting from Homeward Trails, you are not saving just one life, you are helping to save others as well.

Adoption application

Go meet their pets

Meet Adoptable Dogs at the Adoption Center Every Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM – 4 PM - No appointment necessary!
Come see us at 11116 Fairfax Station Rd, Fairfax Station, VA 22039.

Homeward Trails has dog and cat adoption events throughout the DC area. For a list of our upcoming events, go to:
www.homewardtrails.org/events/

More about this rescue

Homeward Trails seeks to find permanent adoptive homes in the Mid-Atlantic Region for dogs and cats from under resourced shelters or whose owners can no longer care for them. In so doing, we seek to reduce the rate of euthanasia of adoptable animals through the rescue and placement of homeless animals; to support proactive spay/neuter practices; to promote positive and ongoing behavioral training; and to educate the public about how to care for their animals in a humane way. Homeward Trails not only facilitates adoptions from local shelters, but also supports a large network of foster care providers who take homeless dogs and cats into their homes, care for them, rehabilitate them when needed, and prepare them for their permanent adoptive homes.

Sadly, without our help, all of these adoptable animals would face almost certain euthanasia - usually within days or hours of our rescuing them. Each year we take in hundreds of wonderful animals who were left at shelters through no fault of their own.

Many are puppies and kittens – innocent victims of irresponsible pet owners who don’t spay/neuter. Some are abandoned hunting dogs who served their owners well and were dumped in woods or left at shelters when they were no longer wanted. Others are house pets whose owners simply grew tired of caring for them or moved and did not take them along. And even more are animals that have been injured, abused and neglected. Whatever the reasons, these animals all deserve better. And once with Homeward Trails, they get better!

Our Principles:
1. To always operate in the best interest of the animals we take into our program and to advocate for the proper care of those in shelters and in private homes;
2. To provide quality care for the animals we take in for as long as they are in our program and to provide ongoing support to our adopters;
3. To always maintain a manageable number of animals in our system whereby we can ensure proper medical care, behavioral training and housing for the animals;
4. To rescue the widest array of dogs and cats by avoiding general discrimination based on breed, age, and health;
5. To provide our shelter partners and their communities with resources that will result in the highest level of care for their animals, an increase in spay/neuter surgeries and a decrease in the abuse, neglect and abandonment of dogs and cats;
6. To treat our volunteers, adopters and partners with understanding, patience and support