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UPDATE from Foster Mom: Josie is a precious girl that I pray for a family that will be a perfect fit for her needs. She needs someone who will be willing to accept her boundaries and provide her the space she needs to decompress when she gets anxious. She will trust and be comfortable with men with time and patience. She has come such a long way since I first started fostering her over the summer. She was adopted for a few weeks but sadly she came back on Christmas Day and has adjusted well in my home. She has seen a vet for a wellness exam including bloodwork and she is healthy and is now taking daily meds to help with her anxiety. She is working on losing weight and only eats dry dog food and probiotics. Josie will prefer a house that isn’t busy and she can hang out and look out a window. She is housetrained and sleeps on the couch while we are away at work. She sleeps in my bed at night. She loves toys and she likes chasing them up and down the hall. As far as breed mix your guess is as good as ours. Shar Pei, Labrador, Pitbull, Chow? As they say, the best breed is called "Rescued". - - -
Josie, (who used to be called Bo Peep, but likes the name Josie much better), is back in the Lynchburg area following the health crisis faced by her adopter of 18 months. Josie had a most wonderful life, and was adopted to her former mom after being in a shelter for several months. We were devastated both for her mom, who faced hospitalization for a fatal illness, and for Josie, who was being bounced around yet again, and was so very confused about it all. The good news is that Josie is with an most awesome foster mom and is making the transition out of necessity. It was helpful that she did not have to return to the shelter, but was able to go from one home to another and adapt much more easily. Josie is now about six and a half years old, and is pretty amazing! Her original history was as a skinny stray with skin infection two years ago. She has made a complete transformation, now living with a couple of cats, a man of the house (when she really prefers women!) and even a toddler coming to visit occasionally. What a wonderful way to make a change for her, if there was no other choice. Suffice it to say, she is a favorite of ours because of her history with us, and we want only the best for her future.
Please start with an application at www.friendsofcampbellcounty.org.
You can fill out an adoption application online on our official website.
UPDATE from Foster Mom: Josie is a precious girl that I pray for a family that will be a perfect fit for her needs. She needs someone who will be willing to accept her boundaries and provide her the space she needs to decompress when she gets anxious. She will trust and be comfortable with men with time and patience. She has come such a long way since I first started fostering her over the summer. She was adopted for a few weeks but sadly she came back on Christmas Day and has adjusted well in my home. She has seen a vet for a wellness exam including bloodwork and she is healthy and is now taking daily meds to help with her anxiety. She is working on losing weight and only eats dry dog food and probiotics. Josie will prefer a house that isn’t busy and she can hang out and look out a window. She is housetrained and sleeps on the couch while we are away at work. She sleeps in my bed at night. She loves toys and she likes chasing them up and down the hall. As far as breed mix your guess is as good as ours. Shar Pei, Labrador, Pitbull, Chow? As they say, the best breed is called "Rescued". - - -
Josie, (who used to be called Bo Peep, but likes the name Josie much better), is back in the Lynchburg area following the health crisis faced by her adopter of 18 months. Josie had a most wonderful life, and was adopted to her former mom after being in a shelter for several months. We were devastated both for her mom, who faced hospitalization for a fatal illness, and for Josie, who was being bounced around yet again, and was so very confused about it all. The good news is that Josie is with an most awesome foster mom and is making the transition out of necessity. It was helpful that she did not have to return to the shelter, but was able to go from one home to another and adapt much more easily. Josie is now about six and a half years old, and is pretty amazing! Her original history was as a skinny stray with skin infection two years ago. She has made a complete transformation, now living with a couple of cats, a man of the house (when she really prefers women!) and even a toddler coming to visit occasionally. What a wonderful way to make a change for her, if there was no other choice. Suffice it to say, she is a favorite of ours because of her history with us, and we want only the best for her future.
Please start with an application at www.friendsofcampbellcounty.org.
Find our official application on our website, at www.friendsofcampbellcounty.org
2.
Approve Application
This is done prior to setting up an appointment with the foster family or the shelter to meet the pet.
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Meet the Pet
Foster parents need notice in order to arrange their schedules to meet applicants.
4.
Pay Fee
Take the pet home once you have met and mutually agreed that this is a good match.
5.
Take the Pet Home
Additional adoption info
We start with an application so our volunteers and fosters can have an idea of what the adopter is seeking. We ask that other pets in the home be spayed/neutered already if of appropriate age, current with rabies shots, and prefer use of heartworm preventive. We ask for a non-family personal reference as well as a vet reference to contact. We do home visits only if we feel it is vital to the pet's successful placement.
Applications are generally processed within 24 to 48 hours. Foster parents will contact the applicants to advise them of the progress of their application and to set up a meet and greet. Because volunteers work full-time jobs, contact is often made by email.
Fees to adopt range from $20 to $80 for cats, and from $75 to $300 for dogs. A contract requires that the adopter contact FOAC and return the pet to our care at any time if the adoption does not work out.
We start with an application so our volunteers and fosters can have an idea of what the adopter is seeking. We ask that other pets in the home be spayed/neutered already if of appropriate age, current with rabies shots, and prefer use of heartworm preventive. We ask for a non-family personal reference as well as a vet reference to contact. We do home visits only if we feel it is vital to the pet's successful placement.
Applications are generally processed within 24 to 48 hours. Foster parents will contact the applicants to advise them of the progress of their application and to set up a meet and greet. Because volunteers work full-time jobs, contact is often made by email.
Fees to adopt range from $20 to $80 for cats, and from $75 to $300 for dogs. A contract requires that the adopter contact FOAC and return the pet to our care at any time if the adoption does not work out.
FOAC vaccinates and deworms the dogs and cats at the Campbell County Shelter, which is open to the public from 12 to 5 weekdays and 11 to 4 on Saturdays. That address is 322 Dennis Riddle Drive, Rustburg, VA (behind Yellow Branch Elementary School.)
Available by appointment for visits are the dogs and cats noted as being in "foster care." We also visit Petsmart in Lynchburg, VA, with our adoptable dogs and cats at various times.
FOAC vaccinates and deworms the dogs and cats at the Campbell County Shelter, which is open to the public from 12 to 5 weekdays and 11 to 4 on Saturdays. That address is 322 Dennis Riddle Drive, Rustburg, VA (behind Yellow Branch Elementary School.)
Available by appointment for visits are the dogs and cats noted as being in "foster care." We also visit Petsmart in Lynchburg, VA, with our adoptable dogs and cats at various times.
More about this rescue
Established in 2011. FOAC filled the vacancy left by the local humane society when they ended their association with Campbell County Animal Control. FOAC became its own entity in 2012 and has grown to 300 volunteers. We work in partnership with Campbell County Animal Control, and as their guests at the shelter. We do not have our own shelter nor overhead expenses, and no paid employees.
Established in 2011. FOAC filled the vacancy left by the local humane society when they ended their association with Campbell County Animal Control. FOAC became its own entity in 2012 and has grown to 300 volunteers. We work in partnership with Campbell County Animal Control, and as their guests at the shelter. We do not have our own shelter nor overhead expenses, and no paid employees.
