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Sven is an amazing boy who is well-trained in commands and house manners. He has a deep affection for humans and is protective of both humans and dogs. He was purchased from a breeder but unfortunately, his previous owners found it difficult to handle him. Currently, he lives at the ranch and roams around freely with 40 other dogs. He loves to have fun and is very affectionate. He enjoys tummy rubs and is great with kids.
Who we are and why we are the best to adopt from!
Pets Return Home saves unadoptable, abandoned, neglected, and abused homeless dogs.
Our dogs run free (40+) on our seven-acre campus to build confidence and trust, resulting in stable and loving companions.
We are a NO-KILL shelter staffed by volunteers and provide shelter, behavior/medical rehabilitation, adoption, and sanctuary for our dogs.
Most dogs spend a minimum of 12 weeks in our program providing adopting parents a fully current and accurate description of their behavior and health.
All dogs and puppies:
Are up-to-date on Rabies, Core Vaccinations, deworming and Microchipped with free-lifetime-registration.
Receive behavior therapy and medical treatment.​
Receive lifetime behavior support; we take returns with no fee or hassle.
Most puppies have DNA results. For an extra fee, we can run DNA on adult dogs.
Sven is an amazing boy who is well-trained in commands and house manners. He has a deep affection for humans and is protective of both humans and dogs. He was purchased from a breeder but unfortunately, his previous owners found it difficult to handle him. Currently, he lives at the ranch and roams around freely with 40 other dogs. He loves to have fun and is very affectionate. He enjoys tummy rubs and is great with kids.
Who we are and why we are the best to adopt from!
Pets Return Home saves unadoptable, abandoned, neglected, and abused homeless dogs.
Our dogs run free (40+) on our seven-acre campus to build confidence and trust, resulting in stable and loving companions.
We are a NO-KILL shelter staffed by volunteers and provide shelter, behavior/medical rehabilitation, adoption, and sanctuary for our dogs.
Most dogs spend a minimum of 12 weeks in our program providing adopting parents a fully current and accurate description of their behavior and health.
All dogs and puppies:
Are up-to-date on Rabies, Core Vaccinations, deworming and Microchipped with free-lifetime-registration.
Receive behavior therapy and medical treatment.​
Receive lifetime behavior support; we take returns with no fee or hassle.
Most puppies have DNA results. For an extra fee, we can run DNA on adult dogs.
Visitation is by appointment only. Please complete our volunteer application at www.petsreturnhome.org
2.
Submit Application
Can be found here: https://www.petsreturnhome.org/adoption-application
3.
Interview
Either over the phone or in person when you come to see the dog.
4.
Approve Application
5.
Home Check
6.
Sign Adoption Contract
Can be found here: https://www.petsreturnhome.org/adoption-agreement
7.
Pay Fee
Additional adoption info
Our Adoption Process
It is our goal to find a family best suited for the dog and vice-versa.
Identify the dog or puppy you are interested in via online, adoption event, or by visiting our facility.
Complete an application for the dog you are interested in taking home.
Once submitted your application will be reviewed, references checked and a home check scheduled.
We will send you a link to our online scheduling portal for you to make an appointment to come see us.
If you have other dogs we may ask you to bring them to the ranch to meet your potential new family member.
Upon an approved home check you will come to the facility, complete an adoption agreement and take your new family companion home.
ALL VISITS ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
Submit an Application
Please complete the form in its entirety.
Any missing information will delay the processing of your application.
Applications are processed on a first come basis.
NOTE: Processing normally takes less than a week from the time your application has been received and you have selected an animal, to the point at which you will sign the contract and receive your pup or dog. When submitting your application, please make sure you can be available to sign the adoption agreement and to accept your new pet.
Interview
As a first step in processing your application, you will be interviewed by one of our adoption counselors. This is the time for you to ask any questions that you may have about the organization, our processes or our dogs.
The interview will take place at an adoption event, our ranch or over the phone.
All interviewed applicants are then sent to the review committee for approval.
Home-check
Home-checks are assigned to a volunteer in your area. The volunteer will contact you to arrange for a mutually agreeable time to do your home-check.
The home check may take place before the adoption or post-adoption depending upon the circumstances. Home checks are generally performed by an adoption counselor before the dog is transferred to the new adoptive family.
At adoption events, we may allow a dog to go home with the adoptive family based upon the adoption application, personal interview by an adoption counselor and the agreement to do a home check at a time convenient for all parties. This gives time for the adoptive family to get used to the dog and determine if the fit is a good one.
·We have the right, per the adoption agreement to remove a dog from a home should the home environment be deemed unhealthy for a dog.
Vet Check
If you own or have owned a companion animal we will contact your veterinarian for a reference check. Please make sure to contact your veterinarian to give authorization for us to speak to them.
Adoption Agreement Signing
Once your interview, home-check, and vet check have been completed and the review committee has approved your application, you will be contacted by phone or email to give you final instructions for your agreement signing.
We do not guarantee the health of any of our dogs for adoption. Any time you adopt an animal, you should take him to a licensed veterinarian as soon as possible. Your dog is healthy to the best of our knowledge and experience.
Our Adoption Process
It is our goal to find a family best suited for the dog and vice-versa.
Identify the dog or puppy you are interested in via online, adoption event, or by visiting our facility.
Complete an application for the dog you are interested in taking home.
Once submitted your application will be reviewed, references checked and a home check scheduled.
We will send you a link to our online scheduling portal for you to make an appointment to come see us.
If you have other dogs we may ask you to bring them to the ranch to meet your potential new family member.
Upon an approved home check you will come to the facility, complete an adoption agreement and take your new family companion home.
ALL VISITS ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
Submit an Application
Please complete the form in its entirety.
Any missing information will delay the processing of your application.
Applications are processed on a first come basis.
NOTE: Processing normally takes less than a week from the time your application has been received and you have selected an animal, to the point at which you will sign the contract and receive your pup or dog. When submitting your application, please make sure you can be available to sign the adoption agreement and to accept your new pet.
Interview
As a first step in processing your application, you will be interviewed by one of our adoption counselors. This is the time for you to ask any questions that you may have about the organization, our processes or our dogs.
The interview will take place at an adoption event, our ranch or over the phone.
All interviewed applicants are then sent to the review committee for approval.
Home-check
Home-checks are assigned to a volunteer in your area. The volunteer will contact you to arrange for a mutually agreeable time to do your home-check.
The home check may take place before the adoption or post-adoption depending upon the circumstances. Home checks are generally performed by an adoption counselor before the dog is transferred to the new adoptive family.
At adoption events, we may allow a dog to go home with the adoptive family based upon the adoption application, personal interview by an adoption counselor and the agreement to do a home check at a time convenient for all parties. This gives time for the adoptive family to get used to the dog and determine if the fit is a good one.
·We have the right, per the adoption agreement to remove a dog from a home should the home environment be deemed unhealthy for a dog.
Vet Check
If you own or have owned a companion animal we will contact your veterinarian for a reference check. Please make sure to contact your veterinarian to give authorization for us to speak to them.
Adoption Agreement Signing
Once your interview, home-check, and vet check have been completed and the review committee has approved your application, you will be contacted by phone or email to give you final instructions for your agreement signing.
We do not guarantee the health of any of our dogs for adoption. Any time you adopt an animal, you should take him to a licensed veterinarian as soon as possible. Your dog is healthy to the best of our knowledge and experience.
You can come to our facility and visit with any one or all of the dogs. VISITATION IS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. This allows us to have uninterrupted training and rehabilitation time for the dogs. We encourage people to come out to the facility and walk dogs.
You can come to our facility and visit with any one or all of the dogs. VISITATION IS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. This allows us to have uninterrupted training and rehabilitation time for the dogs. We encourage people to come out to the facility and walk dogs.
More about this shelter
Pets Return Home is a nonprofit organization providing canine behavior modification, training and convalescence support for animal rescues, shelters and the Verde Valley community. Our mission is to prevent the needless “euthanasia” of healthy adoptable dogs. As such, we primarily accept dogs “in danger” of being euthanized by shelters or rescues. We offer sanctuary to select dogs on a case-by-case basis.
Our behavior team, led by Mark Happe has over 30 years of canine behavior & training development. The training team is led by Thom Milburn, a US Marine Corps veteran who started training, handling dogs and saving lives during the Viet Nam war and our medical team is led by Mark Happe, WFR with Kellie Shamrell, DVM as our advising veterinarian.
We have a broad collection of knowledge and hands-on experience working with hundreds of dogs having behavior, training or medical needs.
We are located near Clarkdale, AZ on a four-acre ranch bordering national forest and the Verde River. Many of the dogs in rehabilitation or training play, build confidence, learn trust and evolve into adoptable dogs while running as a large pack on the fenced four-acre parcel. We have a 400 square foot (sq. ft.) medical clinic, six fenced runs totaling over 4000 sq. ft., a 3000 sq. ft. agility/work yard and a 2100 sq. ft. kennel facility with ten 100 sq. ft. luxury kennels.
The location and facility layout enable dogs to socialize, exercise, overcome fears, build confidence & trust and earn adoptable status. Many of the dogs spend months at the facility. When they are ready for adoption, we know these dogs as well as we know our own dogs. We transfer this important knowledge to the adoptive family. We are always available post adoption to help the dog and family maintain a successful integration.
We always need and welcome volunteers everyday by appointment.
We are primarily supported through donations.
Pets Return Home is a nonprofit organization providing canine behavior modification, training and convalescence support for animal rescues, shelters and the Verde Valley community. Our mission is to prevent the needless “euthanasia” of healthy adoptable dogs. As such, we primarily accept dogs “in danger” of being euthanized by shelters or rescues. We offer sanctuary to select dogs on a case-by-case basis.
Our behavior team, led by Mark Happe has over 30 years of canine behavior & training development. The training team is led by Thom Milburn, a US Marine Corps veteran who started training, handling dogs and saving lives during the Viet Nam war and our medical team is led by Mark Happe, WFR with Kellie Shamrell, DVM as our advising veterinarian.
We have a broad collection of knowledge and hands-on experience working with hundreds of dogs having behavior, training or medical needs.
We are located near Clarkdale, AZ on a four-acre ranch bordering national forest and the Verde River. Many of the dogs in rehabilitation or training play, build confidence, learn trust and evolve into adoptable dogs while running as a large pack on the fenced four-acre parcel. We have a 400 square foot (sq. ft.) medical clinic, six fenced runs totaling over 4000 sq. ft., a 3000 sq. ft. agility/work yard and a 2100 sq. ft. kennel facility with ten 100 sq. ft. luxury kennels.
The location and facility layout enable dogs to socialize, exercise, overcome fears, build confidence & trust and earn adoptable status. Many of the dogs spend months at the facility. When they are ready for adoption, we know these dogs as well as we know our own dogs. We transfer this important knowledge to the adoptive family. We are always available post adoption to help the dog and family maintain a successful integration.
We always need and welcome volunteers everyday by appointment.
