Adopt

My name is Joe!

Posted 3 days ago | Updated 1 day ago

Adoption process
1

Visit the Facility and Find a Pet

2

Meet the Pet

3

Take the Pet Home

Adoption fee: $60

This helps Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc. with pet care costs.

My basic info

Breed
Miniature Schnauzer
Color
Age
Senior
Size
Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less (when grown)
Weight
Sex
Male
Pet ID
273699

My story

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

- Loves scratches and will arch his back up for more when you're scratching him there



- May tend to explore and do his own thing here in the shelter, but will likely warm up more in a home environment with patience and time



- Young, noisy or busy kids may be too much for him, so he may do best in a more mature home



- Has struggled to share his things with other dogs in his previous home; will need to be the only dog in his home



- We don't know his history with kids or cats



This pet is considered to be in their senior years and may enjoy calmer activities and environments. They may also have medical or behavior needs related to their age. Click here for tips for making a comfortable life for senior pets.



All adoptable dogs and puppies are spayed/neutered, microchipped and up to date on vaccinations (rabies and DA2PPV as appropriate for their age)



The ARL's shelter software requires that we choose a primary breed for our dogs. Visual breed identification in dogs is unreliable, so for most dogs we are only guessing at primary breed. We get to know each dog as an individual and do our best to describe each of our dogs based on personality, not breed label.



Primary Color: Black
Weight: 10.24
Age: 10yrs 1mths 2wks
Shelter

Contact info

Pet ID
273699
Contact
Email
Address
5452 NE 22nd St, Des Moines, IA 50313

Their adoption process

1.

Visit the Facility and Find a Pet

If a pet has specific contact info in their profile about how to schedule a visit, please reach out directly to that contact.

2.

Meet the Pet

We recommend dogs meet any resident dogs before adoption.

3.

Take the Pet Home

Please allow one to two hours to complete the adoption process.

Additional adoption info

You can find information about our adoption process at https://www.arl-iowa.org/adoptionprocess
If a pet has specific contact info in their profile about how to schedule a visit, please reach out directly to that contact.

Go meet their pets

The Animal Rescue League of Iowa has locations and partner sites throughout the Des Moines metro. You can find hours and contact info for all our sites at https://www.ARL-Iowa.org/Locations

You can see all our available pets at https://www.ARL-Iowa.org. Please note that we do not respond to emails about individual pets available for adoption.

More about this shelter

The Animal Rescue League of Iowa (ARL) is Iowa's largest nonprofit animal shelter, caring for many thousands of pets each year. The ARL serves people and pets from across the state of Iowa through its programs, which include pet adoption, humane education, pet behavior training, spay/neuter, animal cruelty intervention and much more.

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