Adopt

My name is Sammy!

Posted 6 days ago | Updated 1 day ago

Adoption process
1

Submit Application

2

Interview

3

Meet the Pet

4

Sign Adoption Contract

5

Take the Pet Home

Adoption fee: $300

This helps Animal Care League with pet care costs.

My basic info

Breed
Mixed Breed (Large)
Color
Brown/Chocolate/White
Age
4 months old, Puppy
Size
Weight
16 lbs (current)
Sex
Male
Pet ID
86465

My details

Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered

My story

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

Sammy is a southern boy from Kentucky who is still learning about life in the big city! He's been in a foster home with his brother, Mickey, and they are both still quite shy while adjusting to their new living situation. Sammy would really benefit from a confident dog friend in his forever home to help show him the ropes and teach him how to be a city dog!

Weight: 16.3 lbs (and growing!)

Spayed/Neutered: Yes!

Up to date on vaccines: Yes! Will need to continue to receive puppy boosters until 5 months of age.

Microchipped: Yes!

Housebroken: Not yet! They are still working on learning the difference between pottying inside and pottying outside.

Crate-trained: Yes! They will settle in the crate easily and are comfortable staying in it for 4+ hours.

Leash behavior: Still learning! They are a puppy and will need continued positive reinforcement training to learn proper leash skills.

Dog sociability: They love them! They thrive with a dog buddy and would love to live in a forever home with other dogs.

Cat sociability: They are working on their cat manners! They have lived with cats and have mostly been fine, but will occasionally chase them or play a little too rough.

Kid sociability: Unknown! They have never met children while in foster care.

Likes: Playing with his dog friends, relaxing with a chew toy, snacks

Dislikes: Cold weather, people who don't ask before hugging

If you’d like to meet Sammy, please fill out an adoption application at animalcareleague.org/adoptions and send us an email at adoption@animalcareleague.org to schedule an introduction!
Shelter

Contact info

Pet ID
86465
Contact
Address
1011 Garfield, Oak Pak, IL 60304

Their adoption process

1.

Submit Application

Fill out the adoption questionnaire on our website. Animalcareleague.org

2.

Interview

Phone interview

3.

Meet the Pet

We do walk ins, except for animals in foster homes we would have to set up an appointment.

4.

Sign Adoption Contract

5.

Take the Pet Home

Additional adoption info

See website for adoption fees and requirements.

Adoption application

Go meet their pets

We do walk ins, unless the animal is in a foster home, which we would set up an appointment. Please fill out an application on our website, animalcareleague.org to get started.

More about this shelter

The Animal Care League was founded in 1973 as the Village Humane Society to help homeless animals in the Oak Park community. After a few years of operations, the Humane Society realized the need for help extended beyond the Oak Park borders and changed its name to the Animal Care League to better communicate our purpose.

At the beginning, the ACL did not have a physical shelter to house animals. Instead, supporters cared for animals in their homes until a permanent home could be found. This personal touch was very nice, however, it greatly limited the number of animals that could be helped and made the adoption process very slow. In the late 1970’s, the Animal Care League rented its first shelter, relocating to a new building a few years later. For many years the shelter worked out of this small facility, but in 1998 we moved again to our current location. We have the capacity to house up to thirty-three dogs, more than 120 cats and many other little critters such as birds, rabbits, mice, snakes and even chickens.

From the very beginning, the ACL has had a policy of keeping adoptable animals until we could find them a home and this is still in practice today. This means that no matter how long it takes, we keep an adoptable animal with us until we find that right loving home. Even though the number of animals coming through our doors for help each year has increased by 100 percent in the last several years alone, we firmly believe in this policy and will continue to give every animal the best opportunity possible to find a new home. We have accomplished this by taking proactive approaches to animal care and adoption as well as preventative measures to help reduce the number of homeless animals in our communities.

The Animal Care League works very hard to keep our animals healthy, reduce the number and severity of behavior problems and to act proactively in finding new homes for our pets.

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