My name is Willa (fka Lacey)!

Posted 1 week ago | Updated 3 days ago

Cared for by Homeward Trails Animal Rescue

Or Apply to Adopt

My basic info

Breed

Weimaraner/Mixed Breed (Medium)

Color

Black - with Gray or Silver/Brown/Chocolate

Age

5 months old, Puppy

Size

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Weight

31 lbs (current)

Sex

Female

Pet ID

75181

My story

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

PLEASE VISIT THIS WEBSITE TO FIND THE ADOPTION QUESTIONNAIRE:
http://www.homewardtrails.org/adopt-a-pet/adoption-forms/
HOW TO MEET THIS ANIMAL: Fill out the application and we will follow up with you! We will connect you to his foster!

LOCATION: Foster home

ADOPTION COORDINATOR: Sue B (sueb@homewardtrails.org)

ADOPTION FEE: The adoption fee for this dog: $600

ESTIMATE WEIGHT FULL GROWN: 45 lbs full grown is our best guess

ESTIMATED AGE: 5 mos old on 2/20/26

KNOWN WITH DOGS: Willa is a friendly but shy puppy who gets along great with her foster dog siblings. She NEEDS to go to a home with another confident dog who can help her keep learning the ropes of life! to sit, and is following the big dogs out to go potty, does well on a leash walk. Sleeping all night in the bed and ok in the crate when we have left her.
Willa would do best in a home with a fenced in backyard and friendly dog siblings to help give her confidence as she grows and adjusts to a new home.

KNOWN WITH CATS: She is cautious and respectful of the kitties in her foster home.

KNOWN WITH KIDS: She is great with the kids in her foster home

KNOWN COMMANDS: She knows sit and is learning commands to go outside!

KNOWN HOUSEBREAKING AND/OR CRATING: Willa is doing well on housebreaking, sleeps all night in her crate and is very smart. She is not great yet about going to the bathroom on leash so a home with a yard is going to be best for her. She walks well on leash but just does not go to the bathroom on leash yet. So a fenced yard will be very helpful as she learns her confidence.

KNOWN LIKES: Playing, treats, cuddling.

KNOWN DISLIKES: None know so far.

ABOUT THIS ANIMAL: Sweet Willa was found in a barn back in December, very underweight and freezing. She has wandered in and made a small next in some straw. This poor girl desperately wanted warmth and love. Thankfully the finders took her in and alerted us to her needs so that we could bring her into HT and find her a loving indoor home. She is shy but very loving and will be an amazing new family member. We prefer she go to a home with another dog, as she is shy and finds a lot of confidence
around other dogs.

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)
- Best Paws Forward Training Program – HT adopters 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

75181

Contact

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Phone

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dogadoption@homewardtrails.org

Website

http://www.homewardtrails.org

Address

11116 Fairfax Station Road, Fairfax Station, VA 22039

Donation

Donate to This Rescue

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

http://www.homewardtrails.org/adopt-a-pet/adoption-forms/

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