Adopt

My name is Baxter!

Posted 3 days ago | Updated 3 days ago

Adoption process
1

Submit Application

2

Approve Application

3

Meet the Pet

4

Sign Adoption Contract

5

Pay Fee

6

Take the Pet Home

Adoption fee: $450

This helps Charlie's Crusaders Pet Rescue with pet care costs.

My basic info

Breed
Chihuahua/Australian Shepherd
Color
Age
Puppy
Size
Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less (when grown)
Weight
14 lb (current)
Sex
Male
Pet ID
ps_2658151-29638

My details

Checkmark in teal circle Good with kids
Checkmark in teal circle Good with dogs
Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered

My health

Checkmark in teal circle Shots current

My story

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

Meet Baxter: Baxter is a little 4 month old (as of February 2026) unique mix of maybe chihuahua and Australian shepherd or papillon (best guess) that weighs about 14 pounds. Baxter was taken in by animal control in Brownsville, Tennessee and he made his way into our rescue. Baxter is being fostered in the south and would love to catch the next freedom ride north to Pennsylvania to meet more prospective families! Baxter is a super sweet and adorable pup! Baxter is very gentle albeit a bit shy. Baxter gets along with other dogs in his foster house and is quite content to sit in whatever lap is available for extended periods of time! As a puppy, Baxter will need some patience while he works on his house training. We would love for Baxter to have a home with a fenced in yard for him to run and play freely. Baxter is up to date on his puppy shots and already neutered. If you are interested in adding this little cutie into your family, please go to Charlie’s Crusaders website (www.charliescrusaders.org) to fill out an application.



CURRENT LOCATION: Mississippi, awaiting transport to PA.


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Contact info

Pet ID
ps_2658151-29638
Contact
Address
Lancaster, PA 17601
Donation
Please make donations at charliescrusaders.com

Their adoption process

1.

Submit Application

2.

Approve Application

3.

Meet the Pet

4.

Sign Adoption Contract

5.

Pay Fee

6.

Take the Pet Home

Additional adoption info

Thank you for your interest in possibly adopting one of our rescues!

Charlie's Crusaders Pet Rescue (CCPR) offers two adoption programs, a Foster-to-Adopt and Transport-Foster-to-Adopt Program. Our Foster-to-Adopt Program is for pets that have already been transported and/or living with a foster family in your area. In this case, after your adoption application and home have been approved, we will set up a meet-n-greet with you (your family and any other pets), the pet you are interested in, and it's foster caretaker. If you think the pet would be a great fit, you will be able to foster him/her in your home for a two week trial period before committing to a final adoption.

In many cases, mostly due to a lack of available foster homes, our rescues are on a waiting list to get transported to the PA, tri-state area. So, another popular option with many of our adopters—in order to secure the pet they are interested in—is our Transport-Foster-To-Adopt Program. If the pet you want is currently out-of-state, after your adoption application and home have been approved, we would have the pet transported to a transfer location closest to you within a week or two. You would meet the transport and pick up your rescue at a pre-designated location, then foster him/her in your home for a two week trial period before committing to a final adoption.

We work closely with you as needed to help make your rescue’s transition into your home and your adoption experience enjoyable and as successful as possible. This includes, if at any point, you find you and your adoptable pet are not a good fit, we will find someone else to foster or adopt him/her, then additionally help you find a rescue who is a better fit for you and your family.


ADOPTION FEE
A final, tax-deductable adoption donation of $450 is kindly requested. This covers the $200 cost of transportation, plus a $250 donation to offset any needed medical and care expenses after rescue.

This donation is not a fee or sale price, but a request to defer or reimburse rescuer for any and all medical expenses and transportation costs, or any other expenses incurred by the dog or rescuer to consider dog for adoption. This fee is non-refundable once final payment has been received.

Adoption application

Go meet their pets

Please visit us at charliescrusaders.org.

We are always in need of great foster families in your area. If you can help please fill out our volunteer/foster application online at www.charliescrusaders.org. Since we are volunteer based, mailing will get a faster response than phone messages. Please email to charliescrusaders@gmail.com.

If you are interested in this particular rescue dog, or another rescue in our care, please fill out our online adoption application at www.charliescrusaders.org.

More about this rescue

Charlie's Crusaders Pet Rescue is a non-profit organization and an all volunteer, foster based rescue comprised of a group of passionate dog lovers whose mission is to rescue, provide sanctuary, and ultimately to re-home abandoned, stray and neglected dogs in the Mid-South. We rescue from Mississippi and Tennessee and surrounding areas where almost all the shelters are extremely high kill, and then we transport them up North. We adopt out to any state, but specialize in adoption to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia, Ohio and Delaware.

Once in our care, Charlie's Crusaders Pet Rescue dogs are housed in private foster homes or non-kill safe houses where they are provided with an enormous amount of love and attention. All our rescues are vet checked, updated on all vaccines, spayed/neutered, and evaluated for temperament and personality. This helps us to place them in homes that are well suited to their needs and to the needs of their future owners. We then work to get them transported to foster homes and potential adopters in the Northeast. While in foster care, we teach house training and basic obedience until they find their forever homes.

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