Size
(when grown) Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
Details
Good with kids,
Good with dogs,
Good with cats,
Story
Alder is an extremely sweet, quiet, shy boy. He is the dog version of an introvert. He is gentle and sticks to himself and is great with other dogs of all sizes and with cats. He doesn't engage much with them thought as he prefers to do his own thing. He has to be the most low maintenance and chill dog I've ever had in the rescue out of hundreds of dogs. He is hesitant with people he doesn't know but never aggressive. Not an ounce of aggression. He was listed as a pit bull mix at the shelter when he was smaller and still a younger puppy but now that he is an older puppy (about a year) it's obvious that he is not a pittie but looks more like a border collie.
He is currently still in Oklahoma where he was rescued but he can only be adopted out of state where people treat animals well. He has to be prepaid and picked up directly from transport at one of our transport drop off locations below. If things don't work out for some reason, which rarely ever happens, we will either find a local foster to take him in or he will go back to Oklahoma on our next transport until a new home is found.
Note: No dogs are advertised as potty-trained because most dogs need at least some re-training in a new environment and after being in a shelter/rescue environment/strays.
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Transport locations:
- Washington State (Kennewick, Spokane, Tumwater, Tacoma, Tukwila, Lynnwood/Edmonds, Bellingham)
- Oregon (Portland and Springfield)
- Colorado (Ft Lupton)
- Idaho (Heyburn and Boise/Meridian)
- Utah (Ogden)
- Wyoming (Evanston, Rock Springs, Laramie)
- Montana (Missoula)
- Illinois (Vandalia, Springfield, Chicago)
- Indiana (Spiceland, Burn Harbor)
- Michigan (St Joseph, Battle Creek, Ann Arbor)
- Wisconsin (Madison, Wausau, Eau Claire, Appleton, Milwaukee)
- Minnesota (Minneapolis/St Paul)
- Iowa (Des Moines)
- Ohio (Columbus and London)
- Pennsylvania (Erie, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg)
- New York (Buffalo and Albany)
- Connecticut (Enfield)
- New Jersey (Bedminster)
- Nevada (Las Vegas)
- Arizona (Flagstaff)
Vetting: neutered, microchipped, rabies vaccine, bordetella vaccine, dhpp vaccine x 3, lepto vaccine x 2, dewormed several times, on monthly flea and tick prevention, on monthly heartworm protection, heartworm tested (negative)
Adoption fee: $550 (includes the $250 cost of transport from Oklahoma and all vetting listed above)
Adoption application (copy and paste into a new browser window):
https://form.jotform.com/82677586784176
FAQs (copy and paste into a new browser window):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12eb_SRtk1AzaBl87UltcLJ24MjH9UhQm_LE77iWZEQA/edit?tab=t.0
Desiderata Rescue is Oklahoma Licensed Rescue #95
