Check here as I periodically list dogs available for adoption... I do not currently have any listed, but please visit your local animal shelter if you are considering adopting a dog or cat. There are many really awesome pets there who are waiting for a fur-ever family to love!
ADOPTION TIP: If you are considering adopting from a rescue group, do your research and choose carefully. Find out which shelters the rescue gets their dogs from, and how they choose which ones to pull from the shelter. It is best to adopt from a rescue who works with a local shelter, or at least one within the same state. Find out if the director actually goes to the shelter his/herself to meet and select dogs that are suitable for adoption, as opposed to an organization who deals primarily with out of state shelters and does not have individuals personally meet and choose the dogs they pull from the shelter. The later mentioned of these groups may go online to choose dogs from shelters based on "cuteness" without being able to observe the temperament of the dog first. The dogs are then transported by volunteers, and placed directly into foster homes, often with little known about their disposition. The rescue group is then at times faced with the difficult task of having to place a dog with a less than ideal temperament into a home and may not be entirely informative about problems the adopting family may face such as aggression towards other animals, fear based or dominance based aggression, nervous behavior or anxiety issues, or even health problems.
ADOPTION TIP: If you are considering adopting from a rescue group, do your research and choose carefully. Find out which shelters the rescue gets their dogs from, and how they choose which ones to pull from the shelter. It is best to adopt from a rescue who works with a local shelter, or at least one within the same state. Find out if the director actually goes to the shelter his/herself to meet and select dogs that are suitable for adoption, as opposed to an organization who deals primarily with out of state shelters and does not have individuals personally meet and choose the dogs they pull from the shelter. The later mentioned of these groups may go online to choose dogs from shelters based on "cuteness" without being able to observe the temperament of the dog first. The dogs are then transported by volunteers, and placed directly into foster homes, often with little known about their disposition. The rescue group is then at times faced with the difficult task of having to place a dog with a less than ideal temperament into a home and may not be entirely informative about problems the adopting family may face such as aggression towards other animals, fear based or dominance based aggression, nervous behavior or anxiety issues, or even health problems.