We would like to invite you to come to the shelter and find a dog or a cat that will become your life long friend and companion. Before you come to visit, there are a few things you should make sure you bring with you:

• Bring a current drivers license with your current address. If your license is not current, bring other reliable documents proving your address.
• Bring a form of payment, either a credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discovercard), or cash. The adoption fee is $60.
• Bring as many members of the family (including dogs) as possible to help make sure the new member of the family is a good fit.

Dog Adoptions
When you come into our shelter, there are approximately 190 dogs to choose from. When you have found a dog that you like, make sure you read the information card on the dog’s kennel. At this point you should remember the cage number, and if you have any questions about it, you may ask one of our adoption counselors in the front office for more information. If at that point you would like to take the dog for a walk, then we ask that you fill out our 2-page adoption application form. We will then retrieve the dog you are interested in, and we direct you to the dog-walking area of our shelter-campus. It is here that you can walk with your prospective adoptee and get to know him or her away from the main building. We have some benches there and enough open space to make your acquaintances.

After you have looked at one or more dogs and you would like to adopt one, come back to the office to have a brief interview with one of our adoption counselors. After the interview, we prepare the paperwork for adoption which includes the adoption contract, instructions on follow-up veterinary care, shots, etc., and a form for a free spay/neuter at one of our dozen participating vet clinics. We ask for a payment of $60 from a credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discovercard), or cash. Included in the adoption fee is a distemper shot, general worming treatment, kennel cough preventative treatment, a collar, leash and tag, shampoo, and the free spay or neuter. At that point you can take home your new friend.

Cat Adoptions
When you visit us to adopt a cat, the cat building is where we will direct you. There, the cat lover will find approximately 300 cats in our adult cat room and along the hallways leading up to it. When you have found a cat that you like (or when a cat has found you), then ask the front office for any information we have on that cat. At that point, we ask you to fill out a 2 page application form and conduct a brief interview with one of our adoption counselors. After that we prepare the adoption paperwork which includes an adoption contract, instructions on follow-up veterinary care, shots, etc., and a form for a free spay/neuter at one of our dozen participating vet clinics. We then ask for the adoption fee, which is $60. This can be paid with a credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discovercard), or cash. The adoption fee includes the cat’s distemper shot, a general worming treatment, a treatment for Felomune CVR, Feline Leukemia and Feline AIDS tests, spay or neuter, collar, tag and shampoo. At that point you can take your new feline friend home.