Admissions

If you can no longer keep your dog or cat, we do accept Washington County residents’ animals when we have room in our shelter. We will do our best to find a loving new home for your pet. 

An animal care technician will need to see the dog or cat before admitting the animal. The fee for admitting a dog for adoption is $40. The fee for admitting a cat is $10.  The admission fee helps to cover the necessary shelter costs for caring for this animal. (Dogs that do not belong to you and that you have provided care for less than 30 days are admitted without charge.)

Please do not simply abandon your unwanted animals. It is against the law, and it puts the animal at risk for injury or death.

Our shelter staff will ask you questions about the animal’s history. The information that you provide will help us place the animal in an appropriate home. There is no set length of stay for animals that are admitted. The length of stay depends on the number of dogs or cats currently in our shelter, the interest that we believe potential adopters will have in the animal, available space in the shelter, the age of the animal, and its health and temperament.

If our shelter is full to capacity, we sometimes suspend acceptance of owner-surrendered animals. If we cannot take your animal, we will recommend other shelters that may be able to take your animal and find it a home. We have a list of groups that may accept dogs for adoption and a list of groups that may accept cats for adoption.