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Welcome to the Adoption Center. Here you will find our available dogs for adoption on Adopt a Dog. Please visit Are you ready to adopt? to determine whether you are ready for your upcoming responsibilities as a new dog owner.
The Adoption Process will explain the steps you will take to adopt a dog from Underdog ResQ. Please make sure that you agree with our Adoption Standards before completing an application.
Once you are interested in a dog, please complete the Adoption Application online. We have provided the application in PDF format if you would like to mail in your application.
Thank you for considering adopting a dog through Underdog ResQ. We do our
best to make this an enjoyable journey.
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Name: pixie
Breed: Pit Bull
Age: 5-6 months
Sex: Female
pixie's Success Story
Pixie was 5 months old when we met her in a shelter that could not place her due to a lack of an adoption program. Her destiny didn't look very good considering she was a pit bull and she had demodectic mange with extensive hariloss (see photo below). Luckily, one of our foster families with a dog, kids and a cat offered to help her. She was in foster care for only one month before she was adopted in October of 2009.
Here is an update from her family in July of 2010:
We adopted Pixie from Underdog back in October of 2009 and have not looked back once, as you can tell by the lag in the update! Pixie has been an absolute love and quickly became my partner in crime, comingwith me wherever I go and always ready for an adventure.
When we got Pix, she was still battling with Demodex Mange, and I can say it was a tough and long battle but we're finally beyond it with only minimal evidence she was ever effected. It's hard dealing with relapses and seeing how miserable your dog can be, but fear not future adopters, it's a fight worth winning.
Pixie has been the rule when it comes to pit bulls: a politician. She gets along with everyone she meets and has changed the mind of every skeptic she's run into. She's easily the happiest dog in America, whether she's romping around with play buddies, laying around in the grass, or sleeping in with me on a Saturday morning.
I don’t remember not having Pixie and I'm certainly planning on
adopting a sibling pit through Underdog ResQ in the future.
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Name: Lucy
Breed: pit bull
Age: 1-1.5 years
Sex: Female
Lucy's Success Story
Lucy is a 1 1/2 year old pit bull that was found stray and ended up in a shelter without a shelter program. She spent one month in a foster home before she was adopted by a very loving family. Here's what they had to say about Lucy several months later in July of 2010:
We knew Lucy was meant to be a part of our family the minute we met her at her foster-mom's store shopping for our 2 chihuahuas at home. She is akind, loving, gentle girl who melts your heart with her expressive eyes
and loving heart. She quickly felt right at home considering her timidness atfirst, all thanks to her awesome foster-parents who we feel as if we have known for years! She gets along very well with our older chihuahuas, even
cuddling on the couch together! Whether we are playing fetch at the nearby park or curled up on the couch, Lucy is the best companion we could have ever asked for. She never stops making us smile and laugh with her lack
of gracefulness and passion for playing with multiple toys at once. She has begun to change people's views of the stereotypical "pit-bull", which we are determined to spread as far as we can. Having her in our lives only makes us wish we could have adopted sooner and begs the question of when we can adopt another! Thank you to Carolyn and Bill and Underdog ResQ for our sweet Lucy!
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Common misconceptions
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1. We’re getting Rex for the kids - they will do all the work.
Maybe for the first week or so, but most kids will slack
off soon enough and the responsibility will fall on your laps.
You are considered to be the owner because you are over the age
of 21. If your kids do not walk Rex, then it is up to you that
it gets done. As much as we talk to our kids about responsibility
and as much as they agree to care for your new dog, we all know
that sooner or later most kids will lose interest or get tired.
If you can positively answer these questions and concerns, then you may be
ready to adopt Rex.
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