Dog Adoption Information
CATS - Spay/Neuter Clinic: 2386 County Route 10 - Alpine, NY 14805DOGS - Animal Shelter: Van Zandt Hollow Rd - Watkins Glen, NY 14891
HSSC Phone: (607) 594-2255 Shelter Phone: (607) 535-9960
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We're also happy to schedule appointments outside of those hours. Please call us at 535-9960 or 594-2255. Several of our dogs are boarded or in foster care so it's a good idea to call ahead to make sure you will be able to meet your canine companion when you arrive.
Dog Adoption Fee: $150.00
Due to increasing medical costs we have found it necessary to increase our adoption fees. These fees help to offset the costs we incur in readying an animal for adoption but often do not cover all the care and medical costs. Here's a chart that shows you what it could cost you to adopt a 'free to a good home' dog.
Prior to adoption, all of our dogs will be either spayed or neutered, vaccinated for rabies, distemper, parvo and kennel cough, treated for fleas and parasites, tested for heartworm and micro chipped.
While dogs are in our care they will be on a flea preventative and all dogs tested negative for heartworm will be put on a heartworm preventative . Other medical issues will be addressed on an individual basis.
Pit Bulls on Parade: Please consider adopting one of these beautiful dogs...
Featured Dog: Chip
Chocolate Labrador Retriever
Chip
Who would have thought that this very handsome guy would have ended up in a shelter? Chip is thought to be between 2 and 3 years old - although he appears a bit prematurely grey around the muzzle. He is a good natured boy with lots of energy. He gets along well with other dogs (although he can be a little rough just given his size) and loves his humane friends. Chip would enjoy an active family to call his own.
The Adoption Fee of $150 includes spay/neuter, rabies, DHPP, Leptosporosis and kennel cough vaccinations, worming, flea treatment, heartworm testing, heartworm preventative, microchipping and one year's microchip registration with Home Again.
The Schuyler County Humane Society in Watkins Glen has public hours on Mon-Fri between 8 - 10 am and on Saturday from 10am – 1 pm or call us at 607-594-2255 to schedule an appointment
Please contact us if you'd like to meet him.
Click here to see more adoptable HSSC dogs and cats.
Petfinder Listings
Petfinder Listings
177 dogs into the shelter in 2011! That's a lot of dogs for our teeny, tiny facility! 81 adoptions and everyone else was reunited with their families or waiting for a family to call their own.
2012 -
February - Buddy
January - Roxie, Hope, Lucy, Lola, Oreo, Susie
2011 -
December: Newman, Patches, Ranier, Toby and Tanner, Sandie, Curly, Rocky, Paige
November: Izzy, Mindy, Aleppo, Tillie, Chipotle, Pepper, Rufus and Riley together
October - Moe, Larry, Lily, Lady
September - Boomer, Sydney, Cinnamon, Cleo, Chica, Toto, Maia
August - Buddy, Rocco, Bailey, Nikki, Rocket, Tippy, Matti, Eli, Shotzy
July - Levi, Jax, Charlie
June - Blue, Moxie, Button, Biscuit, Bonnie, Ratchet, Nacho, Shannon
May - Sweetheart
April - Marley, Mocha, Jasmine, Rojo, Leo, Collie-Mix pup, Camille, Bailey
March - Charlie, Petey, Gus, Logan, Leo
February - Muffin, Charity, Poggin, Hazel, Chief
Processing Adoption Applications
MSWord version of Dog Adoption Application
We time stamp all applications as they come in in order to be fair. If we receive several applications for the same animal, the first one we receive will be processed first and we will notify all other applicants that they are on a waiting list for that particular animal.
Once an application is received we expect people to make every reasonable effort to visit the dog within three days or to discuss other arrangements.
Same Day Adoptions
We want to do all we can to ensure that you and your new pet are made for each other. Therefore, the HSSC recommends 24 hour waiting period from time you decide to adopt a dog to the time you take the dog home. This encourages a sound decision on the part of the adopter and discourages impulse adoptions. The decision to adopt a homeless animal is a lifelong commitment. It is up to the discretion of the adoption counselor to allow same day adoptions.
Adoption Fee
The adoption fee of $150 is due at the time of adoption in the form of cash or check. Check is made payable to HSSC. The adoption helps to offset the costs of rabies, distemper and kennel cough vaccinations, deworming, spay/neuter surgery, treatment for fleas, heartworm testing, heartworm treatment (depending on the time of year), microchipping and the first year of microchip registration. The costs for additional medical care if required are also covered by this fee. In the rare instance that an animal is not spayed or neutered, a refundable spay/neuter deposit of $35 will be collected at the time of adoption. This money will be returned to the adopter after proof of sterilization has been reviewed by the HSSC.
Return Policy
Our goal is to find permanent, loving homes for the animals in our care. However, animals and humans do not mix for a variety of reasons. We will facilitate identifying a more suitable animal for the adopter and find a more suitable home for the animal, should the initial adoption not be successful. An animal who has been adopted from the HSSC will be accepted back into the adoption program at the discretion of the HSSC . Adopters returning an animal are encouraged to adopt another animal in lieu of the one being returned. Should the adopter not wish to adopt another animal a partial refund of 50% will be available to the adopter to encourage return of the animal to the care of the HSSC. Full refund will be considered on a case by case basis.
Dr. Mike Greenberg, of EastView Veterinary Clinic, and Perry McGee, volunteer extra-ordinaire, microchipping Sadie
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