Each year, it's estimated that more than one million adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized in the United States, simply because too many pets come into shelters and too few people consider adoption when looking for a pet. The number of euthanized animals could be reduced dramatically if more people adopted pets instead of buying them. FOUR MILLION HIGHLY ADOPTABLE DOGS ARE KILLED EACH YEAR IN THIS COUNTRY'S "SHELTERS." THAT IS 1 DOG EVERY 13 SECONDS. When you adopt, you save a loving animal by making them part of your family and open up a foster home for another animal who might desperately need it. Animal shelters and rescue groups are brimming with happy, healthy pets just waiting for someone to take them home. Most shelter pets wound up there because of a human problem like a move or a divorce, not because the animals did anything wrong.
Adopting is cheaper than buying. Rescue dogs are already spayed or neutered and vaccinated and given a clean bill of health when they leave the rescue. When you purchase a dog at a pet shop, online, from a puppy mill, or from a breeder, you will pay the purchase price plus the cost of vaccinating and spaying or neutering plus other medical costs associated with helping that dog reach its optimal state of health.
When you submit an application for an available dog, you will be considered along with all other applications received for that dog. We understand that you may be a great home, but you may not be the only great home who has applied for a particular dog. We are fortunate that we get such great applicants — so many that it is very difficult to choose. If you are not selected for the dog for which you have applied, we will keep your application on file for 3 months. While we will keep your application on file for 3 months, please continue to keep an eye on our available dogs and let us know if you see one that catches your eye or steals your heart. If you see another dog that you would like to be considered for, please contact us by email at adoptions@buddyandfriendsma.org to let us know of your interest.
Adoption Fee's are $650.00
Our adoption fee helps to defray the rescue’s boarding and veterinary expenses but does not cover the entire expense we incur for each dog.
This adoption fee covers the following:
Please allow at least 48-72 for your application to be processed and your personal references to be checked as we rely wholly on volunteers to accomplish our mission. We are committed to matching the animal to the right family.
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We pride ourselves in partnering families with their furever companion. We are also different than some rescues as we are not first come first serve. We place every dog based off the dog and persons match, not just one way or another. We want to be sure that the applicant is the perfect match for the dog. Here are some of our happy tales:
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