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Adoptable Dogs terms
Dogs looking for homes: pet-of-the-week features, adoption events and the hard-to-place seniors and special-needs dogs.
Adoption fee The payment a shelter or rescue asks when you adopt a dog, helping cover vet care and running costs, often including vaccines, spay or neuter and a microchip. Dog rescue A non-profit or volunteer group that takes in dogs from shelters, owners or the street and places them in new homes, often through foster homes. Foster A temporary home that cares for a dog until it is adopted, which frees kennel space and helps the dog adjust to life in a house. Spay and neuter in rescues The common practice of sterilising dogs before or soon after adoption, set by shelter or rescue policy to prevent unplanned litters.