A SECURELY FENCED YARD IS REQUIRED FOR ANY POTENTIAL ADOPTER AS WELL AS A COMPANION DOG TO HELP HER CONTINUE TO LEARN NORMAL DOGGIE BEHAVIOR.

Hope's adoption donation is $325 and she is being fostered in Central Ohio. She has been spayed, microchipped, received her rabies, bivalent canine influenza, distemper/parvo and bordatella vaccines, tested negative on heartworms and started on prevention, as well as flea prevention.  She has also had a dental cleaning.

Hope is a survivor.  She came to us  from a puppy mill in Amish country. Hope has a sweet, very gentle personality. She loves to cuddle and is a great lap dog.  She is an approximately 7 year old Maltese - Poodle mix.  She will require some patience as she is fearful of people at first.  Due to her experiences, she definitely prefers women to men.  This lil gal is super smart and is learning to love being outside and exploring the big world.   A securely fenced yard is required for Hope as she is a flight risk due her puppy mill experience. Hope is working on being potty trained but she is learning about being on a schedule and making significant progress.  Due to her puppymill experience, Hope is not good in a crate, however, she does fine in a puppy playpen area as long as she can see what is going on around her.  Hope does well in  the car and is a good traveler. She responds well to treats and positive reinforcement.  We do require that all of our puppy mill survivors have a companion dog of similar size to help them learn how to be a dog and have good doggie behaviors.

PLEASE NOTE:   If you are viewing this biography on a website other than the Ohio Fuzzy Pawz website like Petfinder, Adopt-a-Pet, or another search engine (the OFP website is www.ohiofuzzypawz.com), not all information transfers to partner websites in some instances.  If you go to the  individual webpage of our dogs , you will be able to get more information each dog.

Visual breed identification in dogs can be unreliable so, in many cases, we are only guessing at the predominant breed or breed mix.  We get to know each dog as an individual and will do our best to describe each of our dogs based on personality, not by breed label.

Our Adoption Process

The adoption process has several steps involved. Please review prior to submitting an application. Our adoption process is detailed here:  http://www.ohiofuzzypawz.com/info/adoption

Our volunteers work very diligently to process each application and we try to ensure that we are making the best match possible for each dog.  We do not schedule meetings with dogs until an application has been approved.  It can take up to a few weeks to process an application or as little time as a few days, from the time you submit an application, please be prepared to adopt as we cannot hold dogs.

Special Requirements

Some dogs may have special requirements (for example, medications, a fence) -- if you apply for a dog, please be sure to read over the biography completely to see if there are any special needs and if you're home would be suitable.  If we indicate on the dog's biography that a fence is required, this means your home must have a physical fence.  Other dogs may require a "strong vet reference" which indicates that we are looking for a home that has a documented history of veterinary care with previous pets. 

The first step in our process is to submit an online adoption application at www.ohiofuzzypawz.com/forms.  The application MUST include the personal references and veterinary, grooming, and landlord references (if applicable) and their respective contact information.  If you do not include the references and the contact information, your application will be delayed as it CANNOT be processed.  Once the references have been successfully completed, a home visit is then scheduled when a rescue representative can meet all members of the family or residents of the home.  No application is approved prior to the home visit being done.   At that point, the Directors will discuss any and all applications on a foster dog and make a selection--in many cases, there are multiple applications for each dog, so please be understanding that our only priority is the successful placement of each of our foster dogs.

Out of State Adoptions

We do adopt out of state to outstanding applicants, however, our process requires a home visit, so out of state adoptions can take longer.  We do not ship our dogs, adopters should be prepared to pick up the dog in Central Ohio.