WE WILL STOP TAKING APPLICATIONS ON COMET AT 11:59 PM ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2020.  WE HAVE RECEIVED QUITE A FEW APPLICATIONS AND NEED TIME TO PROCESS THEM.  IF COMET REMAINS AVAILABLE ONCE THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE PROCESSED, WE WILL REMOVE THIS NOTE AND BEGIN ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS.

Comet’s adoption donation is $425 and he is being fostered in Central Ohio. He has been neutered, microchipped, received his rabies, distemper/parvo, bivalent canine influenza, and birds tells vaccines, tested negative for heart worms and started on prevention, as well as flea prevention. He’s a 8.5 lb, 1 year old male possible Maltese/poodle mix. Comet needs someone who will be patient with him and understand he’ll need time to adjust to any new person he meets. He has warmed up completely to his foster mom, but he will alarm bark at anyone he doesn’t know (possibly for hours) since he’s still learning not all people are bad. He was found abandoned in a home with another dog and cat and was a horrible matted mess before he was cleaned up. He can be a funny little guy that once bonded will stay by your side and wiggle around in your lap to give you all the cuddles and kisses. He’s a smart little guy who knows sit (only when he’s not distracted and when someone he trusts tells him to). He’s pretty well house trained if kept on a schedule (with the exception of the first day in a new place). He’s good with stairs and even sometimes acts like a crazy jumping bean inside. He LOVES toys (and socks)! He does teethe a little bit still. He has not shown any resource guarding and drinks out of the same bowl as another dog. He’s also been doing a good job sleeping in a kennel and going on car rides in that kennel as long as he can see you. It will be hard for him to show you these amazing sides of him until he trusts you. If you have a furry friend too, that’s fine but he’ll need them to be a little patient with him too but eventually he’d love to play with them! If you can accept this and patiently work with him, he’d like to see if you could be his forever family. 

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.