Southern Paws inc. Is a 501c3 non-profit dog rescue operating out of New Jersey. We work with fellow rescues in the Southern United States to place dogs who would otherwise be euthanized due to overpopulation. We also provide financial support to these organizations in order to help them aid them in their rescue efforts. Over the past five years we have saved the lives of over 2,000 dogs. It is our goal to be a voice for the voiceless and hope for the hopeless.
If you are interested in adopting the first step is to send us an email at southernpawsrescue@gmail.com. If the dog you are inquiring about is available we will send you out an application. It is important to note that we do everything first come first serve based on how the applications come in. So hurry, hurry when getting them back to us! We first complete vet references, and speak with landlords or management companies for approval. Once that is complete one of our adoption coordinators will reach out to you to do your phone interview. At this time you will be able to ask questions about the dogs and the process and you and our coordinator will decide if this dog would be a good fit for you home. If so there will be a $50.00 deposit requested in order to hold your dog and proceed with the process. (this fee is part of your adoption fee so when you come on adoption night you just have to bring the remaining $400.00) From there your references will be contacted and your home check will be scheduled. Once that is done the dog is yours and it is just a matter of time until they get here. There is a $450.00 adoption fee on all of our dogs. This fee is a reimbursement for all of the services that we have provided to the dog being adopted. We put all of our dogs through a very stringent vetting process, deworm them multiple times, run fecal exams, blood work, heartworm testing, spay & neuter, vaccinate and have them checked multiple times by the vet. Before they are transported, each of our dogs must receive a health certificate clearing them for travel. This fee also helps us cover the cost of transport and any other medical attention the dog may require upon arrival. We do have a back-up program just in case a dog doesn’t do well in his or her new home. However, we would never bring a dog all the way to NJ if we thought this was a possibility. If by chance this does happen, the pup goes back into foster care and will be put up for adoption again in the state of NJ.