One Tail At A Time | Pdx - Portland Pet Shelter

One Tail At A Time | Pdx

Mission: To improve the lives of companion animals by providing humane, individualized care and a chance to know the comforts of a loving home through advocacy, education, and support of those in need.​

  • Shelter Address
  • P.O. Box 11044
    Portland, OR 97211
  • Phone
  • Contact Name
  • Website
  • https://otatpdx.org/
  • Pet types
  • Dogs
  • Location served

Adoption Process

1. Fill out our Adoption Survey. If you have previously been approved to adopt with OTAT PDX, please fill out this update form to apply for a different dog. You do not need a unique ID to fill out the adoption survey if you have never applied to volunteer, foster, or adopt with us before. If you have applied to adopt, foster or volunteer and do not know your unique ID, please email [email protected]. 2. After submitting an application, you will receive an auto-email confirmation that it has successfully been received. Your application will then be reviewed by one of our volunteer adoption counselors as soon as possible, who will email you with approval status (be sure to check spam folders). We cannot guarantee a time frame for approving applications and appreciate your patience in waiting to hear back from us. Please do not email for application updates. 3. An Adoption Counselor (AC) will screen and review your application as soon as possible. The AC will then contact you and answer any questions you may have and hopefully set up an introduction to meet the dog. All dogs spend a minimum of one week in a foster home before they are available for introductions, but all things being equal introductions are scheduled on a first come, first served basis.An important note on introduction and adoption timelines: *We give adopters 24 hours to respond to this email offering an intro. If we don’t hear from you by then we may move on to the next interested adopter*. 4. If all goes well at the introduction, the AC will finalize the adoption. We ask for a decision on adoption within 12 hours of the introduction. If you adopt, the dog must be picked up within 24-48 hours of the introduction. If you adopt, but can’t pick the dog up within 48 hours of the introduction, we offer a Post-Intro Hold for a nonrefundable fee of $50/day. 5. Our adoption fees are $500 for puppies 6 months and younger, $450 for puppies 7-12 months, $400 for adult dogs, and $300 for seniors over the age of 7 years. We also offer a special $100 donation fee for seniors (humans 65+) adopting seniors (dogs 7+). All fees cover wellness exam, spay/neuter, age-appropriate vaccinations, heart worm test, deworming, and microchip. 6. At the finalization you will receive your new companion’s medical records, a copy of our adoption contract, and information about our community partners and continuing discounts. It is also at the finalization that the dog’s adoption fee must be paid and all supplies returned to the rescue. 7. After adopting an OTAT PDX dog, you will receive benefits and support for the lifetime of the dog! We recommend filling out our adoption survey as soon as you are ready to welcome a new companion, even if the dog is not yet available or you are hoping to be approved generally for a dog in the future. This will help streamline the process, as a queue tends to form for many of our dogs and having an approved application on file is the first step in bringing home your new family member.

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