Our dog adoption fee is $299 and includes spay/neuter, microchip, all shots up to date and all dogs over 1 year of age are tested for heartworms. It also includes a collar, leash and ID tag with the new owner’s information. In addition, we offer a complimentary training session to help with any post-adoption behavioral concerns. For highly adoptable dogs, we may ask for an additional, tax-deductible donation, in order to help the less fortunate dogs. Our cat adoption fee is $175 and includes spay/neuter, microchip, FVRCP vaccine, combo test and deworming according to age, rabies vaccine (over 4 mos old) and microchip. It also includes a collar and an ID tag with the new owner’s information.
Since 2004, Mostly Mutts Animal Rescue has been working to reduce the number of animals euthanized at local shelters in metro Atlanta. We work closely with animal control officers to save adoptable dogs that are often moments away from being put to sleep. Often, these dogs are sick and injured and require rehabilitation. Mostly Mutts provides housing, health care, training, and physical and emotional care to them until they can be placed in a new home. We hold weekly adoption events at our facility in downtown Kennesaw to help each dog find their “fur-ever home.”
Our facility is staffed by dedicated volunteers, working four shifts a day, seven days a week to feed, walk and care for the animals. We also have a team of volunteers who staff the front desk from 11am to 4pm Monday through Saturday. To help with animal care shifts and to learn about other volunteer opportunities available, please go to our website (www.mostlymutts.org) and click on the tab “get involved.”
We have a training program for the adoptable dogs we call “Mostly Mutts University” that has been very successful. The dogs are trained in basic commands and also tested to see how they get along with kids, other dogs and cats. We have a great team of volunteer trainers who are supervised by our professional trainer. The dogs enjoy three training sessions per week and are “more likely to succeed” knowing skills like sit, come, down, stay, leash walk, accept strangers, go in and out of doors nicely, and “place,” which is going to their defined location and staying there.
Many of the animals in our program are cared for in foster homes. We so appreciate our foster families, and would love to hear from you if you are interested in fostering.
Since animal overpopulation continues to be a huge problem in our community, promoting spaying and neutering is another important goal of our organization. All of our dogs are spayed or neutered before they are adopted out, and we encourage all pet owners to help “stop the littering” by having their pets fixed. Not only does it result in a healthier, happier pet, but also a healthier, happier community!
We are involved in our community in many other ways as well, including:
Discounted training classes at the facility (check website or FB events for upcoming classes)
Organized visits from school classes and scout troops to help educate children about animals and their care
Dog visits to a nearby retirement home
A “Read to Dogs” program for children on Wednesday evenings that helps to socialize shy dogs and helps the children with their reading skills
A monthly group hike at Kennesaw Mountain National Park to give the dogs a fun outing and promote the dogs and our work to other hikers
We provide high school and college students with internship opportunities, project support and volunteer hours
Court related community service hours
Once an animal enters our program, we commit to their care until they find the right forever home. Sometimes that can take a long time, as in the case of Ranger, who was found living in a store parking lot in Paulding County. He came to us in rough shape, but from the very beginning he showed his loving personality, and quickly became a Volunteer favorite. When Ranger finally found the right adopter after almost a year, we hosted a going away party for him!
