DW's adoption donation is $400 and he is being fostered in Central Ohio. DW has been neutered, microchipped, received his rabies, distemper, bordetella, and started on monthly heartworm/flea/tick prevention.

UPDATE 10/24/13: After being with his foster home for several days now, we can happily say that Diesel is doing very well with his potty manners so long as he is taken out regularly and often.  He is also doing well with his leash training, so we feel he will catch on very quickly to all forms of training.  He is a typical puppy, wanting to puppy bite and chew on his toys and the other dogs in his foster home, but is learning appropriate puppy play from the other dogs. He is nearly perfect with his crate training..........one smart puppy!

DW is a very active puppy, having been born on 7/2/13, so will require lots of puppy training.  He is not yet potty trained but seems to understand what is expected if taken outside often.  Due to his very tiny size of 3 lbs., he will need a more mature home with older children.  We are working on his leash training and general command training, which he is doing quite well with for such a young puppy.  He will be crate trained for nighttime and for when we are away from the house.  He gets along with all the doggies in his foster home but we do not know about kitties since there are none in his current foster home. DW will require grooming so that expense should be considered when applying to adopt.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact his foster home at ljpfile05@frontier.com.

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.