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Adopting a Pet From Paws & More:

All animals adopted from our facility are spayed or neutered prior to adoption. In rare cases that they are not, due to health or age reasons, arrangements will be made with the adopter to have the surgery done at a later date. We firmly believe that controlling the animal population is the only way to reduce the population of animals in rescue facilities such as ours and those shelters that do destroy animals for no reason other than overpopulation.
 

Using Adobe Acrobat Reader you can download and print our Adoption Form and complete all the necessary information. You can either send this form to us through the mail so that we can start checking your references before you stop by the shelter, or bring it to the shelter with you.

PAWS & More Animal Shelter
1004 1/2 West Madison St
Washington, IA 52353

It is shelter policy that adoptions are conducted a minimum of 24 hours after your initial visit to the shelter and submission of the adoption application. This allows us time to call your references as well as giving you the opportunity to sleep on your decision and make sure it is what you really want. There can be exceptions for long-distance adoptions. We will accept applications for long distance adoptions and check your references before your arrival at the shelter, then speak with you further once you're in town.

Adoption Fees*:

Dogs: $120	This fee includes one year rabies, spay/neuter, heartworm test and preventative, vaccinations (distemper/parvo), deworming, ear cleaning, nail trim, flea and tick preventative, and microchip which includes national registration.
Cats: $100	This fee includes spay/neuter, Feline Leukemia test, FVRCP vaccination, deworming, flea and tick preventative, nail trim, ear cleaning, and microchip which includes national registration. We do not provide rabies vaccinations for felines.

*Reduced Adoption Fees for Retired or Senior Citizens
 
Iowa’s population is made up of 15% senior citizens, which is higher than the national average.  Because many are on fixed incomes, we offer retirees and seniors half-price adoption fees in 2008 for our cats and dogs.  

Scientific studies have shown that pets can help their owners live longer and they certainly can provide companionship and affection to those who are lonely. With the growing number of elderly people living alone, pets are especially important in increasing their interest in life, and give the elderly something to care for, as well as providing an opportunity for exercise and socialization. Taking care of a pet can also serve as an alarm clock for elderly people – reminding him to take care of themselves, too. In fact, animal companionship can dramatically improve the quality of life and may even have a positive impact on longevity. Illnessess like heart disease and high blood pressure are reportedly less of a problem and a person’s mental health is improved when owning a pet.  If supplemental funding is received, we will announce this at local senior centers and in the local newspapers.

We also offer this half-price fee to those people living in care or assisted living facilities. PAWS & More has placed pets in local care facilities before, and will contact more facilities in the region in hopes that people can either adopt a pet for themselves or have the pet belong to the entire resident population.