My name is Gem & Sparkles - We're a bonded pair!!

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Cared for by One Tail at a Time

Adoption process

Submit Application

Meet the Pet

Take the Pet Home

Or Apply to Adopt

My basic info

Breed

Domestic Mediumhair

Color

Black (All)

Age

7 months old, Young

Sex

Female

Pet ID

14949

Hair Length

–

My details

Spayed / Neutered

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

Dog sociability: Likely with proper introduction!
Cat sociability: Likely with proper introduction!
Kid sociability: Possibly with proper introduction!

Likes:
Gem - She likes sunbathing, snacking and watching water droplets fall from faucets. When she's not playing and/or chasing Sparkles, she loves to sit in the bathroom sink and fight the water droplets coming from the bath tub faucet.
Sparkles - Playing tag with Gem, sitting on Gem belly rubs, and eating.

Dislikes:
Gem - When Sparkles won't share the bathroom sink with her.
Sparkes - She has beef with shoes. She likes to bite them and play with the shoestrings if you have guests in the house wearing shoes. Thankfully, she leaves the shoes in her foster's hallway alone though.

Bio:

Gem is a sweet little girl who is more mature than her age/size might make you think. While Gem was shy at first, she became more confident with the help of Sparkle and was sitting on my chest asking for snuggles within a week. She loves to snuggle but is independent enough to leave home alone for whole work days. Despite being fairly young, she is very well behaved. She does enjoy late night zoomies and playing tag with Sparkle, but she's not chaotic despite looking like she got struck by lightning.

Sparkles looks like she has one brain cell but puts it to work! She is a sweet, friendly girl who just wants to make friends and annoy her best friend Gem. She likes to sleep by your feet but isn't too overbearing. She isn't a lap cat like Gem is but you can pick her up and flop her around like a pool noodle unlike Gem. Sparkle will follow you around when she hears you prepare her dinner, but apart from that she's independent and can be left alone for long periods of time as long as she has Gem to bother so she can keep herself entertained. She's used to being alone during the workday since her foster mom works in the office five days a week.

The adoption fee is $250 for a bonded pair. All cats are up to date on vaccines, spayed/neutered, and microchipped.

Rescue

One Tail at a Time

Contact info

Pet ID

14949

Contact

—

Phone

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adopt@onetail.org

Website

https://www.onetail.org

Address

2144 N Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60614

Donation

Donate to This Rescue

Their adoption process

1.
Submit Application

2.
Meet the Pet

3.
Take the Pet Home

Additional adoption info

Questions?
Dog inquiries –> adopt@onetail.org
Cat inquiries –> cats@onetail.org
Bunny and Guinea Pig inquiries –> critters@onetail.org

Adoption application

https://www.onetail.org/apply-to-adopt/

Go meet their pets

Our Adoption Center is open every Wednesday – Sunday in Bucktown at 2144 N Wood Street, but we are reachable by email 7 days/week!

Our Adoption Center has adoptable dogs. Adoptable cats and bunnies live in foster homes. We work on a first come basis. We are limiting the amount of visitors on site, so you may be asked to be added to the waitlist when you arrive. We require all family members of the household (including any resident dogs with current vaccination records) to be present at the introduction. We recommend being prepared to adopt same-day as the dogs at our Adoption Center are available for direct adoption and we do not “hold” them for specific applicants.

You can view which dogs are currently at our Adoption Center by selecting “adoption center” in the attributes tab on our Available Pets page.

ADOPTION APPOINTMENTS: For dogs, cats, and bunnies living in foster care our Adoption Team will set up adoption appointments with potential adopters after an application is submitted. We do not have cats, bunnies, or guinea pigs living at our Adoption Center (only dogs!)

More about this rescue

One Tail at a Time (OTAT) started as a backup plan for dogs that were not getting adopted or rescued by other groups in the area shelters. Over the years we have experienced consistent and steady growth: we are among the top transfer partners for dogs at Chicago Animal Care and Control (CACC) and for cats at several open intake shelters in Indiana, we have a robust transport program in which dogs are rescued from high-kill shelters in southern states, and we are even able to pull dogs from a rescue partner in Tulum, Mexico to help them get adopted in the Chicagoland area. Our growth has been, and continues to be, due to the overwhelming support received from our community.

Members enable us to take on complex medical cases and continue to grow our annual intake numbers. Volunteers have continued to line up to foster and care for dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs, to take on leadership roles, and to help build One Tail at a Time into a well-known and respected rescue organization in Chicago and beyond.

Due to our continuous growth and immensely supportive community of members, volunteers, fosters, adopters, and more, we have evolved into the One Tail at a Time Cooperative!