Adopters must be at least 21 years of age, or 18 years with a co-adopter age 21+ at the same residence, and provide legal ID showing current address to verify age. Potential adopters should understand that VHS reserves the right to deny any adoption for any reason. We recommend that all adults in the household meet the adoptive animal. Resident dogs must undergo a "meet and greet" with the adoptive animal prior to approval.
Fill out an adoption application (available at VHS) and speak to one of our adoption counselors. Upon approval, additional paperwork will be completed, including adoption agreement. Please allow approximately one hour to complete the full process.
Adoptions are processed on a first come, first served basis; because of this, animals seen on this site may no longer be available by the time you arrive at our adoption center. Likewise, there may be animals in our facility whose pictures haven't made it to the website yet! Feel free to call ahead for information.
CATS:
Our adoption fees for cats are $100 for cats over 5 months of age and $125 for kittens ($200 for a pair), which includes: unconditional love, veterinary examination, spay/neuter surgery, URI/Distemper vaccine, parasite removal, microchip implant, food sample, free vet-check certificate (good within 7 days of adoption), and take-home goody bag.
DOGS:
Our adoption fees for dogs are $200 for dogs over 5 months of age and $250 for puppies, which includes: unconditional love, veterinary examination, spay/neuter surgery, Distemper vaccine combo, rabies vaccine (4 months), parasite removal, microchip implant, food sample, free vet-check certificate (good within 7 days of adoption), and take-home goody bag.