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LOVEPAWS

Animal rescue in Rockville, MD

LOVEPAWS was founded as an animal intake prevention program to help keep pets in homes and out of shelters. To do this, we offer various types of assistance to pet owners including our pet food pantry and our re-homing service. We help find new homes for pets whose owners cannot keep them but do not want to surrender their pet to the shelter. While our focus is on Prince George’s County, MD, we offer these services to the entire DC Metro area.

Our scope and mission has grown quickly since we were founded in 2019 and we now pull dogs and cats from open-admission, high-intake shelters in MD, VA and other Southern states. This has expanded our rescue to be able to save dogs and cats of all breeds. Our expanded mission is to save the lives of abandoned dogs and cats and place them in loving and permanent homes. While we are a non-breed-specific rescue, we are a pittie-friendly rescue that has a soft spot for the pit bulls at the Prince George’s County animal shelter. They face the heartbreaking reality of the county’s pit bull ban which makes them unavailable for adoption to the public. We are committed to stepping forward whenever we can and wherever there is the greatest need.

LOVEPAWS is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We are an exclusively foster-based rescue with our foster network spanning MD, DC, and VA.

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Rockville, MD 20853
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Adoptable pets at LOVEPAWS

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Moose

Pit Bull Terrier

Male
Rockville, MD
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Pearla

Labrador Retriever

Female
Rockville, MD
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Ralphie

Pit Bull Terrier

Male
Rockville, MD
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Rory

Pit Bull Terrier

Female
Rockville, MD
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Shilo (puppy)

Boxer/Pit Bull Terrier

Male
Rockville, MD
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Crow Feather (kitten)

Domestic Shorthair

Male
Rockville, MD
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  • 1. Submit Application
  • 2. Home Check
  • 3. Approve Application
  • 4. Meet the Pet
  • 5. Sign Adoption Contract
  • 6. Pay Fee
  • 7. Take the Pet Home

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The first step to adopt of our adorable adoptable animals is to fill out an application on our website. We will reach out to you about your application once we receive it. The general steps of the process involve reviewing an application, conducting a phone interview with an adopter, doing a home visit, arranging a meet and greet and putting in place an adoption contract and collecting the adoption fee.

Adoption application

https://lovepawspg.org/browse/adopt-or-foster-application/

http://www.paypal.me/lovepawspg

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