Lonestar Pyrs & Paws-NORTH

We are always in need of foster homes and vol*

WE NEED FOSTER HOMES TO SAVE LIVES!!!

check out our website www.pyrsandpaws.org

Please also visit our sister rescue Lonestar Pyrs & Paws-Texas at www.petfinder.com/shelters/TX1144.html. They have many adoptable dogs as well and we are pleased to announce PETS now transports from the Dallas area!!!

Who We Are

We had no idea how well this new venture would take off. As we are a very small rescue with less than a handful of volunteers savings these gentle giants, PLEASE have patience, it could take a bit for us to return your e-mail and phone calls as we all work, have families and pets. Our dogs are fostered in our homes NOT in a facility PLEASE remember this when calling late at night!

ADOPTION PROCESS

Before applying to adopt a dog please do your homework and make sure this is the breed for you. Did you know that most Great Pyrenees bark ALOT and if they don't have a fenced in yard they WILL wander, which is why so many end up in shelters. Invisible fencing do not work with these dogs we strongly recommend you have visible fencing or ALWAYS keep your pyr on a leash

After filling out an application, we will call you and ask you questions to make sure that dog would be a good match for you and your family. We will also do reference checks including talking with your vet and a home visit. Most applications are processed within a week or two. The adoption fee is $375 for adults and $425 for pups under 1 year unless otherwise noted. Almost half of the adoption fee goes to transporting the dog north. Almost all dogs we take in require spay/neuter and routine shots and treated for parasites. Most have other minor health issues. The adoption fee barely covers our costs and we are in the red most of the time. While it may seem like alot of money, you are receiving a fully vetted dog and your adoption fee goes to help save more lives

If you are interested in any of our great dogs, please fill out an application as soon as possible. We have had some people miss out on the dog they wanted by not sending in an application right away. We also encourage you to do an application first to get approved, then find the pyr-fect friend! We do a phone interview and call your references as well as a home visit

HELP!!! We need FOSTER homes for our dogs!!!

Typically a adult dog will stay 2 weeks to 2 months. Please consider opening your heart and home to save a life. If a pyr is not your breed, we will work with you and YOUR CHOICE of breeds to save a life!!! Please help. You supply the love, nuturing, basic obedience, we will supply crates, food and vet care

We have Great Pyrenees waiting to come up to New England. There are a lot of Pyrs in need in the south, unfortunately we have a never ending supply looking for forever homes. People ask why there are so many down south. There are many farms and pyrs are livestock guardians, NOT herding dogs. They do not spay and neuter and pyrs wander off the farm and end up in shelter, most are never reclaimed.

We are also now working with shelters in Texas, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennesse, Kentucky, Arkansas & Georgia.

Great Pyrenees originated from the mountains in France as livestock guardian dogs, not herding dogs. Please research this breed before adopting. While they are majestic beautiful dogs they are not for everyone

We can't change the world, but we can change a few dog's worlds. Please adopt, not shop!

Did you know that 75-80% of dog owners have their dogs for less than 2 years!!!

Donations!

We are a small rescue where all of the adoption fees go back into helping more dogs. Rescuing dogs and transporting them north is expensive and we are in the red most of the time. Your donation WILL make a difference. It could help us save just one more dog from a shelter! One more LIFE!!!Please consider sponsoring a dogs transport north if you cannot adopt.

Wish list: We are in need of chainlink dog kennel or panels,welded wire livestock fencing, towels & blankets & good quality dog & puppy food, frontline flea preventative & heartworm preventative.

We also NEED FOSTERS in the New England area. The more dogs we can get northward, the more room our southern fosters will have to pull more dogs out of shelters.

If you can open your heart and your home to foster or even your pocketbook to saving these beautiful Southern Dogs, please call or write to the contacts below.

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