Gracie
Gracie spent her life tie to a tree in North Carolina. When her owner passed away his children couldn't even bother to feed her more than a couple times a week. Luckily for her a nice lady offered to take her in and put the weight back on her that she'd lost.
She was kept in an outdoor pen with a very large breed puppy but did extremely well with him. While being a little shy of people at first, she is wonderful with other dogs!
Gracie has been with us now for a few months and has warmed right up. She loves being indoors with her family. She's flawlessly housebroken when given access to outdoors. She still prefers to lounge in the yard when the weather is nice and I doubt that will ever change for her.
Gracie is an all around wonderful girl. She's got the thickest, most beautiful coat I've seen on a dog. She never barks at anything and is very laid back and mellow. This girl would be great with a retired couple, a younger couple that wants a dog that will be content laying at their feet while they watch TV or a family that has older children that are calm and know how to behave around a dog. Whatever situation she is in, Gracie will be a great addition to your family!
Gracie's adoption fee is $150 and includes her spay, vaccines up to date, heartworm negative, and current on her flea / tick and heartworm prevention medications as well as de-worming.
HART has teamed up with the Putnam County Humane Society in Cookeville to help provide low cost spay / neuter and vaccination services for Van Buren county. We can help you vet your pet for very affordable rates. We are also helping to supplement some of the costs for low income families and those that have lost their jobs due to the economy. In times of financial crisis it's often the family pet that suffers the most, unable to receive medical care when needed or dropped in a local animal shelter when feeding it isn't financially possible anymore.
Our vet's office has also agreed to put together a monthly rabies clinic. Vaccinations are $6 each. We must have at least 10 pets signed up to complete a full clinic. Please contact us if you would like any more information.
The rescue is now also offering reduced cost annual vaccinations. We carry Galaxy DA2PPv which immunizes against distemper, adenovirus types one and two, parainfluenza and parvovirus. Vaccinations are $5 each and include a certificate. We will administer the vaccine for you if you'd like for no charge.
Aside from vaccinating and assisting in spay / neuter, we are also donating food to families in need for their pets. If you'd like to help, please contact us!
Other than rescuing pets, we also have local spay / neuter programs as well as vaccination programs and donate pet food to needy pets. We board pets for free when they are in transit from a shelter or previous home to their new home or new foster home. We also do the transports for free, sometimes through several states taking several days. All of this work is free of charge to help save a life.
Any dogs that we bring in must be evaluated prior to adoption to ensure that it is going to a proper home. We strive to place each pet in a family that is suited for it, so that it never has to look for a home again. So although you may see an adorable lab puppy and think it’s love at first site, it may not be the best option for you if you have small children and live in a little apartment. You may be more suited for a dog that has a more laid back, relaxed personality or one that needs less room. Finding a home for each pet isn’t our goal; finding the perfect forever home for them is.
We happily work with other rescues and shelters. If you are a rescue and see an animal in our area we will be happy to work with you to pull, board and / or transport. We also do pet transport, so if you've adopted a dog from out of your area and need to find a way to get it home, please let us know. Many times the people we work with are willing to transport your pet for free, just to help save it's life! Please contact us
You can visit our website at www.hilltopanimalrescueteam.com for links to more photos of the pets available through us.
If you don’t have a specific pet in mind, just make note of that on the application and we will be happy to match your family and lifestyle to the pets we have that fit you and you can choose for yourself from there.
Once you have completed the adoption application we will begin confirming the information you have provided us. Once that is all confirmed we will contact you. At this point you need to complete a home check. Once approved you will fill out the adoption contract. This contract will state exactly what your responsibilities are for your new pet, what the pet is that you have chosen, and line out the requirements of the adoption. Before filling out the adoption application, please make sure you read through the application and the contract both to ensure that you are able to provide the pet with the requirements it needs. Some pets may require expensive routine grooming. Most pets require an inside only home with a fenced yard. Be sure that you are aware of the needs of the pet you are interested before you proceed with the adoption application.
Applications for some breeds may require more stringent checks for things such as BSL in your area. If you are inquiring about a breed that's on a list of 'dangerous breeds' for insurance or local zoning laws, this may take us an extra day or two to ensure having the breed in your area is not in violation of any laws. Likewise, if you are applying for a species that is banned in some areas (such as exotic pets) we will need an extra day or two to confirm that no permit is required or that you already have a permit in place for ownership. HART will abide by all state and local laws when placing any pet in any home.
Already have a pet and you need to get it spayed or neutered but just don’t have the money? Contact us; we can put you in touch with low cost spay and neuter programs and may be able to subsidize the balance of the fees for those with limited income.
And starting late March 2010 (tentatively scheduled), we will begin adoption events at Petco in Murfreesboro, TN! Stop by and see us!
