Melvin Pit Bull Terrier & American Bulldog Mix Watertown, CT

Welcome to CPR Melvin! What a little ham this boy is! He was abandoned, we assume, as he came up to a good person's house and was posted all over the little town as a possible lost puppy, but nobody claimed him. This is where CPR comes in. He is so happy to be rescued and is having a great time at his foster mom's house. He gets along great will all dogs, big and small. He is approximately 4 months old and will be ready to travel in about 4 weeks. Mellow Melvin is not deaf, like a lot of white dogs are, but sometimes I think he is hard-of-hearing. He may just have "selective" hearing:). He is a very active puppy but will chill out from being tired from all the playing he is getting with his foster siblings from another mother. He is learning to walk on a leash and has already learned to use a doggie door. Melvin will make a great buddy for a big family or a single person. He has already mastered being a lap dog:)

This puppy is spayed/neutered, up to date on age-appropriate vaccinations, treated for all of the intestinal parasites, and current on flea/tick and heartworm preventative. Because intestinal parasites are cyclical, your puppy may need additional treatment once you get him/her home. This is common and nothing to be alarmed about. Puppies and dogs need to be treated periodically for parasites throughout their entire lives.

More and more of our adopters are having fun with DNA tests on their pups. You might ask yourself why our breed guess is varying degrees of difference from the DNA tests. Most of our puppies are rescued from high kill shelters or other abandonment situations and we have no info on parents. When we rescue puppies that have no background info, we make our very best educated guess as to breed mix and age. Our guesstimate comes from years and years and years of animal welfare work and training, but our guesses won't always agree with your vet, your neighbor, your DNA test, etc. The most important thing to know about your puppy's breed mix is that most likely he/she is a Super Lovable Mutt made of many many many different breeds.

The adoption fee is $550 if your adoption is prepaid prior to your pup's arrival. An additional $50 will be charged on puppies that are picked up from our Southbury CT adoption center, adopted at an event or foster home. This additional fee is necessary in order to comply with CT HB 5368.

If you are a MA resident, your new family member is required to go through a mandatory 48 hour quarantine period at the Woburn, MA isolation facility. Your new family member will be dropped off by our transport on Thursday and will be ready for you to pick him/her up on Saturday between 10am-noon. An additional $100 fee will be added for any dogs picked up from the Woburn, MA quarantine facility. This additional fee is necessary in order to comply with MA Order 405-CD-12 and Order 1-AHO-05.

TO APPLY PLEASE GO TO www.cprdogs.com. If your application was successfully submitted you will get a confirmation.

After receipt of your application, an adoption counselor will then be in touch to answer your questions about this pup, discuss the adoption process and get the ball rolling! If you have not heard from one of our volunteers within 5 days of submitting your application, please email mollibo@gmail.com.