Rocket American Staffordshire Terrier & Boxer Mix Watertown, CT

Rocket is waiting for his forevers at our Southbury CT adoption center. This happy fellow is about 7 months old and he is 35 pounds of pure love. He loves to play with other doggy friends and he loves to meet new nice humans. Like any young pitty mix, he can be high energy at times but after a good round of zoomies, he enoys a nice couch cuddle and a nap. He would love to be adopted by active people that will take him for walks, hikes, or other fun energy expending ventures.

Because of Rocket's exuberance and energy level, we feel like at this time he'll succeed best in a home with no pint sized screechy humans or humans who are unsteady on their feet. To help Rocket succeed in his new home, certified trainer Angelina Mueller has offered to do a free, private training session for Rocket if he is adopted around the Southbury area. Alternatively, we're also offering a $100 training incentive for an adopter who wishes to use a different trainer or is outside of Angelina's area. Upon submission of certified training, we'll refund $100 of his adoption fee. We're happy to provide trainer suggestions. Be sure to watch Rocket's video here and check him out on TikTok as well at https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLeaRb97/

Rocket 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.

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.

WANT TO MEET OUR DOGS IN PERSON? Check the Events tab on cprdogs.com for all weekend adoption event info. The majority of the dogs marked as 'meet me' will be there to see you!

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.

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 11 am-1 pm. 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 an automatically generated confirmation email.

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.