If you can delay surrendering your dog, or if you are able to rehome your dog to a new family on your own, please do so!īefore making an appointment for you to surrender your pet, we will ask: This is occurring in shelters across the country right now. We currently have a very high population of dogs, due to a higher-than-usual number of surrender requests combined with a lower-than-usual number of adoptions.
We understand that there will be emergency situations that require exceptions to be made. It also allows pet owners to prepare, by gathering medical documents and thinking through the surrender decision completely before actually bringing their pet in. We take in owner-surrendered pets by appointment this helps us serve our community best, by keeping the population in the shelter at humane levels. It helps shelter staff by allowing us to prepare in advance, and ensures that we have an open kennel available for an incoming pet. The Fairfax County Animal Shelter is an open access animal shelter, meaning that we accept owner-surrendered dogs, cats, and other companion animals in need, regardless of age, health, or behavior, from residents of Fairfax County.
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