Adidas - shorthaired orange tabby
Age: 3.5 years.
Qualities: Adidas was returned with his brother Reebok for people health reasons. They enjoy playing together and relish watching birds and lizards through a screen door and love a handful of treats at bedtime.
Fee: $45 for one or both.
Contact: The Animal League of Green Valley at 625-3170 or talgv.org
Meet: TALGV, 1600 W. Duval Mine Road, Green Valley, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. daily.
Curtis—black Lab mix
Age: 19 months.
Qualities: Curtis is a lovable good sport, and his handlers say he is one of the smartest dogs they've known. He's 56 pounds of eager to play and eager to please.
Fee: $85.
Contact: The Animal League of Green Valley.
Hardy—Domestic Short-hair Mix
Age: 5 months.
Qualities: Litter-box trained Hardy came to us from no fault of his own, and now he’s waiting for the loving indoor home of his dreams!
Fee: $50, but during National Adoption Weekend —Nov. 13-15 – his fee, and all PACC pets’ adoption fees, are $20.
Contact: Pima Animal Care Center, 724-5900. 4000 N. Silverbell Road, noon-7 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Closed the last Sunday of every month.
Meet: Hardy at Petsmart at Grant and Swan ..........
Subwoofer—Chihuahua
ID No.: A540037.
Age: 3 years.
Qualities: Animal Care Officer Adam Kirby rescued Subwoofer as a stray from the road after she had been part of a traffic accident. She is a tiny bundle of love who would make an excellent lap dog.
Fee: $30, plus a $16 standard dog license, but just $20 during National Adoption Weekend.
Handsome Howie—Persian
Age: 6 years.
Qualities: Howie is very sweet and loves attention. He is great with dogs and other cats.
Fee: $125.
Contact: Call SAFE (Saving Animals From Euthanasia) at 349-8637, safeanimals.com
Meet: SAFE has dog adoptions at Petco, 5405 E. Broadway, and cat adoptions at Petco, 5625 E. River Road between 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Sasha—Dachsund Mix
Age: 3 years.
Qualities: Sweet Sasha deserves a family that will love her dearly and provide the structure and guidance she needs. She loves people and will be forever devoted to whoever opens their heart and home to this little one. Sasha is learning basic manners and leash skills and would do best in a home committed to continuing her training. She would do best with a mellow, non-reactive dog and would be perfectly happy being an only child as well. Sasha is crate-trained, house-trained, vaccinated, spayed, and micro-chipped.
Needs: No cats.
Fee: $125.
Contact: Bridge Rescue at brdgrescue@gmail.com or call 520-390-6904.
Jeff—Russian Blue DMH
Age: 4 months.
Qualities: He and his brother, Mutt, ,are the medium length hair males of their litter. They stick together and are quite a striking pair of gents! Jeff loves to be held and loved and brushed—and he likes to play and snuggle up to Mutt and his humans.
Needs: an indoor-only home, and of course, lots of love.
Fee: $50.
Contact: Paws Patrol in Green Valley at 207-4024 or greenvalleypawspatrol.org
Coca—DSH tabby
Age: 9 years.
Qualities: This very sweet and cuddly lady is affectionate and curious, and loves attention. She will chat with you and follow you around. She gets along great with people, older children and other kitties.
Needs: Because Coca is FeLV+ she needs to be an only kitty, or homed with other FeLV+ kitties, in order to protect her immune system.
Fee: $35
Contact: The Hermitage Cat Shelter, 5278 E. 21st St., 571-7839 or hermitagecats.org
Meet: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; closed Sunday-Monday.
JOSHUA – GOLDEN RETRIEVER
Age: 6 years.
Qualities: This boy is very mellow and sweet. He gets along with cats and other dogs.
Needs: Joshua has had other dogs as company his entire life, and he needs a home where there is another dog. He is overweight, but his foster mom has been working on slimming him down. He is a little low on energy, largely because he is overweight. He would love a forever home with caring humans and another dog.
Fee: $250.
Contact: Southern Arizona Golden Retriever Rescue, sagrr.org/available-dogs, or call 792-4653.
Casper—Chihuahua and Beagle mix
Age: 10 weeks.
Qualities: Casper is overloaded with puppy cuteness. While his mix of breeds is unknown, he looks like he will be a small dog when he is full grown. Casper is in a wonderful foster home and he is thriving there. Because he is so young, Casper will be “foster-to-adopt” until he is neutered.
Fee: $225.
Contact: Southern Arizona Beagle Rescue, 247-7720 or soazbeaglerescue.com
Morris—Greyhound
Age: 2 years.
Qualities: Morris is a very handsome greyhound who is white with red markings. Morris is a real people dog and seems to like children and everyone else. He will even greet you at the front door! He is always ready to go some place — any place and loves his morning walks!! He loves to play and will throw his stuffy toys around especially his purple dragon! So if you're looking for plenty of entertainment and a real loving and well-behaved dog Morris is your guy!
Needs: To be in a home with no small dogs or cats.
Fee: $300.
Contact: Southern Arizona Greyhound Adoption, 955-7421. Or fill out an adoption application at sagreyhoundadoption.org
Cisco and Rocky—DSH Seal Point Siamese
Age: 15 years.
Qualities: Cisco and Rocky are friendly older boys who are a bonded pair of brothers. HOPE rescued them from PACC after their humans took them there because they needed some medical care. They receive some medication for urinary issues but are otherwise very healthy seniors. Cisco and Rocky are a pair and need to be adopted together. Could yours be the home they need?
Contact: Hope Animal Shelter, 792-9200 or hopeanimalshelter.net
Meet: Noon-4 p.m., Friday-Sunday, 8950 N. Joplin Lane, Marana.
Gizmo —Chihuahua/Jack Russell Terrier mix
Age: 3 years.
Qualities: Gizmo is kind of a shy guy before you get to know him, but he really loves people and sitting in a lap. Gizmo gets along with other small dogs.
Needs: Gizmo was hurt when he was a puppy, so he has a limp. It's possible that he may need surgery sometime in the future, but for now it helps him to take glucosamine and Omega 3s. HOPE has been giving him those supplements.
Fee: $105.
Contact: HOPE Animal Shelter.
