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Do not forget to bring your pets inside when it is too cold outside. IF IT IS TOO COLD FOR YOU, IT IS TOO COLD FOR THEM! The law says: During cold weather, a dog shelter must have a windbreak at its entrance and have bedding material that is sufficient to protect the animal from cold and promote the retention of body heat.
Breed: Hound mix?
Sex: Male
Age: Adult
Size: Medium
Color: Tricolor
Coat: Smooth
Notes: This intact male Hound was found. He is not sick or injured, just exhausted. If this your dog please contact the Animal Shelter on 804 443 0726.
Stray awaiting owner reclaim
This dog is being held so that the owner has time to claim it.
If this is your dog or you know who owns him or where he lives, please contact Essex County Animal Shelter on 804-443-0726. If this is your dog, proof of ownership is required at time of release.Dogs are claimed, adopted and rescued everyday so please contact us to check that this dog is available.
Click here to check this dog is still available (Facebook)
The adoption fee is $45 which includes a rabies vaccination.
Virginia law says that we have to keep a dog for 5 days (10 days if the dog has a collar) so that the owner can claim it before we can put the dog up for adoption. If you are interested in a particular dog before its available date please contact us.
Tappahannock Essex County Animal Shelter (TECAS) does not do same day adoptions. You must fill in an Adoption Application Form. Your application will be reviewed and we will telephone the applicant, usually within 72 hours, to let you know that your application has been approved or denied.
Click here for the Adoption Application Form- Each pet is required to be vaccinated for rabies within seven days of adoption, if it is four months of age or older. Rabies vaccination is required for each pet, upon turning four months of age.
- Every new owner of a pet adopted from Essex County Animal Shelter shall have the pet sterilized within thirty days of the pet turning six months of age, or within thirty days if the pet is over six months of age.
- Out of state adoptions must be spayed or neutered before leaving Virginia.
- Return of the proper paperwork (sterilization and rabies certificates) to is required within seven days of sterilization.
- State law requires that all dogs and cats be vaccinated for rabies.