Wolf Trap Animal Rescue Virginia, Rescue Puppies Md, and Washington Dc
Wolf Trap Animal Rescue Virginia, Rescue Puppies Md, and Washington Dc
To view our adoptable pets, please click the button below!
Includes the one-time non-refundable $25 Application Fee
Note: You MUST be at least 18 years old to submit an Adoption Application. If someone under 18 years of age attempts to submit an Adoption Application, the family/household as a whole will be automatically denied.
This tells our Adoption Team
you are ready to adopt today
You must know the name of the particular pet
you wish to meet
The Adoption Team will review your application
and notify you if there are any questions
Your Meet & Greet information is sent to the foster family within
1 to 2 business days
You will be contacted by the foster for virtual meet & greet.
Please allow the foster 24-48
hours to respond
In person meetings may be scheduled pending current COVID-19 recommendations
Fosters will notify you if you have been selected as the perfect fit for their foster
Please allow fosters up to two weeks on final decision, as they are coordinating several meet & greet requests
Wolf Trap Animal Rescue Adoption Team will contact
you on next steps to complete adoption agreement & what to expect for Transfer Day
After the foster pet receives a final health check, you will meet with the
foster and take your new pet home!
Note: An adopter MUST take ownership of the pet ON THE SCHEDULED TRANSFER DAY.
If an adopter cannot attend the scheduled transfer day, they can re-schedule adoption on any Tuesday-Thursday, at WTAR HQ between 10AM-3PM for an additional fee.
All available pets listed on the website are available for adoption by Meet & Greet requests. Once the quota for requests has been reached (typically 3), the individual pet will be removed from the website. Follow us on Instagram to see transport/intake announcements. All of our fosters have priority in adoption as well as deciding which home they feel is the most ideal scenario for our pets through Meet & Greet interviews.
You can view all pets on our website, as well as transport/intake preview photos on our Instagram, where we will announce available pet postings (which may be on our website as early as 6:00AM!) to see available pets and request a Meet & Greet. If the pet is no longer available for adoption, the pet will be removed from the website.
All pets in the current home must be up to date on vaccinations and spay/neutered
Adopters must submit proof of visit with a veterinarian within 14 days of adoption
If puppy is under 4 months of age, you must be in a situation where the puppy is not left unattended for >5 hours at a time
The current adoption fee for puppies (under 2 years old) is $525. For adult dogs (over 2 years old), the fee is $485. The adoption fee for cats/kittens is $225.
Adoption fees help us provide advanced medical care, including fecal exams and parvo tests (>$100 value) for each puppy upon entry to the organization.
All dogs over 6 months of age are heartworm tested in addition to heartworm screening by reference labs to increase testing reliability and accuracy, reduce potential “false negatives” due to immune complex formations, and aid in knowing heartworm status to determine best course of treatment.
All dogs >5 years of age have fecal exams, giardia tests, and baseline bloodwork (body & organ function screen).
Adoption fees are payable by credit card only.
This fee covers:
Innovative, state of the art pediatric spay & neuter procedures
Advanced vaccinations with breakthrough Recombitek technology
Microchip with automatic registration and lifetime membership
Deworming, flea/tick control, heartworm prevention
Post-adoption Insurance (30 days) upon activation
This fee is not meant to cover a per-pet basis, but to cover the costs of all overhead expenses required to rescue these pets. This includes transport, personal protective equipment, employee expenses, medical expenses for critical care pets, food, and all foster supplies provided while in foster care – including our foster program in Mississippi (WTAR South). It also includes WTAR exclusive 30-days of accidental/incidental health insurance for your new pet; effective starting midnight the day of adoption upon activation by the adopter.
No. Potential adopters are screened by their application, interviews by the foster, and the requirement of a Veterinary visit within 14 days. If you do not submit proof of a veterinary health visit within 14 days of adoption, your ownership of the animal is forfeited back to Wolf Trap Animal Rescue.
