PLEASE NOTE! Unless stated otherwise, our dogs and puppies are located in Arkansas, and transported to the north/northeast once adopted. We do occasionally have dogs/puppies placed in foster homes in the north/northeast. In the cases where the pet is somewhere other than Arkansas, it will be noted beside the name of the pet.

Hi frenz! I'm Ava. The rescue folks rescued me from the shelter recently. Im a 2 year old Lab mix. My foster mama says i might be mixed with Setter or Shepherd. I don't know about that. They say I'm ready to find my family now.i had a family once. I remember the day they came and picked me out and took me home. I really like it there and they gave me all kinds of attention! I tried my best to be a good girl. And I was a very good girl. I learned quickly to not potty in the house. I learned to sleep quietly in my crate. I found out that I LOVE car rides and learned to sit in the car nicely. I tried my best to do all the things to make my family happy. But then everyone got busy and kind of forgot how much they loved me. I got left at home alone a lot. I missed running with them and playing with then in the yard. Im an energetic girl and I like to stay in shape, and suddenly I wasn't getting much exercise. Not getting enough attention and exercise made me a little anxious. I didn't know what to do about these feelings and chewed up some things in the house. I don't know why I wasn't crated while my people were gone. It made them all really mad at me when they came home and saw what I had done. That made me even more anxious. Then they started making me stay outside alone and that was all new to me because before, they were always out there with me. I got so bored out there alone. So then I learned how to dig holes in the ground. Big holes, small holes, deep holes, shallow holes. I dug them all. This made my family really mad. I didn't mean to. I didn't know it was wrong. I tried to gain their forgiveness by giving extra loves when they allowed me to. I thought they had forgiven me the day they took me for a car ride. I was extra excited because I love car rides and this must mean they weren't mad at me anymore. But then we came to a strange place. They walked me inside on my leash. I walked extra good to show them im still a good girl. But then they handed my lease to someone else and after the humans talked for a while, my family left. I watched them drive away, and I watched until I couldn't see them any more. I thought they would be back. I kept watching for them. Then that day turned into the next day, then weeks and months. One month lead to the next and before I knew it I had been there for 4 months. I started to lose hope and was really sad, missing my family. Then someone called "Rescue" came and got me and I got to go for another car ride! Rescue said I'm one of the lucky ones because I had something called a "foster" that could take me. I didn't know where they were taking me but I was happy to be on an adventure! Then later that same day I got to meet "foster mom" and "foster dad" and boy, did I like them! I'm at their house now and they tell me all the time that I'm a good girl. I'm nice to the other dogs here and I don't chase the cat either, or really pay him any attention at all. Fosters put me in my crate when they can't be with me. I don't really like my crate but I've come to accept it because I know it keeps me safe and makes it so I don't make another bad choice and chew something I shouldn't. They tell me I'm only gonna be here for a little while because there's a forever family out there somewhere, just waiting to find me. Here I am! I really hope my forever family will run and play with me or have another active dog for me to play with because I really like to play and exercise. It helps me feel calmer. I'm trying my best and I'm really excited to find my forever family and love them for the rest of my life! Avas info: Located in Arkansas. Transport to the northeast is available. Adopter would need to be able to arrange for someone to pick her up from the transporter on a Friday at one of the following locations/times: Harrisburg, PA 1:45 AM Port Jervis, NJ 5AM Southington, CT 8AM East Hartford, CT 12 noon To apply: https://form.jotform.com/212690945239059 Please be sure everyone in the home is ready to adopt before you apply and able to accept her within a week of applying. Message us or email apps.aasr@gmail.com with any questions.

Our typical adoption fee for puppies younger than 6 months old is $400, and for older puppies and adults, the usual fee is $350. This includes microchip, spay/neuter,  up to date on age appropriate vaccinations, dewormings, flea/tick treatment, and heartworm test (if over 6 months old) as well as heartworm treatment if they test positive. There is a transport fee of $150 per dog, depending on the transporter. We use Pack Leaders Rescue Dog Transport most often, but also use Hearts Transport as well on occasion.

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For more info regarding adopting, email apps.aasr@gmail.com

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