All volunteers must be at least 18 years old unless accompanied by a parent.

We try to limit our intake to pets that come from Dallas Animal Services (DAS). You may want to take your stray to DAS, and let us know it is there. In addition, there are many shelters you can consult to see if they have capacity. You may also want to keep the stray and enroll it in our Guest Dog and Cat Program.

We ask that you care for the dog or cat as if it were your own – integrating it and socializing it within your home and family. We ask that you bring the pet to at least two adoption events a month. We pay for vaccinations, heartworm, spay/neuter and all veterinary care. Because we do not have a shelter, the temporary home you provide for an animal is a life saving act.

The adoption fee varies between $100 and $300.

This is a program where you keep the pet in your home and bear responsibility for its food, vaccinations and veterinary care. We can help you obtain low cost spay/neuter services. We will “market” the pet for you on our web site and on PetFinder with photos, videos and information you provide. We encourage you to bring the pet to our adoptions so that potential adopters can meet the pet, and we will send any potential adopters who contact us to you. You can learn more about our guest dog and cat program here.

You can email us at [email protected], and we will make sure you connect with the pet! For instance, if we know you want to meet a particular dog, we connect you at one of our adoption events or a private get-to-know-you session.

Approximately 80% of our dogs and cats come from Dallas Animal Services.

Like many volunteer rescue organizations, PAWS does not have a physical shelter. The pets we rescue from the municipal shelter or from other life-threatening situations are housed in foster homes or boarding/training facilities.