Please meet our current adoptable dogs! All of our dogs are adult rescues. Canela and Sasha are available for adoption in the Greater Toronto Area and surrounding area. Snoopy and Estelita have just arrived! They are settling into their foster homes here, they will be vetted locally, micro-chipped and assessed behaviourally prior to adoption. Their profiles are below, please check back for their availability.
For dogs that are still in Colombia, you must be able to cover travel costs to Toronto, including the flight, crate, an international medical certificate and any duties to be paid on arrival. We make the flight arrangements, complete all of the paperwork and pick up the dogs at the airport. These direct adoptions are suitable only for guardians/families with lots of dog experience and time to commit to the process.
We are always looking for volunteers travelling to Colombia and back that are willing to help. It's pretty simple: someone from the rescue will meet you at the airport in Colombia with the dog, and when you land, one of our Canadian volunteers will be there to pick up the dog. The rescue covers all costs and provides the necessary paperwork for customs that indicates you are volunteering for a registered NFP. It's a great way to help a dog in need without a long-term commitment -- cargo flights are very expensive -- this makes it easier and more affordable for Canadian families to adopt one of these amazing mutts! Please contact us if you'd like to know more about how you can help.
A SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING ADOPTION FEES: The average cost to spay/neuter, vaccinate, transport each dog to Toronto and foster locally is around $1,200 per dog. The adoption fees we quote are the bare minimum we need to charge in order to continue our operations. We do our best to fund-raise the difference but as a small not-for-profit it’s not always possible. If you adopt from us and are happy with your adoption and are in a position to help we gratefully accept any additional amount you are able to provide so that we can continue helping more dogs find their forever homes.
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Estelita's a little star!Estelita was rescued from a median in a busy road, she spent a few days there, frozen in terror, before a kind person rescued her and contacted our rescue in Bogota.
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Meet Mr. Snoops!Snoopy was rescued from the street in an area of Bogota where there are many homeless dogs. He'd been wandering the area for awhile and was filthy, hungry and matted when a kind resident finally picked him up and contacted our rescue.
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Canela: Spicy & a little bit sweet!**ADOPTION PENDING** Canela was rescued from the street in an industrial part of Bogota. Workers in the area reported seeing her there for several weeks, alone. Some kind people fed her and she slept in one of the factory doorways every night -- constantly at risk of being hit by a car, attacked by larger dogs or unkind people who view these dogs as pests.
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Sasha is really special!**ADOPTION PENDING** Sasha comes to us from a rescue called Collares Rojos in the Dominican Republic that does amazing work there. She was found abandoned with a litter of pups that had sadly all passed away. She made her way to Canada and is now in foster care in Toronto. She is ADORABLE with the biggest ears you have ever seen and such a kind and gentle soul.
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This is Valiente! Valiente was rescued from life at the end of a chain on a trout farm in La Calera where he was a guard dog. His rescuers convinced his previous owners that this was no life for him. He'd had very little human contact for a long time.
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This big guy is called Boris!Boris and his brother were rescued from a bad situation. They're great guys and his brother has found a home in Colombia, but no one has been interested in big Boris, which is a real shame because he's a gorgeous and very kind dog.
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