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Since we are volunteer run, pet specific questions through email cannot be answered -- please call during open hours. Before inquiring, you must read all our application / adoption rules by clicking HERE.

Since our dogs are exercised in huge grass kennels with a compatible buddy, they do get dirty this time of year so we highly recommend you request the dog be groomed prior to going home.

$50 adoption fee includes vaccinations, worming, vet exam, microchip, 2 free months pet insurance & many pets are already spayed/neutered!

Isn't there anyone out there who could give an old coondog a great rest of her life....please? Just look at my eyes, I'm begging you to adopt me! One of my eyes looks a little 'droopy' but nothing to be worried about, it's just how I am and doesn't affect my vision by any means. I was a stray girl who came into CCHS with another hound, Blue, but because she was younger, she was adopted quicker. I'm about 8 yrs old. I know no one wants a dog who is older, but don't I deserve a home? It's not my fault I'm homeless but actually any home I get this time around I know will be much better than the previous. See I was used to raise puppies and no one ever did a thing with me. I actually had so many litters of puppies my tummy is so stretched out I still look pregnant. My family really did not spend time with me or teach me a single command...which is what people seem to require if they are going to even consider an older dog. CCHS thinks maybe since I was older they assumed I wasn't worth feeding since maybe I couldn't breed anymore so they dumped me off to starve and die...at least they didn't have to kill me I'm sure they thought so they were no 'animal killer'. I was never really a pet though to them, just some dog outside, without training, without love, without friends and without much good in my life as they ripped my tiny pups from me...who knows maybe they didn't even name me.

As you can see in the photo, I've been with CCHS for quite some time, back in November I came in. All I want is a home. The shelter has been so good to me, getting me spayed, feeding me quality food, providing fresh water all the time and keeping me tick free for once in my life...but I need a family to love me, couldn't you help me out? Because I am a hound though, everyone thinks we're uncontrollable barkers, and I'm not. I bark just as any other dog will bark, actually less than most of the other shelter dogs do! However, I do have the hound voice, which no one seems to like. Hounds are known to be hard to handle on a leash, jumping on you, pulling you around and chasing after anything in site as they bark & take off. I'm not that way at all though! Maybe I was hunted, but CCHS doesn't think so. They honestly think my life was spent either in a pen 24/7 or at the end of a chain which people in our area so often do since dogs are property, not part of the family. Even if I was hunted though, I do not want that life anymore. But since I may from time to time follow my nose, I'm probably not the type of girl who would be able to be loose outside as I may take an adventure or two. I want to live a luxury life this time around with a couch to lounge on and a snuggly bed to sleep in. I leashwalk quite well and barely pull on a leash at all. I actually acted as if life was not worth living until CCHS rescued me. I'm happy, but I never really am excited about anything. I just lay on my bed as family after family say "we don't want an old hound dog" to their kids. My big floppy ears can sure hear, but I just wait. After all, CCHS tells me each day that the best things in life are worth waiting for, so an A+ home must be coming up eventually. If you can give these sad eyes a great home, please contact the shelter. I'm the longest dog at the shelter because my age & breed and if you can look past those things, I would be such a thankful girl for the next 7+ yrs.

I'm just such a gentle girl without a mean bone in my body. I'm such a sweet listener too who will even cock my head to the side sometimes when you talk to me. CCHS doesn't know if i'm completely housebroken, but I'm doing excellent on keeping my kennel clean now...so it shouldn't be much work at all....we could work on it together. I get along super with other dogs and even though i'm very calm and don't jump on people, I do enjoy a good romp around outside with a buddy, so it's not as if i'm so lazy I will never move around! I am very healthy now my vet says and if you can spare some love in your heart, I'll be such a good girl for you! I just need a home that is going to look past my age, my breed and my slight timidness. CCHS says I was abused which is why I usually go in the corner of my kennel if they give me a toy...I'm afraid it is going to be thrown at me, but i'm learning each day to trust more and more...however I am quite scared in new situations, but i'll adjust with time provided I have a great family to love. I'm not a 'scared dog' just timid with really loud sounds (i'll duck sometimes), squeeky toys, and people who have me a in a small place like my kennel and jump around or wave their arms around and talk really loud....I just prefer to going in the corner to be safe. Getting me a crate if possible would probably make me feel secure in the beginning since it would be my own place. But please please please consider adopting me soon before I have to celebrate my 9th birthday at the shelter!

Please remember to call in questions. And again, you must read our application / adoption procedure before inquiring by clicking HERE.