Farley

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FARLEY was adopted out late last year and just returned because his owner lost their housing and are unable to take him with them. He's a "big doofus" and loves people including kids, and enjoys other dogs, too. He's a shepherd mix and is a year and a half old and right around 60 lbs. He's fully vetted and ready for adoption! 6/24/25 He just had the bad luck of being adopted and returned AGAIN through no fault of his own - he loves all dogs but the resident dog there wasn't a fan of Farley. 🤪 One other thing to note about Farley if you have neighbors with dogs he might see through a fence - although he is great WITH other dogs, he is NOT great seeing other dogs on the other side of a fence. Face to face and playing - fine! Across a barrier, he goes crazy barking and looks like a different dog. 👉 Adoption fee INCLUDES: all vetting to age (including deworming, flea & tick etc), spay/neuter and microchip (if the dog is under 6 months, alter and chip will occur after they're 6 months, covered in full at our clinic or reimbursed partially at a vet of your choosing). If the dog is older than 6 months and not yet altered, we will schedule ASAP (normally within 30 days) at our clinic . We also provide as an incentive a $60 rebate for completion of positive-based training classes. Adoption also includes lifetime support of the rescue. 💜 Please click PURPLE BUTTON above to apply or go to www.secondhanddogrescue.com/apply ! ✍ APPLICATION PROCESSING: We do most application processing virtually and dog meets will be individually by appointment with ONLY APPROVED APPLICANTS. We are not a shelter and are completely volunteer foster-based, so there is no central place to come see all of the dogs available. 📌 IMPORTANT NOTES: ** Housetraining with rescues is sometimes a work in progress and even if a dog is 100% in a foster's home, it should be expected there will be an adjustment period as a dog adapts to a new environment. This is even more true if the dog has not by chance had their altering appointment at time of adoption. ** Also, we highly recommend some form of 2-week shutdown and decompression for dogs going to a new home for best results. --> Lastly, breed guesses in rescue are just that (GUESSES!!) 99.9% of the time. We do not do DNA testing and our breed guesses are based on appearance and sometimes other traits, but we know the dog breed guessing game is a fool's errand even for those with LOTS of experience. 🗺ADOPTION AREA: Several hour radius of Rochester, NY (Canada within 3hrs IS allowed), except the young puppies need to be old enough to have gotten their rabies vaccination in order to cross the border- usually around 16 weeks).

If you have any questions or would like to adopt Farley, please reach out to the adoption group directly. PetSmart Charities does not facilitate the adoption process. Thank you.