About PETE

PETE :-) 'Peter Cottontail' as it may -- Pete is a stumpy tail cattledog with a black cottonball-like tail �'�|.and he sometimes runs like a bunny. Pete came into the rescue after being attacked from other dogs on one of the reservations we work with. He's about a year old and the poor guy was torn to pieces. We took him in, had the vet work on him a few days and he's been healing in foster care since. All his wounds have healed nicely and he's beginning to show an interest in playing. We've noticed his back legs sometimes 'hop' together when he runs. It doesn't bother him or interfere with his daily explorations, but we suspect this may have been possibly from an old injury. It is improving, for instance when he walks now he no longer bunny hops. It is not painful and he gets around just fine. But because of this we currently list him as a special needs bunny dog. He is a very happy guy, loves to eat and very affectionate. His adoption fee includes his neutering, vaccine series, rabies, deworm, microchip. He was born on a reservation. He's approx 1 yr old. General Adoption Policies: * Email [email protected] prior to filling out an application. Please do not call or text. * Let us know if you're just shopping around with several shelters and rescues. * Application approvals can take up to 1 week. * No young children for our adoptions please. * Current pets must be disclosed and discussed prior to adoption. * If you have current pets, an introduction is required prior to actual adoption. * An adoption is not finalized until there has been an introduction to the home/home visit to ensure it is a good fit. * We only adopt to Central ABQ, Santa Fe, Los Alamos and Rio Rancho - no out of area adoptions please. * We appreciate staying in touch periodically - social media, pics, holiday cards, videos, etc. :) COVID-19 Policies/Practices: * We follow COVID-19 safety practices including masks, social distancing, hand washing and sanitation. * We are not currently conducting adoption events. * A zoom meeting or phone call will be required for all adoptions. * We are not conducting in-person home inspections prior to adoption, so pics/videos of your home and pet living & sleeping areas, gates/fencing/yard and current pets are required for application approval instead. * If your application is approved, we will bring the animal to your house to do an introduction to the family, home and current pets. Please use your own standard 6' leash. We will wait outside and can speak via phone/video to ensure there are no issues before mutually approving the adoption. * You will need to follow our instructions to introduce the new pet to your existing pets, and take precautions and responsibility if any issues come up between your pet and the new pet you are introducing. If, by chance, an altercation were to occur during introduction, you must be capable of separating the animals and you are responsible for any veterinary/medical care and expenses to you/your pet. * Masks will be required for both parties. * We are no longer able to do multi-dog/cat meet & greets or bring multiple animals to your house to choose from. Maximum pet intro now is limited to two. * To limit exposure during this pandemic we appreciate if you would make your decision to adopt during our meet and greet. Thank you!

Sandoval County
Pena Blanca, New Mexico