Fiona was abandoned with her mate, Shrek, at the local train station in the middle of the jungle in Izamal, Mexico. She has lived there for over two years surviving on the generosity of strangers and on her own resourcefulness. At the beginning, there were three but her baby was run over in the parking lot. In the past eight months Fiona has been sterilized (spayed), vaccinated, tested and treated for any tick borne illness and has maintained a regiment of internal and external parasite medication. Fiona is independent and loyal at the same time. She loves belly rubs and a good roll in the grass. Fiona is looking for a safe space to call home and will pay you in kisses and affection. Fiona must be adopted with Shrek (see separate listing). They are both still in Mexico waiting for a forever family to rescue them.
When we have an approved adoption application for our adoptable dogs in Mexico, we arrange transport (on a commercial airplane) from Mexico to upstate New York. That process can take up to eight weeks (sometimes longer in the summer when there are flight restrictions based on the temperature outside) so we require patient adopters!
All of our dogs arrive sterilized, healthy, heartworm negative, current on all vaccinations and already on heartworm and flea/tick preventative. Our adoption fee of $400 per dog only partially covers our vet and transport fees as well as your first month of heartworm and flea and tick meds. Since Fiona must be adopted with Shrek, we are reducing the adoption fee to $250 each ($500 total).
Approved adopters must pay an initial $250 deposit. Once the dog has arrived in the U.S. you will have an opportunity to meet him/her before making a final decision. We do not want anyone to feel pressured into taking a dog that they do not think is right for them. If you don't think it will work after meeting the dog in person, we will refund your deposit. Once the adoption is completed, the remainder of the adoption fee is due. After the adoption, if the dog does not work out for any reason, it must come back to us (this is part of adoption contract). If the dog is returned in the first 30 days, the adoption fee will be refunded; after 30 days, the entire adoption fee is nonrefundable (but we still want the dog back if you do not want to keep him or her so we can find it a new home).
Our application process involved a pre-adoption home visit as well as a few follow up visits post-adoption so we generally will only accept applications from individuals who reside in upstate New York (within 1.5 hours of the Lake Placid area) or northern Vermont (Burlington area up through St. Albans). If you think an exception is warranted, let us know why. We don't require a fenced yard as a hard rule, but the lack of a fenced yard will certainly result in us taking a closer look at things. However, we do have a few hard rules: we will not adopt to anyone under the age of 21, anyone who is still in college, and anyone who does not own their home unless we can personally speak to the owner of the home or apartment and you have lived at that location for five years or longer. No exceptions on these.
If you are interested in finding out more about Fiona and Shrek and our adoption process, please send us an inquiry and be sure to tell us a little about yourself and why you are thinking about adopting a dog. Thank you for considering our adoptable dogs. Mexican street dogs make the best pets!
FIONA
Labrador Retriever
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Tupper Lake, New York
female, medium, adult
Labrador Retriever
Tupper Lake, New York
