General Adoption Info
Thank you for your interest in adopting an animal! Brother Wolf is facilitating adoptions by appointment, or you can visit us every Saturday 11-3 for open adoption hours. We are excited to help you through the process! You can see all of our available animals here. If you are wanting to adopt but would like to speak further with an adoption counselor, please fill out our dog adoption questionnaire or cat adoption questionnaire, and a staff member will be in touch with you to discuss next steps.
ADOPTION FEES
All animals receive a great deal of care during their stay at Brother Wolf. Adoption fees help cover a small portion of the costs associated with the basic care we provide and any additional medical or behavioral support.
Pets adopted from us (except for some small animals and reptiles) are spayed/neutered, tested for diseases, up to date on vaccinations, microchipped, and treated for parasites. Cats & Kittens are always two for the price of one!
Thanks to the generous support of Royal Canin, adoption fees in 2025 will be reduced by 50%. This meaningful initiative supports Brother Wolf’s rebuilding efforts and provides a helping hand to our community as we recover together from the devastation of Hurricane Helene.
Please see the discounted fees below!
$150 – Puppies (6 months & under)
$150 – Adult Dogs (under 25 pounds)
$50 – Adult Dogs (over 6 months & over 25 pounds)
$37 – Kittens (6 months & under)
$20 – Adult Cats (over 6 months)
Fee Waived – Cats and Dogs over 8 years
$25 – Ferrets, Chinchillas, Hedgehogs
$12 – Rabbits
$5 – Gerbils, Hamsters, Rats, and Guinea Pigs
Behavioral Adoptability Guidelines
At Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, we have a responsibility to make safe adoption placement decisions for the people and animals we share our community with. All of the dogs we care for are evaluated as individuals. We gather information about each dog from multiple sources (staff, foster placements, previous guardians, volunteers, etc.). While we evaluate each animal on a case-by-case basis, in general, Brother Wolf will not adopt out dogs who:
- Have a damaging bite history towards children or adults.
- Do not show warning signs before they attempt to bite.
- Have severely injured or killed another dog.
- Cannot be safely handled due to aggressive behaviors.
- Show offensive aggression towards humans (actively decreasing the distance between themselves and the person they are aggressing towards).
- Stalk children in a predatory manner.
- Show uninterruptible aggression towards other dogs.
- Show poor bite inhibition (degree to which dog moderates tooth contact in the case of a bite).
Cats too are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and, in general, Brother Wolf will not adopt out socialized, indoor “house” cats who show offensive aggression towards humans or who bite without provocation. Brother Wolf has a working cat program to place community/feral cats who have a history of living outdoors.
Bites that are determined to be fluke bites are not considered aggression. Fluke bites are bites by a dog that occur during uncommon circumstances that are not likely to be repeated (e.g. while in acute physical pain, while with puppies during lactation, while under sedation, etc.).
