North Shore Animal League

When is the best time to go and adopt? I want to go this weekend and want to miss the crowd.

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I went on a sunday afternoon once, no crowd but depends on what your looking to adopt. Dog or puppy? puppies their may not be any left, Dogs then they are always there.

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Posted by BabySammie

I went on a sunday afternoon once, no crowd but depends on what your looking to adopt. Dog or puppy? puppies their may not be any left, Dogs then they are always there.

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Posted by MsMBV

Posted by BabySammie

I went on a sunday afternoon once, no crowd but depends on what your looking to adopt. Dog or puppy? puppies their may not be any left, Dogs then they are always there.

ITA Also, their policy is not to *hold* a dog, so if you are interested, be prepared to leave with the dog. Bring a vet's name & your references with you & make sure that the references will be available at that time to take the call.

Good luck

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Posted by MsMBV

Posted by BabySammie

I went on a sunday afternoon once, no crowd but depends on what your looking to adopt. Dog or puppy? puppies their may not be any left, Dogs then they are always there.

ITA Also, their policy is not to *hold* a dog, so if you are interested, be prepared to leave with the dog. Bring a vet's name & your references with you & make sure that the references will be available at that time to take the call.

Good luck

I have to bring a vet's name? Ok I guess I have to research vet's now.

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Posted by GossipQueen

Posted by MsMBV

Posted by BabySammie

I went on a sunday afternoon once, no crowd but depends on what your looking to adopt. Dog or puppy? puppies their may not be any left, Dogs then they are always there.

ITA Also, their policy is not to *hold* a dog, so if you are interested, be prepared to leave with the dog. Bring a vet's name & your references with you & make sure that the references will be available at that time to take the call.

Good luck

I have to bring a vet's name? Ok I guess I have to research vet's now.

it helps. They have a vet they refer to, but it does help your app if you already have one.

Any area you would want the vet? I have several that I know around LI.

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Merrick Veterinary Group on Sunrise Highway.

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I have a great vet, but hes on Hempstead tpke in uniondale, across from coliseum.. hes wonderful with my fathers dog.

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North Shore will require atleast 2 references and a vet check, and you're not leaving until they get a hold of all of them. It can take hours, atleast those were my two experiences.

Did you try Bide-a-wee or Town of Hempstead animal shelter? Both are in wantagh. They are very close to you. Just a suggestion. You could always check it out, see what they have.

Good Luck finding a pet.

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also the little shelter, i think its in huntington.. I heard good things about them.

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Park Animal Hospital on Sunrise in Massapequa Pk, is great...dr. schroll and sparacino.

Good Luck at NSAL, that is where we got our Jessi

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little shelter is one of the best shelters. they keep unwanted dogs and unadoptable dogs in a seperate kennel so dogs aren't euthanized. they don't always have puppies, but they do have tons of dogs. i definetely recommend them

depending on the type of dog you're mostly looking for, I think I could help you out and gear you towards the right shelter.

I definetely recommend Town Shelter in Wantagh or in Port Washington because those dogs are the first to be euthanized so you'll really be saving a life where as Little Shelter, NSAL & bideawee are non kill shelters.

Bideawee is awesome too but doesn't really have that many dogs. They're located right next door to the Wantagh town shelter so you can hit both spots at once

NSAL does take a bit but you can get pre screened and even if you don't see a dog you like then, you have up until 3 months to find a dog and not have to go through the process all over again. The best time to go would be friday morning. they get all of their puppies around then and you'd get your first pick pretty much. I've gone on Monday mornings and they have like 5 puppies left. They always have great adult dogs though.

Good luck and if you need any more help let me know

p.s. I adopted Jameson from the Town Shelter in Huntington (it's called LAP) and they're great. She came with her rabies shot, food, license & collar/leash.

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Any updates?

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I actually went to bideawee with a friend to adopt a cat today. They had some nice dogs. They had (2) 9 week old puppies that were adorable. They are on petfinder.com

Aren't they cute! I was strong, I left without them

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Any updates?

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Posted by GossipQueen

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Any updates?

No updates. I didn't get to go yesterday. Hopefully I will have some news this week.

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We Went to North Shore on a rainy miserabe Sunday afternoon. The place was empty. We got to play with our puppy for a long time before adopting her.

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we adopted a puppy in OCtober. We went on a Sunday morning. We needed 2 references, they only called the first one. They did not ask us for a vets name.

I suggest you go early because the puppies get adopted fast on weekends

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I got my cat at Little Shelter. I highly recommend them. I have been to alot of shelters and this place was great for us. We got a great cat there. We needed the name of the vet we were going to use and 2 references.

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we got Shea at NSAL... you have to go in the mornings... we actually called up and asked when they were getting a shipment of puppies and they told us! they had a ton!

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Posted by MsMBV

Merrick Veterinary Group on Sunrise Highway.

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I got my chester from North Shore 5 years ago. He is healthy, happy & one of the best things that have ever happened to me!
Good luck finding a new best friend!

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Merrick Veterinary Group on Sunrise Highway.

Don't go here. FM for details if you'd like.

Go to South Bellmore Vet Group on Merrick Road in Bellmore. The doctors are great, and the facility is pristine.

TRUST me.