Blackjack's story

　　Blackjack is a handsome 9 year old lab mix.

　　I had a family the past 9 years of my life, but they decided they did not want me anymore so they dropped me off at a high kill shelter. I lived outside most of the time, and received little to no attention. The neighbors continued to complain about my neglect, which is when my family decided they did not want to deal with others telling them how to treat me. At the high kill shelter I was told I was going to be put down because of my age, they did not think anyone would adopt me. I disagree with them, I am still very much a young dog and would love to spend the rest of my life with an actual loving family. With moments to spare I was tagged by All Aboard Animal Rescue. They must have seen the hope in my soulful eyes. Now I am ready to find my new family to give all the love I have!!

　　I am a very happy, and fun loving guy. I am not an old lazy dog as you might think. I love to play, go on walks, snuggle, and learn new tricks. Whoever said an old dog can't learn new tricks is wrong! I am learning how to get everyone to love me with kisses, and love. I would love to be a new companion and best friend to a loving family! I am a very good boy, that deserves all the love in the world!

　　From his foster: He is high energy, stands still only to eat and drink, hence the photos in my dog run.

　　Crate training and walking on leash is improving, but hes basically a food-motivated, cousin of Scooby Doo. He gets along well with dogs and humans , and very social toward humans. Very food motivated. He does not chew things indiscriminately, and did not chew his thick cloth crate pad/bed. He barks for only 5 minutes after being crated (in a room by himself) or when other dogs bark. He has a low tone big-dog protector kind of bark. He can walk 1/2 mile before getting winded, and can even jog a little while with this beautiful horse-type gait. Not a big toy lover, other than shredding pillows, but loves heads and neck rubs. Tolerates baths (10 minutes).

　　This sweet boy will be available at our adoption event this coming Saturday at the Fort Collins Petco 2211 S. College Ave from 10am-1pm. If you are interested in this friendly boy, please submit an application through our website aaanimalrescue.org. Please feel free to email with any questions [email protected].

　　Breed and size disclosure: As a rescue all of our dogs come to us from high-kill shelters or other rescues, so we do not get a lot of background or information on these dogs. We occasionally receive the mother with the puppies, but in most cases both parents are unknown. Because of this we do not know the full breeding of the dogs. We are required to list the dogs based on the breeds provided to us on their records, but they are all mixed breeds as far as we know, and we cannot guarantee the actual breeds of any of these dogs. Since the full breeding of the dogs is unknown we can also only give you an educated guess on the full-grown size of the dogs. All of the current information we have on the dogs is listed in their bio above. More information may be available at our adoption event, since a lot of the fosters turn in report cards on how the dog has done in their care when they drop them off.

　　Adoption Process: If you are interested in adopting from us, the first step of our adoption process is to fill out an application online at http://aaanimalrescue.org/adoption_app.html. It takes us 24-48 hours to process your application and get back to you, via email. Applications turned in Friday afternoon or Saturday morning will not be processed since we are preparing for or at our adoption event. We do have applications on site at our events, but are not always able to approve them at that time and many of the dogs will already have holds on them, so we suggest you fill out an application prior to attending an adoption event. We can place a hold on one dog per approved applicant after a deposit fee has been received, please do not ask to hold a dog if you have not turned in an application and been approved, for the first hour of our adoption event, so that they can get the first chance to meet and hopefully adopt that dog. After the first hour of the event all dogs are available on a first come, first serve basis. If you already have an approved application on file, there will just be more paperwork and the adoption fee at the event, but you will be able to take home the dog/puppy that day. Since we are foster based and do not have a location, our dogs are only available to meet at our events, unless otherwise noted.