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PITTSBURGH, PA (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - The first of the 117 dogs rescued from a Ross Township home last month was adopted from Animals Friends on Friday.
It’s the largest group of dogs Animal Friends in Ohio Township has ever received at one time. Most of the dogs are Australian Shepherds, Border Collies and golden retriever mixes. 25 of them are puppies.
Over 700 adoption applications have been submitted for the dogs that Animal Friends employees and volunteers are working to treat and train.
Animal Friends is asking for hopeful adopters to consider the conditions in which the dogs came from before putting in an adoption application.
“The conditions they lived in were deplorable and no training was provided to them – even in regard to housebreaking. These dogs have no concept of only going to the bathroom outdoors,” Animal Friends said in a Facebook post. “They’ll need an understanding family who knows that accidents in your home are going to happen. They are also still very new to wearing collars and leashes, so their adopters will need to use positive reinforcement methods to find success in their training.”
Several of the animals were suffering from fleas and some medical conditions.
Over 700 adoption applications have been submitted for the dogs that Animal Friends employees and volunteers are working to treat and train.
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