Adoption

Mesa County Animal Services makes every effort to ensure that each animal offered for adoption is the kind of animal you would want as a pet for your family. It is impossible to guarantee that each animal is perfect. In fact, we find they are often better, more loving pets because of their imperfections. However, because we care about your safety, we assess each animal for our adoption program using several different tools. We consider the behavior of the animal as reported by its former owner or by its behavior with our staff. Our staff utilizes the ASPCA Safer behavior assessment program. No test is a guarantee of future behavior, but we select animals for adoption that have no history or indication of aggressive behavior towards other animals or people.
Adoptors are reminded and encouraged that should they encounter behavioral issues with their recently adopted pet, it is reccomended that they contact Mesa County Animal Services for possible assistance or resources that may be available to address behavioral issues that may arise after a recent adoption.
