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Our puppy adoption policy

At Albury Dog Rescue we are passionate about the importance of training and socialisation with young pups. Because of this we ask that all puppies adopted by us are booked into puppy pre school prior to adoption. Puppy preschool classes are generally held at a vet's surgery (in Albury Wodonga they are also held at Petstock).

All pups have a critical period for socialisation between 6 and 16 weeks and they need to safely be exposed to as many new experiences and dogs within this time as possible.

Puppy preschool not only assists with this but provides lots of valuable information for you about the care and training of your pup. Most puppy preschool classes will welcome the whole family to attend and train your new pup.

Page updated 31/7/10

We often have pregnant bitches and litters of young puppies surrendered to us by people who didn’t realise how much responsibility it is to ‘breed’ dogs.

These are difficult and expensive rescues for us, as they often need veterinary treatment and finding foster carers to take a pregnant bitch or litter of sickly, worm ridden pups is not easy.