Welcome to Great Pyrenees Rescue of Northern California!
If this is your first time visiting us we hope you find what you are looking for! If not, please let us know. We are proud of our new site and welcome your comments. We are proud to be Ambassadors for Purina's Rally To Rescue Program.
The dogs pictured on this site are available for adoption through Great Pyrenees Rescue of Northern California. To be eligible to adopt one of these rescue dogs you must:
- Live in Northern California (south of the Oregon Border, north of Bakersfield) or in the Reno, Nevada area.
- Have fencing secure enough to confine a Great Pyrenees.
- Fill out an adoption request .
- Have a telephone interview with a Director of the Great Pyrenees Rescue of Northern California after your application has been received .
- Travel to the foster home where the dog in which you are interested is being housed to meet with the dog and its foster family.
- Pay an adoption fee when you actually pick up the dog;
- $175 for dogs over 12-months of age;
- $325 for pups under 12-months of age;
- $325 for those dogs evaluated to be suitable as Family Farm Dogs;
- special arrangements may be made for senior dogs or those with special needs.
- If you do not live in Northern California click here for a listing of GPCA Affiliated Rescue organizations elsewhere.
Although we prefer that you fill out the Application form on line and submit it electronically, you may request an application and information packet by e-mailing Debi Carpadus, GPRNC Chairman, giving your name, postal mailing address and telephone number and mentioning this page.
When your application is filled out and returned, a telephone interview will be arranged. During this interview, additional information may be requested about your living situation and desire for a dog, and you may ask questions about any of the dogs you see on these pages, or about Great Pyenees dogs in general. All Great Pyrenees placed have been given full health examinations by one of our vets, have been neutered/spayed, heartworm tested and brought up-to-date on shots. Final decision for matching dog and prospective owner rests with the Great Pyrenees Rescue of Northern California. Our mission is to find a permanent home for every dog in our care - not to simply place a dog with every person who requests one.
There may be dogs in the care of Great Pyrenees Rescue of Northern California who are not pictured here; the dogs pictured may be placed before your application is received. And as with people, not all dogs photograph well. Some of these dogs come to us ungroomed, under- or over-weight, and they don't resemble the pictures of show dogs, or even well-loved pets, on other sites. Be assured that we do everything within our power to place our dogs in the best possible home, where their well-being is given primary importance.
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