Adopt a Dog from Pets Return Home
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Pets Return Home offers a unique behavior-focused dog adoption program serving Cottonwood, Sedona, Prescott, Flagstaff, and the Verde Valley. We specialize in dogs with behavior or medical needs who have been overlooked in traditional shelters.
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Our dogs receive daily enrichment, pack-based socialization, training, rehabilitation, and home-life exposure—making them more confident, stable, and ready for adoption.
Why Our Dog Adoption Program Is Different
Our unique programs produce stable, prepared, deeply understood dogs who fit better with families.
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Free-range, structured pack living
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Behavior assessment by trained specialists
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Home-life training inside our sanctuary house
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Daily exercise, socialization, and enrichment
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Lifetime behavior support for adopters
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Focus on fearful, abused, or “unadoptable” dogs
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1,200+ dogs saved and rehabilitated
Adoption Process — How to Adopt a Dog from Pets Return Home
1 — Browse Our Dogs -
Visit our Adoptable Dogs page to find dogs who match your family, lifestyle, and experience.
2 — Complete the Adoption Application
This helps us understand your home environment and what you’re looking for in a companion.
3 — Interview & Home Check
We’ll schedule a phone interview and a virtual or in-person home check.
4 — Meet & Greet at the Ranch
Bring your family—including household dogs—to meet your potential new companion.
**Visits are by appointment only.
5 — Adoption Agreement
Once we find a match, you’ll complete the Hold Harmless and Adoption Agreement.
6 — Bring Your New Family Member Home
We’ll provide post-adoption guidance, tools, and support. Your dog goes home ready for success.
What’s Included with Every Adoption Fee
Pets Return Home has one of the most comprehensive adoption programs in Arizona. Each adopted dog comes with:
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Spay/neuter
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Vaccinations
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Parasite treatment
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Microchip
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Crate training
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House manners
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Dog-to-dog socialization
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Basic obedience
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Behavior rehabilitation (if needed)
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Lifetime behavior support
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Discounted boarding & training
Adopt One — Save Two
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When you adopt from Pets Return Home, you save two dogs—the one you take home and the one who enters the space you open in our rehabilitation program.
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Your adoption directly reduces euthanasia and saves high-risk dogs across Arizona.
Not Ready to Adopt? Support Arizona’s Most Vulnerable Dogs
Monthly sponsorships help provide:
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Food
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Medical care
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Medications
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Training
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Behavior rehabilitation
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Enrichment
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Safe sanctuary living
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Forms of payment include: Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, and checks payable to Pets Return Home.
About Pets Return Home — Dog Sanctuary & Rehabilitation in Arizona
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Pets Return Home is a No-Kill sanctuary and rehabilitation center specializing in fearful dogs, abused dogs, E-listed shelter dogs, and dogs with behavior needs. Located in Northern Arizona, we operate a free-range, behavior-forward environment that transforms lives.
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Learn more: www.petsreturnhome.org