Breed: Australian Kelpie mix?

Sex: Female

Spayed: Yes

Age: 2 years approx

Size: Medium (26 lbs)

Color: Black

Coat: Smooth

Vaccinated DHPP: Yes

Children: Not suitable for a home with young children

Other Dogs: OK with dogs

Cats: OK with cats

Crate Trained: Yes

Good in the Car: Yes

Obedience: Knows commands sit, shake, and lay down

Notes: Chirp is a 2 year old Australian Kelpie mix that came in to us as a stray after being hit by a car and being left at the vet. Last week she went into her foster home to heal and relax from the stress of being in the shelter.

Since being at her foster home, they have reported that Chirp is very sweet and doing well. She loves to play tug-o-war and fetch, is very respectful and has good manners. She is doing well with crate training, and learning her foster home rules. She loves to cuddle. She knows basic commands like how to sit, shake, and lay down, and is learning roll over as well. She loves car rides and has tagged along on a short hiking trip. She is fostered on a farm with big and small dogs, 3 farm cats, and several other farm animals. Chirp gets along well with the horses and cattle, she has also been around chickens while on a leash. She has a little prey drive which makes her want to chase anything that runs fast. She has been around toddlers but likes to try to chase them when playing.

If you are interested in adopting Chirp please send an email to Conor at Chaecherl@galaxva.com to set up an appointment to meet her.

In a Foster Home

If you are interested in Chirp phone 276-236-8501 for an appointment to meet her at Galax Carroll Grayson Animal Shelter. We are open Tuesday - Thursday 1pm-5pm, Friday - Saturday 1pm-4pm.

Available for adoption on this date: Feb 18th, 2026

Dogs are claimed, adopted and rescued everyday so please contact us to check that this dog is available.

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Adoption fee for a dog is $100 (cash or check only, non-refundable) includes spay/neuter, microchip and vaccines including Rabies.

This spayed dog is available for adoption to any location including out of state.

The adoption fee for dogs (payable on the day of adoption) includes spaying or neutering, a rabies vaccine (given when the animal is sterilized), a DHPP (Distemper, Hepatitis, Parainfluenza and Parvovirus) vaccine, a bordetella vaccine and a microchip. Adopters will leave the Shelter with an appointment already scheduled at one of our local vet clinics for the spay or neuter of their new pet. For more information see our Adoption Information page.

For animals that have not been spayed or neutered: adoptions are open to residents of Grayson, Carroll, Patrick, Floyd, Pulaski, Wythe, Smyth and Washington County, VA. If an animal is already spayed or neutered then it is available to be adopted by anyone (even out of state residents). Phone to check that the dog is available and what paperwork is required from you.

Make sure that you are able to take your dog home on the day you adopt it. We will not keep a dog for you after its "available" day.

• Residents of the City of Galax and adjacent counties (Grayson, Carroll, Patrick, Floyd, Pulaski, Wythe, Smyth and Washington County, VA) may adopt pets from Galax Carroll Grayson Animal Shelter with proper identification required. If you live outside this area you can adopt a pet, but the pet must be spayed/neutered before it leaves the shelter.
• To adopt a dog you must be 18 years of age or older.
• You must provide a picture ID with a current address at the time of the adoption.
• Each pet is required to be vaccinated for rabies within seven days of adoption, if it is four months of age or older. Rabies vaccination is required for each pet, upon turning four months of age.
• Every new owner of a pet adopted from Galax Carroll Grayson Animal Shelter shall have the pet sterilized within thirty days of the pet turning six months of age, or within thirty days if the pet is over six months of age.
• Out of state adoptions must be spayed or neutered before leaving Virginia.
• Return of the proper paperwork (sterilization and rabies certificates) is required within seven days of sterilization.
• State law requires that all dogs and cats be vaccinated for rabies.

For more information see our Adoption Information page