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We are looking for dog walkers, especially for weekday help.
Dog walking hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 9am to 4pm. If you are interested, join us for training this Saturday April 18th at 11am and you will be ready to start helping our pups get the exercise they need.
It is a great way to stay active, get your steps in, and spend time with some amazing dogs. Click here for more info.
Saturday April 25th is the free rabies clinic. It is important to get your animals
properly vaccinated so they can live healthier lifestyles.
Cana Rescue Building,
15607 Fancy Gap Hwy.
8-9:30am
Dugspur Community Center,
118 Double Cabin Road.
10am-12pm.
Oakland Elementary School,
4930 Pipers Gap Road Galax.
12:30-2pm.
Click here for info.
Breed: Mixed breed
Sex: Female
Spayed: Yes
Age: 4-5 years approx
Size: Medium (53 lbs)
Color: Black with white chest
Coat: Smooth
Vaccinated DHPP: Yes
Notes: Mama Dog, Mixed Breed (Medium) / Labrador Retriever, 4 years 6 months old, spayed Female, 53 lbs, Pet ID 72357.
Adoption fee: $50REDUCED FEE
Reduced adoption fee: $50 (cash or check only, non-refundable) includes spay/neuter, microchip and vaccines including Rabies.
This dog has been available for 11 days
If you are interested in Mama Dog phone 276-236-8501 for an appointment or stop by 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: Apr 7th, 2026
Dogs are claimed, adopted and rescued everyday so please contact us to check that this dog is available.
Click here to check this dog is still available (AdoptaPet)
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