ALL RESCUES PLACED BY ARIZONA ST. BERNARD RESCUE ARE SPAYED/NEUTERED, VET CHECKED, MICROCHIPPED, HW NEGATIVE AND IMMUNIZATIONS ARE CURRENT. A NONREFUNDABLE ADOPTION FEE OF $350.00 IS APPLICABLE.

DOGS (6 YEARS AND OLDER) WILL HAVE A REDUCED ADOPTION FEE DEPENDING ON THEIR CONDITION.

IN THE CASE OF PUPPIES, WHEN AVAILABLE, THE ADOPTION FEE IS $450.00 AND THE OWNER IS FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SPAY/NEUTER BY THE TIME FRAME SET BY THE RESCUE.

As a general rule, we don't have the facilities or opportunity to determine if our rescues are housebroken. As a rule, we place them as not being housebroken for the simple fact that even if they are, when placed into new environments with new families accidents do and will happen!  It generally takes very little time to housebreak an adult dog as they are so willing to please.

With ANY rescue, a 6 week time commitment is necessary for adjustment; both yours and the dogs. Some adjust quicker, others take longer but if you don't have the time please don't adopt a dog!

The beauty of a rescue is watching the personality come out as they become comfortable and a part of their new family!

Question:  "Is this an 'Outside' dog?"

Our answer is:  "Not anymore." We attempt to place dogs with people who understand the need of a dog to be a part of the family.  Domesticated, companion dogs no longer have packs of other dogs to live with, so dogs now need to be members of their human families.

Question:  "Is the dog housebroken?"

Our answer is: We place our dogs as family pets..an adjustmetn time exists in any new environment.  Most of the dogs were housebroken, but accidents do happen until you and your new companion dog understand each others' signals. Furthermore, both people and dogs are "den" animals. This is the reason that dogs can be housebroken. Dogs want shelter in a safe, secure den - your home - and they want their den to be clean.

Obviously, dogs can be forced to live outside, alone and away from their families. But to force this kind of life on a dog is one of the worst things you can do to him. Such a life goes against a dog's two most basic instincts: the pack and the den. If you have any doubts about these ideas, think of all the whining, barking, clawing dogs you have seen tied up alone outside. Dogs trying desperately to get their human families' attention, and then just giving up to become hyperactive, listless, fearful, or vicious when the stress of enforced solitude becomes too much to cope with. The rationale given by people who permanently keep their dogs outside is that they will spend time with the pet outside. Even the most well-meaning pet owner does not spend significant time outside, particularly when it is raining or cold. Consequently, under the best of circumstances for the outside dog, a bowl of food and water hastily shoved before him, a quick pat given, and his owner, his WORLD is gone, leaving the animal to spend another 22 or 23 hours alone.
A dog brings you the gifts of steadfast devotion, abiding love, and joyful companionship. Unless you can responsibly accept a dog's offer of these great gifts, please do not get a dog. If you already have a dog, perhaps this article will help you to see things from his point of view, and possibly motivate you to change your relationship with him. A sad, lonely, bewildered dog, kept outside, wondering why he cannot be with his family, brings only sadness and unhappiness to the world.