Animal Adoption - Overview

The Animal Shelter usually has a variety of cats and dogs for adoption into new homes. Use the menu to the left to search the shelter's current inhabitants. "Found Dogs" and "Found Cats" are not currently available for adoption. These are animals that have been picked up or turned into the shelter and are awaiting reclaimation by their owners. If the animal is not claimed within a certain period of time, the animal will be listed under the menu choice "Adoptable Pets".

Most shelter pets make wonderful, loving additions to a family. We adopt out everything from purebred dogs and cats to mutts and mixed breeds of almost every shape and color imaginable. The application/screening process for potential adopters usually takes about 24 hours except when it falls over a weekend or holiday, and then it may take two or three days. We ask that potential adopters please be patient with us, as we are only trying our best to ensure that the homeless pets in our care get the best possible home we can send them to. All cats and dogs adopted from our shelter are spayed or neutered. This is the law in Texas.

Our adoption fee is currently $70 for non-residents and $75 for residents*. 

The adoption fee includes:

There is a $5 Pet License fee added to the adoption fee if the adopter lives inside the City Limits of Georgetown.

* If you are a senior citizen, please see the Senior-to-Senior Program description below for information on how to adopt a pet without charge

We encourage potential adopters to introduce any dogs they currently have to a new dog they are considering adopting before taking the new pet home in order avoid having to return an adopted pet because of fighting. Please consider carefully before adopting a pet from us or anywhere else. You should be willing to make a fifteen year commitment to a new pet and be willing to provide it with whatever it needs for its physical, mental and emotional well-being for the rest of its natural life. Cats and dogs are totally dependant on us for their needs if they are to have a good quality of life. Puppies and kittens are wonderful things, but please be certain that you also want an adult dog or cat in a year or so that may not be as cute as the puppy or kitten. Its very life will depend on you.

The Georgetown Animal Shelter sees a lot of broken hearts, and its usually older animals who, though they’ve lost their youthful appearance, still want nothing more than a family to love them.

Older animals are brought to the shelter for a variety of reasons, but they are much more likely to be passed over when a family comes in to look for a new pet. Most older animals would be happy to have a new home, yet many do not get readily adopted.

Senior to Senior Program -
Recognizing the need for older animals to find good homes, the City has started Senior to Senior. This program has two components. First, it allows senior citizens to adopt senior animals at no charge. Second, the program encourages seniors and non-seniors alike to consider older animals by educating the public of the benefits.

Often, people are looking for a calm pet, and senior animals just want a quiet home to spend their golden years and a warm lap and friendly face to love them back. Sun City residents and Shelter volunteers, Curt and Mo R. (pictured at right) adopted one such “senior” animal, Teddy, an Australian Cattle Dog.

“Teddy is just the perfect pet” says Curt, “he is my constant companion, and I can’t believe how much joy he has brought to our lives. My wife and I are crazy about him, and he seems as equally happy.“

You can download a .pdf of the Animal Shelter adoption contract by clicking on the link below.