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Benefits for HT Adopters Starting You Off ON the Right Foot

When you adopt from Homeward Trails you get A LOT for your adoption fee!
We include the following benefits with every animal adopted:
 
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  • All age appropriate vaccines and dewormings
  • Microchip – lifetime with no registration fees
  • Spay/neuter
  • Complimentary first exam at any VCA Animal Hospital
  • $250 coverage at any VCA Animal Hospital for 10 medical issues (designated on certificate)
  • Complimentary first exam at 6 HT partner vets in the DC area
  • Instant quote and option to purchase pet insurance through Rainwalk
  • Free online Fur-Get Me Not New Dog/Pup Workshop for residents of Arlington/Alexandria/Falls Church/DC
  • $15 off your first Chewy order of $49 or more
  • Free entry into quarterly Homeward Trails raffle to win $50 Amazon gift card
  • 2 Free Zoom Puppy 101 & Puppy 201 classes with certified positive dog trainer & HT partner trainer Jutka Terris, CPDT-KA
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Free Vet Exams

Make an appointment with one of these wonderful vet partners for a free examination of your new pet within 30 days of adoption.

  • Burke Animal Clinic
  • Caring Hands Animal Hospitals
  • Clarendon Animal Care
  • Delray Animal Hospital
  • Jermantown Animal Hospital
  • Palisades Veterinary Clinic
  • VCA Animal Hospitals

In addition to a free first exam, VCA Animal Hospitals will provide assistance up to $250 for many illnesses that may arise within 14 days of adoption.

  • $50 off your first visit at Bond Vet Logan Circle
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Protect Your Pet

Discount Pet Insurance from Rainwalk

New owners of pets adopted from Homeward Trails are eligible to purchase discounted pet insurance through Rainwalk at the time of adoption.

Expert Care While You Are Away

Free Dog Walk or Pet Sit with Fur-Get Me Not

Adopt a dog, cat, bird or any kind of pet, and you’ll receive a free dog walk or pet sit from Fur-Get Me Not. Available up to six months after adoption within their service area.

Shop & Save

Pet Supply Discount

First time Homeward Trails adopters receive a one-time 10% discount at the DC PetMAC store.

Get Training Advice

Free Online Workshop at Fur-Get Me Not

Adopt a pooch from Homeward Trails and start him or her off on the right foot. FREE!

Homeward Trails is proud to be a partner with Fur-Get Me Not, a local training and daycare business, which offers Got a New Puppy? and Adopted a New Dog? online workshops. Valid for adopters in Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church and Washington DC. Please refer to the flyer in your electronic adoption package and post adoption follow up e-mail for details and the registration code.

Fun For Your Pup

Free Day of Doggie Daycare

Take your rescue pup to any of these locations for a free day of daycare. Be sure to call to schedule an appointment.

Dogtopia

Fur-Get-Me Not

Whole Dogz

More News from the Trail!

  • Clear the Shelters Adoption Weekend – August 31 and September 1

    Reduced and Waived Adoption Fees! Join Homeward Trails as we participate in NBCUniversal Local’s 10th annual Clear The Shelters nationwide pet adoption event.  Help us clear the Adoption Center and our foster homes August 31 and September 1 – many of our adoptable cats and dogs will have reduced fee and fee waived adoptions.  Homeward Trails Manny Law Adoption Center 11116 Fairfax Station Rd. Fairfax Station, VA 22039 Saturday, August 31 10 AM – 4 PM  Sunday, September 1 10 AM – 4 PM Our nation’s animal shelters are facing a capacity crisis and need your help now to get pets from shelter kennels into the couches of loving homes! Since its 2015 inception, Clear The Shelters has led to more than one million pet adoptions and raised more than $4.5 million. The 2023 campaign resulted in more than 158,000 adoptions – lifting the all-time adoption total past one million – and raised over $575,000.

  • Helping Happy Hounds – Fee Waived Hound Adoptions

    As you may or may not know, Virginia animal shelters are filled with Hounds. These amazing dogs are most often discarded by callous hunters, found starving wandering the countryside. Many never make it as hunters and are then tied up to chains or left along the side of the road like old furniture. A good number of them do not make it out of shelters alive.But these dogs – like all dogs – are amazing and worthy of families. We just cannot get them families fast enough to stop them from dying in our shelters when there is no more space.And so we are trying something new here. ALL HOUND DOGS ADOPTED FROM HOMEWARD TRAILS WILL BE FREE. Yes, we are WAIVING ADOPTION FEES for Hounds for the foreseeable future.We hope that will entice well-matched applicants to consider a Hound now. Use the money you save on training, treats, toys.We think all dogs are worthy. But the reality is that some take extra incentives. Some have more barriers to getting adopted. And the result is well, more end up dying. And no – this does NOT mean we are just giving dogs away. All applicants will still go through our application/screening process to ensure good homes. This is just us trying to save more dogs by eliminating one more barrier to adoption. And hey, Hound lovers can use all the extra money they can get to buy treats, right?Help us help these Hounds. Our program Helping Happy Hounds is live NOW. Let’s save some lives!

  • Our Current Supply Needs – Can You Help?

    Each year Homeward Trail spends thousands and thousands of dollars on supplies to care for our animals and support the general operations of our organization. We always strive to keep our costs as low as possible so that we can spend every extra dollar saving more lives.  One simple way you can help is by donating these supplies – everything from postage stamps, to cleaning supplies, to ink cartridges and paper, to dog and cat food and litter. Our wish lists are updated regularly so you can always find our most current needs. Please consider donating supplies to help us cover the cost of these items. The more we are able to get donated, the more animals we can help. Thank you! Adoption Center Wishlist Meow Palace Wishlist Dog Enrichment Wishlist Trails Home Farm Wishlist Farmhouse Wishlist Trails UP Wishlist  Puerto Rico Wishlist

More News from the Trail!

  • Clear the Shelters Adoption Weekend – August 31 and September 1

    Reduced and Waived Adoption Fees! Join Homeward Trails as we participate in NBCUniversal Local’s 10th annual Clear The Shelters nationwide pet adoption event.  Help us clear the Adoption Center and our foster homes August 31 and September 1 – many of our adoptable cats and dogs will have reduced fee and fee waived adoptions.  Homeward Trails Manny Law Adoption Center 11116 Fairfax Station Rd. Fairfax Station, VA 22039 Saturday, August 31 10 AM – 4 PM  Sunday, September 1 10 AM – 4 PM Our nation’s animal shelters are facing a capacity crisis and need your help now to get pets from shelter kennels into the couches of loving homes! Since its 2015 inception, Clear The Shelters has led to more than one million pet adoptions and raised more than $4.5 million. The 2023 campaign resulted in more than 158,000 adoptions – lifting the all-time adoption total past one million – and raised over $575,000.