Southern Utah Adoptable Pets Guide
The Independent’s, Southern Utah Adoptable Pets Guide features adoptable pets from various animal shelters throughout southern Utah. Get a new pet today!
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is located five miles north of Kanab at 5001 Angel Canyon Road. All adoptable cats and dogs are spayed or neutered and up to date on vaccinations. If you have questions about a specific pet or the adoption process, please email adoptions@bestfriends.org. If you’d like to apply to adopt one of these featured pets, click the link to their bio where you will find the adoption survey.
Ace
Ace is a friendly guy who loves hanging out with people and getting lots of attention and affection from them. He’s always up for a walk or hike and would do great in a home that enjoys adventure, too. Ace is very smart and picks up on training easily since he’s very food motivated and eager to learn. When he’s not hanging out with humans, you can find Ace playing with stuffy toys or snuggled up in his bed resting. Solving food puzzles and working on frozen Kongs is another one of his past times. He also enjoys the company of other dogs and will zoom around and chase with them. Ace would feel most comfortable in an adult-only home that has dog experience and understands his needs. He’s a young guy, born in 2018 so he has a long life ahead of him and is looking for his forever home where he can have consistency and feel safe.
Tori
The sweetest dog with the cutest smile is waiting for you! Tori is an absolute love who is looking for a quiet and laid back home where she can go for short walks in the sun, car rides, and play with her favorite toys. Her favorite toys are tiny stuffed toys that she loves to carry around and show to her people before snuggling with them on her bed. She loves her people and starts to bounce around and wiggle whenever she sees her friends coming to spend time with her. While she loves just about every person she meets, she would prefer to be an only dog so she can have all your love and affection. If you’re looking for a sweet senior, Tori might just be your perfect match!
Buster
Buster is a happy, energetic pup who loves people. He has never met a stranger. He loves to get scratched and to go on long walks. He has a lot of energy and would make a great hiking companion, but he also enjoys time alone and knows how to entertain himself. Buster gets overexcited easily and becomes jumpy, especially when people are trying to put his harness on. He can also be reactive toward other dogs while he’s on a leash. He has been working on staying calm during times of excitement, and he has developed a routine with his caregivers at Dogtown. Buster was born in 2017. He has some mild skin and respiratory issues, but they don’t slow him down. He is very smart and will need a person or family who will continue helping him work on being calm. An active home where he can be the one and only, without other dogs or cats, would be ideal for him. Life is already exciting for Buster, but nothing would make him happier than finding a home to call his own.
Rico
Rico will greet you at the door. He will fall down at your feet and rub on your shoes until you have no choice but to bend down and pet him. He has chubby cheeks that just call out to be squeezed. Rico is a charmer in every sense of the word. He loves stroller rides and has the best disposition. Rico is FeLv+.
Kipnuk
Kipnuk is an engaging, social butterfly who greets people at the door and waits in line to have his turn for a stroller ride. He is very active playing with other Lobby cats. He will be 4 years old in December. He is FeLv+. He doesn’t let FeLv define him. His MEOW alone sets him apart!
Virginia
Virginia showers her favorite people with shy affection and loving charm, and she is steadfastly loyal to those she chooses to love, eagerly greeting them with nudges and caresses, endless purrs, and a smile in her beautiful green eyes.
Win this fair lady’s heart, and she’ll be yours forever!
RSQ Dogs+
RSQ Dogs+ is Southern Utah’s newest nonprofit animal rescue group. It is an all-volunteer group dedicated to saving the lives of animals in underserved, rural areas of Washington County. All of the animals in their care are fully vetted including spay/neuter, vaccinations, microchip, and any medical care they may need. For more information, please contact RSQ Dogs+ at (800) 897-1136 or RSQDogsUtah@gmail.com or visit RSQDogsUtah.org. Note: With respect to the unprecedented situation around COVID-19, any interested adopters can complete an online application and will be contacted by the team.
Rikki
Rikki is a 6-year-old Pug mix who has lived outside her whole life and would love to learn what it’s like to be an inside dog and part of a family! She would be good in a home with other dogs, children, or alone. This sweet pup deserves a furever home and family.
Sailor
Sailor is a 10-year-old Labrador Retriever and Rhodesian Ridgeback mix who has been living outside his whole life. He would love a family to show him what it’s like to be an inside dog and part of the family with a nice soft dog bed to spend his days! He would be good in a home with other dogs, children, or alone.
Koda
Koda, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier mix, might be a senior but he still loves to play fetch and run around with his toys. At 10 years old, he’s lived in a couple of different homes and is looking for one final family he can live out the rest of his years with. He’s good with kids, big dogs, and little dogs, and has lived with cats before. He walks great on a leash, and just wants to be loved!
Mike
It’s so hard to believe that Mike’s owners moved and left him behind. He is a very lovable cat and longs to be with a family again. He’s independent but also enjoys a good head scratch. Afterward, you will be rewarded with a hug. Mike is house-trained and would be good in a home with other cats, some dogs, or alone. This affectionate, sweet boy needs a loving home and he will love you for it.
Wasabi and Sushi
Brothers Wasabi and Sushi are really friendly sweet guys. They love each other and they love people. They love attention and are quick to purr. They are house-trained and would be good in a home together.
Providing Animals With Support (PAWS)
PAWS Adoption Center is now closed again until further notice. We will be showing and adopting animals by appointment only to pre-approved adopters. Please submit adoption applications to dixiepaws.org/adopt and we will arrange an appointment for approved adopters to meet with proper social distancing and in a sanitized environment. All pets are microchipped, spayed or neutered, and current on vaccinations. Below are the pets currently available for adoption from the shelter.
Ethan
Meet Ethan. He is a 9-week old Retriever mix. He is adorable and playful. He has his first set of vaccines, dewormer, and is microchipped. He will be neutered at the appropriate age. If you’re looking for a puppy to add to your family, PAWS just brought in 54 dogs and puppies from a shelter in New Mexico. Submit an Adoption Application at dixiepaws.org/adopt to be approved to meet these wonderful pups.
Bella
This is Bella. She is a one-year-old Dobie mix from New Mexico. We are still getting to know her but she seems very sweet and friendly. She also has a sister that is very much like her. She is vaccinated, microchipped, and dewormed. She will be spayed soon.
Hunter
Hunter is a one-year-old Lab who loves hiking and swimming. He loves children, too. He will be a great companion. He gets along with other dogs and loves to play. He will be neutered soon and has been vaccinated, microchipped, and dewormed.
Lala
Lala is a beautiful dilute Torti, almost 2 years old. She’s such a sweetheart. She likes to grab your hand and hold it so you won’t stop petting her. She’s adventurous and playful, spayed, microchipped, dewormed, and vaccinated. She is a social cat and gets along with other cats. Lala is playful, too.
Lima
Lima is a gentle calm girl looking for a very calm home. She’s beautiful and sweet and will do best as an only pet with no children. She loves to sleep in her cubbies and adores pets and affection from her human. She is 2 Yrs old, vaccinated, microchipped, dewormed, and spayed.
Orville
This stunning 5 1/2-year-old Flame Point is one delicious guy. Orville is sweet as pie and easy on the eyes. He’s seeking a loving calm home where he can be the only cat or a home with another very calm cat. He loves butt rubs, pets, and affection. He is vaccinated, microchipped, dewormed, and neutered.
Because Animals Matter
Because Animals Matter is dedicated to reducing animal abuse and neglect through education. It offers fully vaccinated, spayed or neutered, and microchipped animals for adoption through a network of foster homes and the Because Animals Matter Center, a transition facility. It also welcomes volunteers for a variety of activities and needs foster families for animals awaiting their forever homes. Please contact Because Animals Matter at (435) 773-5209 or visit becauseanimalsmatter.com for more information.
Grayson
Looking for a new best friend? You’ve got to meet Grayson! This beautiful brindle boy enjoys going on long walks and is good on a leash. And he LOVES a good game of tug-of-war!
Grayson would prefer to be an only dog so he can have all the attention to himself and small children make him nervous so any children should be older and respectful. But he is such a love bug that you won’t want to share him with anyone anyway!
If you are interested in meeting this little cutie, call or text Julie at 435-773-5209 Tuesday through Saturday between 9–5 p.m.
Annie
Sweet little Annie had a mommy who loved her very much but couldn’t take care of her anymore. Annie has a whole lot of cuddling to do and looks forward to finding a new home quickly so she can get started.
Annie is available locally only as a foster to adopt. Once she has been spayed in early February, the adoption can be finalized.
If you are interested in meeting this little cutie, call or text Julie at 435-773-5209 Tuesday through Saturday between 9–5 p.m.
Barry
Barry is not a lap dog (unless he decides he wants to be). Instead, he is a grumpy boy who came to us with a broken pelvis which still causes him pain. In the year he’s been with us, Barry also suffered seizures and kidney stones. He’s on a special diet and medication for all of these things, but he’s still a grump. And we all still love him!
Since being in our care, the poor guy has had to deal with puppies and big dogs who don’t understand why he doesn’t want to roughhouse. He does get along with dogs who aren’t in his face and likes to fetch a ball as long as you don’t try to take it back from him (Barry’s rules).
Ornery as he is, Barry is kind of our mascot and we want the old guy to catch a break and live out the remainder of his life with someone he can find solace in.
Barry loves to rub his back on the floor and wiggle and loves to have belly rubs by a person of his choosing. He enjoys certain members of our team while others simply aren’t his cup of tea.
To find out more about Barry, meet him and see if he’s a match for you, text, or call Julie at (435) 773-5209.
Ace
Ace is a happy, big old pup who has no idea he’s ever been injured, has recently had major surgery, and definitely doesn’t’ know that he’s supposed to have been calm and quiet while recuperating. His vet is amazed at just how well he has done so quickly!
Ace has a lot of energy and will need an active home. He would love to have a nice big yard to play in, along with regular and increasing exercise to strengthen his leg. In a few months, he’ll likely want to go on hikes and long walks. In the meantime, he loves affection and he loves to play! If he has toys and balls, he can entertain himself for long periods of time. He’d love you to throw the ball, but if you’re not available, he’s perfectly capable of throwing it for himself!! He needs to learn some manners but he is a bright boy and will learn quickly. He does tend to be toy possessive so some supervision will be needed with his doggy playmates.
Ace is fully vaccinated, neutered, microchipped, and ready to go to his forever home today!!! He will need an adopter with patience and one who is willing to care for him if his leg causes him issues in the future.
To find out more about Ace, meet him and see if he’s a match for you, text, or call Julie at (435) 773-5209.
