For dogs located at Young-Williams Animal Center or Young-Williams Animal Village, please apply in person. For dogs currently in a foster home, please apply here to schedule a meet and greet with the foster parent. Please allow up to a week for the foster parent to reach out in response.

Understanding the Context

dog, (Canis lupus familiaris), domestic mammal of the family Canidae (order Carnivora). It is a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) and is related to foxes and jackals. The dog is one of the two most ubiquitous and most popular domestic animals in the world (the cat is the other). The domestic dog is a domesticated canid descended from gray wolves, exhibiting extreme variation in size, coat, and behavior due to domestication and selective breeding.

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