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About Jake
*ON TRIAL* Love is love.
Love can be channeled through any being to any being. Be they curly, big, small, puppies or old dogs. It isn’t the sole domain of the ever popular oodle or cavalier who receive hundreds of applications.
With some love comes sacrifice, and with some sacrifice comes a greater bond than can be ever be imagined with a gregarious and popular soul who flits from person to person for inevitable adoration.
Jake came to me with eyes shrunken like raisins. The never-subsiding feeling of sand abrading his delicate corneas. His mouth smelled like death. He was anxious and lost.
Now Jake’s eyes glisten. His breath is fresh and he loves to chase his ball and bring it back to you over and over.
Most of all what Jake loves though is you. At the park off leash he doesn’t like to stray far from his most important person. He is so loyal and loving and yearns desperately for someone to care for him for the rest of his days; someone on whom he can lavish all the love he has inside.
Jake loves adventures and wants to share in them with you. The smell of the sea. Lush grass under his little paws. The soft, familiar lap of someone who loves him unconditionally and he will treasure forever.
Jake requires daily eye medication to keep him from suffering, so he is a commitment for anyone who would like to share their life with him, but I guarantee you that commitment with be paid with dividends of undivided loyalty and love.
Jake can be a bit of a grumpy old man with other dogs in the home, so if you have one they must be not be too interested in Jake as he doesn’t want to play or interact with them much. Being a Jack Russell, he would do best in a home without cats or other small animals.
Do you have room at the foot of your bed for this little soul? He’s not fluffy. At the age of ten, he’s not young. But Jake is full of love. The same love as a dog half his age. The same love as one who hasn’t known the hardships he has. The same love as any oodle or purebred can deliver. The biological vessel that Jake resides in is just that. A shell, not of his choosing, that harbours the most beautiful, shining soul.
Love is love and Jake has it in abundance. He awaits his soul mate with whom to bestow it upon. Do you think that you could be that very special, compassionate person? If so, please see the application instructions below.
Medical notes
Jake suffers from a condition called ‘dry eye’ in which his eyes don’t produce enough tears. He will need daily, ongoing, topical medication to keep his eyes moist.
He also has a grade two heart murmur which is not uncommon in small dogs of his age and does not have any symptoms nor require medication.
He is otherwise quite fit and active for his age.
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Adoption details
Please email us a little bit about yourself. We do not operate on a first-in-best-dressed basis. Instead, our aim is to find the most suitable forever home for the animals in our care.
Your email should include details about who lives at your home, both humans and animals and what their daily schedules and living arrangements are like. It should include details about your previous dogs and a thorough break down of the house rules you will have for this pet as well as what their typical day will look like.
It may take a couple of weeks to process the applications. Please try to be patient. All applicants will receive a response - but it may not be an immediate one.
If your application seems promising you will be contacted for a telephone interview. Should this be successful you will be invited to a meet and greet and asked to send photos of your property.
Should the meet and greet end favourably, you may pay the adoption fee, sign some paperwork and take the pet on a two week trial during which time you will be asked to provide regular updates.
During this trial period the pet remains the property of Onyx Rescue and adoption will only be finalised following a successful trial.
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AN OPEN LETTER TO APPLICANTS:
We hate to disappoint people. It’s something that really upsets us, but unfortunately it comes with the territory of what we do. So we want to take the time to explain something.
When we take on a dog, we make a commitment both to that dog and the former owners of that dog to find this fur-kid their perfect forever home. Our primary criterion in order to achieve this is whether that home is a good match for that dog. Each dog can have vastly different needs from the next and every home is different.
Sometimes well-intentioned people put their friends in touch with us, sometimes we are approached by friends or even family in relation to a particular dog. However, we have made a promise not to compromise on my commitment and we have to turn them down.
This isn’t a reflection of their dog ownership skills, nor how we feel about them personally. Our decision will always come down to whether we believe that they are a match. Not just any match - the best match.
Sometimes we are lucky to have several interested parties who would be a good match and it can be difficult to choose between them. Our ultimate decision will, however, not be influenced by our relationship with this potential adopter, be it secondary or primary, nor the number of times they have applied and missed out previously, nor whether they applied first, nor the number of times or methods used to contact us about a particular pet, but whether or not they are the BEST match available.
So if you know someone who is interested in any of the dogs at Onyx Rescue, or you are interested in one yourself, please go through the proper channels and send your application through Petrescue. Please do not take offence if you or your friends are not chosen - this only means that there was someone who was a better match. Not a better person, not a better dog owner, but a better match.
We believe there is a home for every dog and a dog for every home, so if you’ve not been chosen previously please do not give up applying - the next one may be your perfect dog.
Thank-you to everyone who supports what we do here - it means the world to us and the beautiful fur-kids seeking homes.
This pet has been adopted and found love with its new family.
The rescue group has removed this pet and it is no longer available for adoption.
The rescue group is no longer taking adoption applications for this pet.