My name is Oakin!

Posted 3 days ago | Updated 14 hours ago

Cared for by Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc.

Adoption process

Visit the Facility and Find a Pet

Meet the Pet

Take the Pet Home

My basic info

Breed

American Pit Bull Terrier

Color

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Age

Adult

Size

Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg) (when grown)

Weight

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Sex

Male

Pet ID

215973

My details

Spayed / Neutered

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

- Busy guy who is interested in everything and loves keeping his mind and body active; he's ready to accompany you on all your adventures and will enjoy regular exercise and games where he can use his brain

- Loves playing with toys

- Knows sit and is very treat-focused, so positive reinforcement-based training will be great for him

- Loves walks and does best with a harness

- Tends to be a linebacker-style player with other dogs and can also be a bit socially awkward (dog intro required)

- Has had some intermittent lameness in one front leg with an unknown cause; X-rays showed no bone abnormalities, but it could be a previous tendon or ligament injury that may or may not cause issues in the future (more info at ARL)

All adoptable dogs and puppies are spayed/neutered, microchipped and up to date on vaccinations (rabies and DA2PPV as appropriate for their age)

The ARL's shelter software requires that we choose a primary breed for our dogs. Visual breed identification in dogs is unreliable, so for most dogs we are only guessing at primary breed. We get to know each dog as an individual and do our best to describe each of our dogs based on personality, not breed label.

Primary Color: Grey
Secondary Color: White
Weight: 74.5
Age: 3yrs 4mths 4wks

Shelter

Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc.

Contact info

Pet ID

215973

Contact

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Phone

(515) 262-9503

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Website

https://www.arl-iowa.org/

Address

5452 NE 22nd St, Des Moines, IA 50313

Donation

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Their adoption process

1.
Visit the Facility and Find a Pet

If a pet has specific contact info in their profile about how to schedule a visit, please reach out directly to that contact.

2.
Meet the Pet

We recommend dogs meet any resident dogs before adoption.

3.
Take the Pet Home

Please allow one to two hours to complete the adoption process.

Additional adoption info

You can find information about our adoption process at https://www.arl-iowa.org/adoptionprocess
If a pet has specific contact info in their profile about how to schedule a visit, please reach out directly to that contact.

Go meet their pets

The Animal Rescue League of Iowa has locations and partner sites throughout the Des Moines metro. You can find hours and contact info for all our sites at https://www.ARL-Iowa.org/Locations

You can see all our available pets at https://www.ARL-Iowa.org. Please note that we do not respond to emails about individual pets available for adoption.

More about this shelter

The Animal Rescue League of Iowa (ARL) is Iowa's largest nonprofit animal shelter, caring for many thousands of pets each year. The ARL serves people and pets from across the state of Iowa through its programs, which include pet adoption, humane education, pet behavior training, spay/neuter, animal cruelty intervention and much more.