Coshocton County Dog Surrenders:
✔️ Call ahead to schedule a drop off so we can discuss the surrender. 740-622-9741
✔️Bring your drivers license.
✔️Pay the $25.00 county required surrender fee (otherwise we, the non-profit, have to pay the county, to admit your dog)
✔️Signed owner release form at office.
We accept Coshocton county dogs ONLY (effective 5/1/24) We are a dog pound that contracts with the county to operate the dog pound for them. The dog warden surrenders & stray pick ups all enter this building. We are one of the only pounds left in the state to admit owner surrenders.
We admit cats and kittens at no charge. We house 30+ at the shelter, utilize foster care, and work with trusted partners to aid in placement. But the homes NEVER match, the need. We do our best to place and save as many as we can. However, we are ALWAYS accepting, so they’re always entering at higher rates here.
We are not affiliated with the Coshocton County Humane Society. They are no kill, “limited” admission.
Effective May 1st, 2024 we are no longer accepting dogs outside of Coshocton county.
We will continue to serve cats and kittens from all counties if injured or dying.
How can we reduce overcrowding?
The general public needs to fix the animals they feed as strays & those in their homes.
All shelters and pounds who neglect to do what is necessary & responsible for the last 10+ years, in the name of the failed “no kill” movement, contributes to our heavy burden as well.
Responsible & socially conscious animal sheltering includes accepting ALL animals from your county, NOT just the highly adoptable ones.
If you are in these counties, call these numbers for help with your dogs/unwanted litters:
🐕Holmes County Dog Wardens Office
330-674-6301
🐕Muskingum County K9 Adoption Center
740-453-0273
🐕🐈Animal Shelter Society (of Muskingum County) 740-452-1077
🐕Tuscarawas County Dog Pound
(Accepts in county owner surrenders and always has!) 330-339-2616
🐕🐈Tuscarawas County Humane Society
330-343-6060
🐕🐈Licking County Humane Society
740-323-2100
🐕Licking County Dog Shelter
740-349-6463
🐕Guernsey County Dog Shelter
740-432-2219
Every single county has a dog pound, and dog pounds are required to accept ALL in county, stray dogs.