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Mar 21
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New Spring 2025 Class!

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We’re getting started a couple of weeks early this year. We are excited to share that our spring class will be starting on Monday, 03/24/25! Our Dog Selection team worked with Jefferson County’s CARE,  Companion Animal Rescue and Education, again for this class and they were great to work with.

Meet Harley, Buffy, Rose, and Sonny!

Our Fab Four have been with the team at Ideal Veterinary Hospital getting all their final medical checks and vaccinations to get them ready for class. We’ve been hearing great reports that the staff the staff love them.

We are getting to know their personalities and will share more as they go through classes with their new teen trainers. We are now accepting applications for those interested in adopting a dog this session. Graduations will be complete on April 17th, and dogs will be ready to go to their forever homes on Friday, April 18th!

Their first outing will be at Willow Ridge Garden Center in Oak Ridge on Saturday, 03/22 from 11a-1pm. Adoption events are important to help us get them out into the community to help find their forever homes, but they are also an important part of their training to work on socialization meeting new people and desensitizing them to new sites, sounds and smells in various environments.

Please come by to meet them, even if you’re not looking to adopt. You can be an important part of their training!

Mar 15
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HALT Spring Classes Begin

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Our spring 2025 session will begin on Monday, 03/24/25, and run for four weeks. We have four sets of teen trainers who were chosen by their facility that will participate in training the dogs, paired with their volunteer team mates.

Classes are held twice daily, Monday through Thursday. Adoption events will be held each weekend through the spring session. The final graduations for will be held on April 16th and 17th for each respective class. The dogs will be ready to go to their new homes on Friday, April 18th.

We are currently accepting applications on all four dogs. Please check out our Adopt A HALT Dog page to learn more about the process.

Thank you to Jefferson County C.A.R.E. for working with us in choosing dogs for this session, Ideal Veterinary Hospital for their help with veterinary care, PetSafe dog parks for providing a training location, and Pet Resorts for helping with boarding of the dogs while in training. 

Mar 15
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HALT Spring Classes End

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Our spring 2025 session will end on Thursday, 04/17/25, after four weeks of classes. We have four sets of teen trainers who were chosen by their facility that participated in training the dogs, paired with their volunteer team mates.

Classes were held twice daily, Monday through Thursday. Adoption events are held each weekend through the session, and will schedule additional events after the graduation if any dogs have not found the right home yet. The final graduations are held on April 16th and 17th for each respective class. The dogs will be ready to go to their new homes on Friday, April 18th.

We are currently accepting applications on all four dogs. Please check out our Adopt A HALT Dog page to learn more about the process.

Thank you to Jefferson County C.A.R.E. for working with us in choosing dogs for this session, Ideal Veterinary Hospital for their help with veterinary care, PetSafe dog parks for providing a training location, and Pet Resorts for helping with boarding of the dogs while in training.

Dec 01
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Gift Wrapping Fundraiser

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It’s never too early to get in the spirit of the holidays! H.A.L.T.’s elves will be back at Mast General Store ready to lend a helping hand this holiday season!

We will be available to wrap gifts on December 20th, 21sh, and 22nd. We can wrap your purchases from Mast, or you can bring in a gift from somewhere else. We’ll have a wide variety of wrapping papers that you can choose from.

We are also looking for volunteers to help wrap. From Santa’s helper to expert wrapper, we’ve got a spot for you! Shifts are 2-3 hours depending on the day. Sign up at Volunteer East TN

This is one of our largest fundraisers annually, and we look forward to sharing some holiday spirit with you! Donations for gift wrapping are appreciated and will support future H.A.L.T. classes.

Dec 01
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Gift Wrapping Fundraiser

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It’s never too early to get in the spirit of the holidays! H.A.L.T.’s elves will be back at Mast General Store ready to lend a helping hand this holiday season!

We will be available to wrap gifts on December 20th, 21sh, and 22nd. We can wrap your purchases from Mast, or you can bring in a gift from somewhere else. We’ll have a wide variety of wrapping papers that you can choose from.

We are also looking for volunteers to help wrap. From Santa’s helper to expert wrapper, we’ve got a spot for you! Shifts are 2-3 hours depending on the day. Sign up at Volunteer East TN

This is one of our largest fundraisers annually, and we look forward to sharing some holiday spirit with you! Donations for gift wrapping are appreciated and will support future H.A.L.T. classes.

Dec 01
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Gift Wrapping

2024 Gift Wrapping Fundraiser

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It’s never too early to get in the spirit of the holidays! H.A.L.T.’s elves will be back at Mast General Store ready to lend a helping hand this holiday season!

We will be available to wrap gifts on December 20th, 21sh, and 22nd. We can wrap your purchases from Mast, or you can bring in a gift from somewhere else. We’ll have a wide variety of wrapping papers that you can choose from.

We are also looking for volunteers to help wrap. From Santa’s helper to expert wrapper, we’ve got a spot for you! Shifts are 2-3 hours depending on the day. Sign up at Volunteer East TN

This is one of our largest fundraisers annually, and we look forward to sharing some holiday spirit with you! Donations for gift wrapping are appreciated and will support future H.A.L.T. classes.

Sep 24
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Adoption Event #4: The Black Dog Brewhouse

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Our fourth event will be at The Black Dog Brewhouse (formerly Elst Brewery). We invite you out to meet our pups participating in class this session. They are looking for their furever homes! They’ll be ready to show off some of their new skills. The weather wasn’t nice to us this week so most of our third week classes were cancelled.

Even if you aren’t looking to adopt, please come by to meet the class! Socializing is an important part of our training as we want to introduce them to others when possible. We don’t want to overwhelm them, but let them meet new humans too!

This session we have Espresso, Gadget, Hogan (pictured left), and URL (pronounced Earl)

All dogs are medically screened, fully vaccinated, microchipped, on heartworm preventative and flea/tick meds, and will have beginner basic obedience training at the end of their 4-week course.

We are accepting applications and will work on home visits while classes are going on. All dogs will be able to go to their new homes on Friday, Oct. 4th after graduations.

All breeds and ages are the best guess from our Dog Selection Committee and Veterinarian.

This event is rain or shine

Sep 01
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Adoption Event #3 – The Bark

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Our third event will be at The Bark Dog Park and Beer Garden. We invite you out to meet our pups who are participating in class this session. They are looking for their furever homes! They will be through their second week of class, so you’ll see some of their new skills.

Even if you aren’t looking to adopt, please come by to meet the class! Socializing is an important part of our training as we want to introduce them to other people when we can. We don’t want to overwhelm, but let them meet new humans as well!

This session we have Espresso, Gadget, Hogan (pictured left), and URL (pronounced Earl)

All dogs are medically screened, fully vaccinated, microchipped, on heartworm preventative and flea/tick meds, and will have beginner basic obedience training at the end of their 4-week course.

We are accepting applications and will work on home visits while classes are going on. All dogs will be able to go to their new homes on Friday, Oct. 4th after graduations.

All breeds and ages are the best guess from our Dog Selection Committee and Veterinarian.

This event is rain or shine

Aug 26
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Adoption Event #1 – Meadow View Garden Center

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Join us for our first adoption event of the Fall season! We’ll have lovable dogs ready to find their forever homes. Come meet them and see if it’s love at first sight!

Our first event is at Meadow View Greenhouse and Garden Center. We invite you out to meet our new group of dogs who will be participating in class this session. They are looking for their furever homes! They don’t begin class until the following day, so this event is more about socialization than showing off any skills.

Even if you aren’t looking to adopt, please come by to meet the class! Socializing is an important part of our training as we want to introduce them to other people when we can. We don’t want to overwhelm, but let them meet new humans as well!

This session we have Espresso, URL (pronounced Earl and pictured left), Hogan and Gadget. All dogs are medically screened, fully vaccinated, microchipped, on heartworm preventative and flea/tick meds, and will have beginner basic obedience training at the end of their 4-week course.

We are accepting applications and will work on home visits while classes are going on. All dogs will be able to go to their new homes on Friday, Oct. 4th after graduations.

All breeds and ages are the best guess from our Dog Selection Committee and Veterinarian.

This event is rain or shine.

Aug 26
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Adoption Event #2 – Ijams Nature Center

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Our second event will be at Ijams Nature Center outside of the visitor center. We invite you out to meet our new class who will be participating in class this session. They are looking for their furever homes! They will be through their first week of class, so you’ll see some of their new skills.

Even if you aren’t looking to adopt, please come by to meet the class! Socializing is an important part of our training as we want to introduce them to other people when we can. We don’t want to overwhelm, but let them meet new humans as well!

This session we have Espresso (pictured left), URL (pronounced Earl), Hogan and Gadget.

All dogs are medically screened, fully vaccinated, microchipped, on heartworm preventative and flea/tick meds, and will have beginner basic obedience training at the end of their 4-week course.

We are accepting applications and will work on home visits while classes are going on. All dogs will be able to go to their new homes on Friday, Oct. 4th after graduations.

All breeds and ages are the best guess from our Dog Selection Committee and Veterinarian.

This event is rain or shine