These 27 dogs are on the Maricopa County priority list today. The next deadline is Monday, August 31. Dogs marked as needing a rescue pull have to leave with a New Hope partner rescue. The rest you can adopt in person before their deadline, with the fees waived.
Updated from the county Sep 1, 2026, 5:12 PM Phoenix time. Call 602-834-4911 if a dog you love is not showing here.
27 dogs on the list
A5170132
1 year, 1 month old · Male · Black / Tan Belg Malinois / Mix
Amadeus is a young Malinois-type dog with a ton of energy and very little impulse control. He knows some commands and wants to engage, but he cycles between frantic arousal and brief pockets of calm, and right now he has no way to manage himself in between. He's been too much dog for the shelter to handle safely.
A5163733
8 years old · Neutered · Black / Brown Min Pinscher / Mix
Rocket is an 8-year-old Min Pinscher mix who spent two months in a home before his owner surrendered him after the bite incident. In the shelter he has been steady and responsive with handlers who move slowly and let him come to them, but his history shows he can escalate when someone he is guarding leaves or when he feels uncertain about a stranger.
A5169620
4 years old · Neutered · Black / Brown German Shepherd
Amarillo is a big shepherd caught between two versions of himself. When the pressure drops and someone moves slowly, he softens—takes treats, allows leashing, even opts to go back inside his kennel on his own. But the kennel environment is eroding him fast, and his frustration now floods over into biting at the leash, thrashing, and redirecting onto handlers when he can't cope. He has five days left and the shelter has named him New Hope Only because he is becoming unsafe to move.
A5170136
12 years old · Female · Brown / Black German Shepherd
Miriam is a senior dog with a soft body and low tail wags, the kind of old girl who needs a minute to trust that you mean well. She froze once on leash when the world felt too big, then settled when given time. She has multiple medical issues that will need care and monitoring.
A5170246
2 years old · Female · Brindle / White Black Mouth Cur / Mix
Ms Silly was found running scared in the streets and brought to a finder who reported no problems, but the shelter terrifies her. She shuts down hard in her kennel and has shown alarm barking, air snapping, and body language that says she is overwhelmed past what she can handle. Outside the kennel she wants connection and will seek out a person, but she is so rattled that sudden sounds or movements send her into a panic.
A5170402
5 years old · Male · White / Gray American Pit Bull Terrier
Seven spent five years in a home with small dogs and a young child before his family hit a breed restriction. He's now in a cement kennel with what appears to be a serious untreated medical condition—constant tremors, falling, leaning into people just to stand, a pronounced head tilt—and he is terrified. The fear and pain have made him defensive when cornered, but he has no bite history and walked on leash when given space to move.
A5170414
7 years old · Female · Brown / Black Belg Malinois / Mix
Becky is a seven-year-old shepherd mix carrying fear she can't quite set down. She warmed to one handler in the yard—sitting close, accepting touch all over, following with soft eyes—but a second person triggered alarm and a snap at the fence. She needs someone who understands that fear and reactivity are not the same as aggression, but they are still serious.
A5164957
4 years old · Neutered · Black / Brown German Shepherd
Cruisin has two sides right now. In the yard with a patient handler, he's soft and sweet, leaning in for affection and taking treats gently. In the kennel, he's a different dog—frozen by fear, defensive, unable to let anyone close enough to leash him safely. Four months in this building and the pressure is breaking him down.
A5170107
3 years old · Male · Black / White Siberian Husky / Mix
Odyssey is a three-year-old husky mix who knows basic commands and wants human attention, but his body is writing checks his impulse control can't cash. He jumps, he bumps, he moves through space like he doesn't know where he ends and you begin. When someone tried to physically move him past a barrier he didn't want to cross, he bit hard enough to break skin.
A5170154
5 years old · Male · Gray / White American Pit Bull Terrier
Orson is a big, gentle-mouthed dog who knows basic commands and loves human attention. But he is also a dog whose reactivity to other dogs is escalating in the kennel, and the stress of confinement is showing in every movement—flagged tail, wide eyes, hard pulls, fixation he cannot break on his own. He needs out of this building.
A5170443
2 years old · Spayed · Gray / Brown Queensland Heel
Sinclair is a two-year-old cattle dog who shuts down hard in confinement but softens completely in open space, where she solicits touch and stays close. She has a documented history of severe attacks on other dogs and barrier-charging cats, both unpredictable and dangerous. Under that fear and those triggers is a dog who melts for human contact, but she needs someone who understands what they're looking at.
A5167849
2 years old · Neutered · Tan / Black Boxer / Mix
Sparrow is a two-year-old dog who melts into affection once he trusts you—soft body, wagging tail, leaning in for touch. But when startled or approached before he's ready, he can escalate fast, teeth and all. He's been at West for two months and his window just closed to five days.
A5169206
2 years old · Neutered · Tan / Brown American Pit Bull Terrier / Mix
Julio is a low-key two-year-old who would rather lounge in the sun than do much of anything else. Someone found him on a Phoenix street corner in late July, and nobody came looking. Now he has a respiratory infection that needs treatment outside the shelter, and he has seven days.
A5170733
12 years old · Neutered · Tan Chihuahua Shorthair
This 12-year-old showed up alone at a stranger's house and stayed, which tells you something about how tired he was. He's gentle with people and scared, and the shelter has serious concerns about his health.
A5170726
5 years old · Male · Brown / White Staffordshire
This five-year-old brown and white staffy mix is moving carefully through the shelter, watching people closely before he decides they're safe. Once he knows you, he softens—comes over, leans in, takes the comfort he can get. He's on the medical priority list and has seven days.
A5169032
3 years old · Spayed · Fawn / White American Pit Bull Terrier
Honey Bun is a three-year-old pit mix who spent her first week at the shelter so shut down she wouldn't eat or walk, then woke up hilarious—bouncy and goofy and eager to be near people. She's been there six weeks now and has a respiratory infection that isn't clearing, which puts her at medical deadline in eleven days.
A5169324
2 years old · Spayed · Black / White American Pit Bull Terrier / Mix
Mimosa is a two-year-old pocket pit who came in scared and shut down after being found on the street, but she's showing more of herself as the days go on—wiggly when you talk soft, food motivated, sweet under the fear. She needs out now, both because she's running out of time and because she's been sick in there for a month.
A5170784
7 years old · Female · Black / White Skye Terrier / Mix
She was found wandering near a park with another dog, and the picture that emerges is of a senior who has turned inward. She accepted what happened around her but didn't ask for much. The shelter has flagged multiple medical issues and placed her on medical priority.
A5169494
2 years old · Neutered · Brindle / Black German Shorthair Point
A5170383
3 years old · Male · White / Black Aust Cattle Dog / American Pit Bull Terrier
A5170754
6 months old · Male · Gray / White American Pit Bull Terrier
Frank is a young pit bull mix who trusted the wrong situation and ended up lost. He has the typical puppy menu—mouthy, bouncy, eager—and the easy social confidence of a dog who has been handled. The leg fracture happened before intake and the clock is running.