About NCARF

Our mission is to help beagles find loving homes throughout the Northern California region and provide education to current and potential beagle owners about this marvelous, challenging breed.

We work hard to find homes for unwanted beagles. We also strive to help members of the Bay Area community find access to spay and neuter programs for their pets.

If you decide that you'd rather purchase a puppy, we can assist you in contacting a reputable, responsible breeder. This is to help ensure that the puppy you purchase is from a healthy, well-
tempered background. If possible, you want to see BOTH parents and spend time with them, making sure that they are healthy and well cared for. Also ask for a kennel tour. A breeder who neglects his breeding dogs probably also neglects the puppies. Good breeders require a spay/neuter contract and will take the pup/dog back at anytime during its life if you can longer continue to care for it.

The Sleepover Program

Before a beagle is adopted, he/she is placed in a potential adoptive home for a trial period, or sleepover, of one to two weeks. If the sleepover trial period works out, the beagle is officialy adopted out and paperwork is signed. When a beagle is listed as being on a sleepover, they are no longer available for adoption, but other interested families may inquire about them and request to be notified if the sleepover does not work out. If the sleepover does not work, the dog is returned to the original owner/foster and is then available for adoption once again.