Discover endless tail wags and heartwarming purrs at the Animal Shelter of Sullivan County in Blountville, Tennessee.
Adopting is more than just finding a pet; it’s about creating a lifetime bond. Join us in making a difference — for our furry friends and you. Add a special member to your family today by starting your adoption journey and experience the love that a shelter animal can offer.
Our Mission:
Increase awareness in Sullivan County about the humane treatment of animals through responsible sheltering, education, spay/neuter assistance and access to wellness.
Important Information:
The Animal Shelter of Sullivan County, Tennessee, conducts owner surrenders by appointment only. Please call 423-279-2741 to make an appointment. No walk-in surrenders will be permitted.
All animal control calls will be dispatched in a triage fashion, taking into consideration the urgent nature of the call. All strays must be brought in by animal control.
We need your donations!
100% of your tax deductible donation benefits our lifesaving rescue efforts for Sullivan County, Tennessee, animals in need.
Services
The Animal Shelter of Sullivan County has a number of services, including intake, spay/neuter and a vaccine clinic.
Intake
Intake services are available at the Animal Shelter of Sullivan County. Please click here to learn more about our intake process.
Foster
Foster families are essential members of the Animal Shelter of Sullivan County family. Take part of a rewarding program with us.
Programs
Learn about the programs offered at the Animal Shelter of Sullivan County here.
Adopt
Explore our furry friends at the Animal Shelter of Sullivan County. Complete and submit an adoption application here.
Volunteer
If you are searching for a rewarding experience and love animals, we invite you to volunteer with us. Learn more here.
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Ready to Adopt? It's simple.
Fill out the application online here or click the button to the side. Once submitted and approved, a team member will contact you to arrange an appointment for the adoption OR visit the shelter during regular business hours to view the animals and complete an adoption application onsite. Once approved, your adoption will be complete, and you can welcome a new member to your family!
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🎉🐾 EXCITING FUNDRAISER ALERT! 🐾🎉
We are so incredibly thankful to our friends at Triten Insurance for supporting the Animal Shelter of Sullivan County in such a BIG way! 💚
During the month of March 2026, simply request a quote for auto, home, and/or life insurance — and Triten Insurance will donate $20 directly to our shelter…
✨ At NO cost to you
✨ With NO requirement to purchase anything
✨ Just one quote per household (TN & VA residents)
It’s truly that simple!
This is an easy way to help us continue caring for the dogs, cats, and other animals who depend on us every single day. 🐶🐱
📞 Call 423-279-9060
📍 Or stop by 3306 Highway 126 in Blountville
Be sure to tell them you want to support the Animal Shelter of Sullivan County!
Thank you, Triten Insurance, for believing in our mission and helping us save more lives. We are so grateful for community partners like you! ❤️🐾
Please share to help us spread the word!
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Big shoutout to Tractor Supply Company on Volunteer Parkway in Bristol** for the generous $50 gift card and food donation! 🐾
We are so grateful for your continued support and for all you do to serve our community. Partnerships like this help us care for the animals who need us most. 💛💪
Thank you for being such an amazing community partner!
3 CommentsComment on Facebook
Does the shelter have chickens & rabbits?
Ty tractor supply of Bristol
Ty Tractor Supply
Update! Blanche was adopted today and gets to start her NEW beginning! 🙌
🌸🐾 Dog of the Day: Meet Blanche! 🐾🌸
At 10 years young, Miss Blanche is proof that age is just a number! This sweet senior girl loves, loves attention and has quickly become a shelter favorite. If you stop to pet her, be prepared — she’ll happily soak up every second of it! 💕
Blanche may be a senior, but she’s still got plenty of spunk! She enjoys her strolls, loves being near her people, and has the most gentle, loving spirit. She truly deserves a cozy home where she can be spoiled the way she should be.
The best part? Blanche qualifies for the Senior Silver Whisker Program through our partnership with the Sullivan County Humane Society! This amazing program provides up to $1,000 in veterinary expenses each year to help her live out her very best life. 🙌 That means extra peace of mind while giving this deserving girl the loving home she’s been waiting for.
Please come meet Ms. Blanche — we promise you will not be disappointed. She’s ready to steal your heart! 💗🐶
#DogOfTheDay #AdoptASenior #ShelterFavorite
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I want this girl so much! I filled out the paperwork to foster. Im in a nice quiet home also!!🙏❤️
That’s awesome!!! Woohoo u go live ur best life lil girl 🥰🥰
Courtesy posting for Bristol city tn animal control . Found on 421 February 24th, 2026. Please call 423-989-5600
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Just a reminder if you haven't signed up to stay connected please do! Our first Newsletter will be coming out the first week of March!Stay Connected with the Animal Shelter of Sullivan County! 🐶🐱
Want to know what’s happening??
We’re launching a simple way to stay in the loop! By filling out our quick connect form (Name, Phone, and Email), you’ll be added to our community list and receive:
✨ Monthly impact updates
🐾 Adoption & rescue stories
📅 Upcoming events
🙌 Volunteer opportunities
💛 Ways to help animals in need
It only takes a minute to sign up — and it helps you stay connected to the lifesaving work happening right here in Sullivan County.
Click the link below to join our community! ⬇️
animalshelter-sullivancounty.dm.networkforgood.com/forms/stay-connected-with-animal-shelter-of-su...
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Vaccine Clinic is tomorrow! If you haven't booked your appointment yet you still have time!🎉 Our soft launch went GREAT!
We’re excited to now offer our vaccine services in a more streamlined and efficient way for our community and their animals.
📅 Upcoming 1:00 – 5:00 PM Vaccine Clinics:
• February 26
• March 12
• March 26
We’re also expanding our in-house vaccine services:
✅ Rabies vaccines — Mondays | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
(Other services available during this time)
✅ Non-rabies services — Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
✨ All services are now appointment-based through our new online scheduling system to reduce wait times.
👉 Schedule here:
clinichq.com/online/cce9edf8-505e-4c3e-88b1-897d695bc3f8
Thank you for supporting us as we continue improving services for Sullivan County’s animals! ❤️🐾
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Today is National Spay/Neuter Day, and I want to take a moment to recognize the incredible team that keeps our clinic running strong!
Our medical team is truly amazing — from carefully prepping each patient to closely monitoring recovery, they give every animal the best care possible. We’re also so thankful to work with several dedicated veterinarians who help us keep our surgery schedule full and moving forward.
And the real MVP at the front desk — juggling phones, schedules, paperwork, and all of us without missing a beat! 🫣
This clinic has been running strong since 2021, and it takes every single one of these hardworking people to make it happen. Most importantly, we are so grateful for the continued support from our community. 💪
Spay and neuter saves lives. It keeps pets healthy, prevents unwanted litters, and helps reduce the number of animals entering our shelter.
To our team and our supporters — THANK YOU. We couldn’t do this without you. ❤️🐾
PS note from the director 😂 sorry girls I love you and grateful for you! Don’t be mad at me for pulling these pictures 😂
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You all were so good to my boy!!! Thank you for everything you do!🤍
Thank each one of you for all you do!!
They are all truly amazing!!! Thank you guys for all that you do!!!
And just like that… 10 little puppies were abandoned at a church in the cold. 😢
Thankfully, a good Samaritan took them in and called Animal Control right away. These babies are less than 4 weeks old and appear to have been well cared for. Mama was clearly doing a wonderful job — and they still needed her. Unfortunately, she wasn’t given the chance.
Our staff is stepping up in a big way, taking them home to provide around-the-clock care until we can secure a rescue placement. Bottle babies are no small task, but we truly have an amazing, compassionate team willing to do whatever it takes.
Please keep these little ones in your thoughts as we work to give them the future they deserve. 💕
**Right now these babies are to small for adoption 😞 we are not sure of the breed**
87 CommentsComment on Facebook
We could use puppy formula 💕 www.amazon.com/Petlac-Milk-Powder-Puppies-10-5-Ounce/dp/B005DL8A4E/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?crid=23FG9...
Crazy Petworks had 10 puppies found also! I wonder if the cases are related??? I hope the church had a camera atleast!
Y’all are awesome. I’m worried about the poor mama dog.  if someone could just put these out in the cold and abandon them, it’s hard to tell how they treat the mother.
Please call 423-989-5600 . This dog was initially found on 421
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We are excited this program is off the ground! 🥳 if you need your pet microchipped come see us!
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Mufasa is looking for a loving family 💕 
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Omg hes adorable!!!
Is he housebroken
Happy Sunday....Come by this week and find your new best friend 🐾
$60 with approved application ♥️
Mon-Wed Fri-Sat 1230-530 PM
380 Masengill Rd Blountville
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Did Bentley get adopted
What a bunch of beautiful dogs. 😊
Sunday Shelter Successes 🐾
Great week of adoptions! We had some leave on foster to adopt, also!!
Happy life❤️ Congratulations to each family for growing your home by 4 paws!
10 Adoptions
😺 8 Kitties
🐶 2 Doggies
🐕 3 Reclaimed & 11 to Rescue
🏡
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Wish all the doggies went but wow I saw Gordon on live and he looked like the sweetest love bug😍look at all the kitties that went home love this
So happy for the adopters and the animals 🐾 a really great week thank you people at the shelter!
Hannah Caudell look at your girl. 🥹
Our pups are out of peanut butter! 😱
Xylitol free peanut butter like JIF and Peter Pan are used to stuff kongs and create other enrichments for the dogs.
If you are out shopping today, would you consider picking up a jar or two and bringing by for our pups?
2 CommentsComment on Facebook
Just donated to help you buy some peanut butter!
Do you have an Amazon wish list?
Picked up on Hamilton hill road, bluff city on 2/20/26. Please call 424-279-2741 option 2 to reclaim
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This dog is not at the shelter! Do you know me? I was found by ketron elementary school
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Did he have a camo coller on?
Shared & live in BD near where the pup was found. Praying 🙏 this babies owners come forward.
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We hope to see you Saturday!!! 🐾
Come adopt, purchase shelter swag👕 or drop off a donation 🧶
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Is the The Animal Shelter of Sullivan County going to offer vaccines for our fur babies this year. If so can you post the schedule. Thank you
Meet some fabulous volunteers who make all this possible, Christopher Spears, Lauren Marie,Todd Hartsell, Blakelee Peters Taylor, Amber Lee Hearl, Mandy Graham and Lori Collea! Come meet us and learn why we volunteer! We’ll have information for you if you’re ready to make a difference in an animals life! See you Saturday!🙌🏼
Owner found!!
These dogs are not at the shelter, the finder is holding . They were found in colonial heights on historic hill road. Please call the shelter at 423-279-2741 option 2 if you know the owner
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They where at my house earlier, they belong to someone that lives on historic hills
Has the owner came got them?
Is it a boy and a girl?
🎉 Our soft launch went GREAT!
We’re excited to now offer our vaccine services in a more streamlined and efficient way for our community and their animals.
📅 Upcoming 1:00 – 5:00 PM Vaccine Clinics:
• February 26
• March 12
• March 26
We’re also expanding our in-house vaccine services:
✅ Rabies vaccines — Mondays | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
(Other services available during this time)
✅ Non-rabies services — Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
✨ All services are now appointment-based through our new online scheduling system to reduce wait times.
👉 Schedule here:
clinichq.com/online/cce9edf8-505e-4c3e-88b1-897d695bc3f8
Thank you for supporting us as we continue improving services for Sullivan County’s animals! ❤️🐾
13 CommentsComment on Facebook
Come join our kitten team! You won’t be disappointed!
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Huge shoutout to Arby’s for running a Round Up donation campaign to support our shelter!
We are so incredibly thankful for partners who believe in our mission and a community that continues to show up for the animals. Every dollar truly makes a difference. ❤️🐾
Thank you for helping us help them!
7 CommentsComment on Facebook
Thank God!!!
I'm going to make sure I grab my next fast food sandwich from Arby's. Support those who support!! I was unaware they did this.❤️
🎉🐾 EXCITING FUNDRAISER ALERT! 🐾🎉
We are so incredibly thankful to our friends at Triten Insurance for supporting the Animal Shelter of Sullivan County in such a BIG way! 💚
During the month of March 2026, simply request a quote for auto, home, and/or life insurance — and Triten Insurance will donate $20 directly to our shelter…
✨ At NO cost to you
✨ With NO requirement to purchase anything
✨ Just one quote per household (TN & VA residents)
It’s truly that simple!
This is an easy way to help us continue caring for the dogs, cats, and other animals who depend on us every single day. 🐶🐱
📞 Call 423-279-9060
📍 Or stop by 3306 Highway 126 in Blountville
Be sure to tell them you want to support the Animal Shelter of Sullivan County!
Thank you, Triten Insurance, for believing in our mission and helping us save more lives. We are so grateful for community partners like you! ❤️🐾
Please share to help us spread the word!
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Big shoutout to Tractor Supply Company on Volunteer Parkway in Bristol** for the generous $50 gift card and food donation! 🐾
We are so grateful for your continued support and for all you do to serve our community. Partnerships like this help us care for the animals who need us most. 💛💪
Thank you for being such an amazing community partner!
3 CommentsComment on Facebook
Does the shelter have chickens & rabbits?
Ty tractor supply of Bristol
Ty Tractor Supply
Update! Blanche was adopted today and gets to start her NEW beginning! 🙌
🌸🐾 Dog of the Day: Meet Blanche! 🐾🌸
At 10 years young, Miss Blanche is proof that age is just a number! This sweet senior girl loves, loves attention and has quickly become a shelter favorite. If you stop to pet her, be prepared — she’ll happily soak up every second of it! 💕
Blanche may be a senior, but she’s still got plenty of spunk! She enjoys her strolls, loves being near her people, and has the most gentle, loving spirit. She truly deserves a cozy home where she can be spoiled the way she should be.
The best part? Blanche qualifies for the Senior Silver Whisker Program through our partnership with the Sullivan County Humane Society! This amazing program provides up to $1,000 in veterinary expenses each year to help her live out her very best life. 🙌 That means extra peace of mind while giving this deserving girl the loving home she’s been waiting for.
Please come meet Ms. Blanche — we promise you will not be disappointed. She’s ready to steal your heart! 💗🐶
#DogOfTheDay #AdoptASenior #ShelterFavorite
20 CommentsComment on Facebook
I want this girl so much! I filled out the paperwork to foster. Im in a nice quiet home also!!🙏❤️
That’s awesome!!! Woohoo u go live ur best life lil girl 🥰🥰
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