Pet of the week: Mama pup looking for a home

Animal: Loaded Piper is a 4-year-old, 51-pound, female, Shepherd mix.

Where: Rancho Coastal Humane Society, 389 Requeza St., Encinitas. Open for adoptions from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day except Tuesday.

Adoption fee: $145, including microchip registration, spay/neuter and up-to-date vaccinations and a one-year license if his new home is in the jurisdiction of San Diego Humane Society’s Department of Animal Services.

Profile: A hiker found Loaded Piper with her puppies in a crate beside a trail, then took them to a shelter. Her puppies were adopted. Loaded Piper was transferred to Rancho Coastal Humane Society through Friends of County Animal Shelters. She likes napping, sunbathing, cuddling, walks, meeting people and being brushed. She might be okay living in an apartment.

More information: 760-753-6413 or sdpets.org.

Other adoption centers:

• Helen Woodward Animal Care Center, 6461 El Apajo Road, Rancho Santa Fe, 858-756-4117, option No. 1, or animalcenter.org.
• San Diego Humane Society, North Campus, 2905 San Luis Rey Road, Oceanside, 619-299-7012 or sdhumane.org.
• San Diego County North Shelter, 2481 Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad, 760-438-2312 or sddac.com/north.asp.
• San Diego Humane Society, Escondido Campus, 3500 Burnet Drive, 619-299-7012 or sdhumane.org.
• DirtyLittlePaws Rescue, 3311 Vivienda Circle, Carlsbad (office only), 760-576-8702, dirtylittlepaws@gmail.com or petfinder.com/shelters/CA2669.html.
• Fallbrook Animal Sanctuary, 230 Aviation Road, 760-685-3533 or fallbrookanimalsanctuary.org.
• Camp Pendleton Animal Shelter, Building 25132, 760-725-8120 or petfinder.com/shelters/CA545.html.
• San Diego Humane Society, 5500 Gaines St., San Diego, 619-299-7012 or sdhumane.org.
• San Diego Humane Society, El Cajon Campus, 1275 N. Marshall Ave., 619-299-7012 or sdhumane.org.
• Chula Vista Animal Care Facility, 130 Beyer Way, 619-691-5123.
• San Diego County South Shelter, 5821 Sweetwater Road, Bonita, 619-263-7741 or sddac.com/south.asp.