ADOPTION STEPS:
1) Please download our adoption application below. (Tip - The more detailed and informative your answers are, the sooner a volunteer will be excited to initiate your phone interview.)
2) We know our application is long and detailed, but experience has shown us that if we don't understand your lifestyle and what you are looking for, you could potentially adopt a dog that is not the right fit for you or the dog. We believe it is better to spend the extra energy filling out a detailed application than go through the heartache of adopting a dog that is not the right fit.
3) Please read our FAQs.
4) Also, we now REQUIRE that the book Love Has No Age Limit by Patrica McConnell is read before the home visit is conducted so that we can discuss the book in terms of helping a dog adjust to the new home. It's about a 30 minute read and is excellent.
5) After you are approved to adopt we REQUIRE that you sign up for classes or privates with an SDR approved trainer BEFORE the adoption contract can be drawn up. This means that you need to send a receipt for several privates or a series of classes BEFORE your adoption contract is created, in addition to paying the adoption fee. Please look at our list of force-free trainers and figure out who might be a good fit.
Proof of classes/sessions purchased will be required before adoption. We do this because too many people adopted dogs, didn't do training and then returned the dogs because their behavior deteriorated in their adoptive home without training and clear instructions.
1) Please download our adoption application below. (Tip - The more detailed and informative your answers are, the sooner a volunteer will be excited to initiate your phone interview.)
2) We know our application is long and detailed, but experience has shown us that if we don't understand your lifestyle and what you are looking for, you could potentially adopt a dog that is not the right fit for you or the dog. We believe it is better to spend the extra energy filling out a detailed application than go through the heartache of adopting a dog that is not the right fit.
3) Please read our FAQs.
4) Also, we now REQUIRE that the book Love Has No Age Limit by Patrica McConnell is read before the home visit is conducted so that we can discuss the book in terms of helping a dog adjust to the new home. It's about a 30 minute read and is excellent.
5) After you are approved to adopt we REQUIRE that you sign up for classes or privates with an SDR approved trainer BEFORE the adoption contract can be drawn up. This means that you need to send a receipt for several privates or a series of classes BEFORE your adoption contract is created, in addition to paying the adoption fee. Please look at our list of force-free trainers and figure out who might be a good fit.
Proof of classes/sessions purchased will be required before adoption. We do this because too many people adopted dogs, didn't do training and then returned the dogs because their behavior deteriorated in their adoptive home without training and clear instructions.
Our dogs come with a Freedom Harness, a collar and tag, a microchip, and full vetting. Dogs who originated from Arkansas, Kansas, Texas or Oklahoma (high heartworm areas) come with the remainder of their heartworm pills. Our adoption fee is $465 unless otherwise noted.
Just below is our application that you can download onto your computer, save as a Word document, fill out, save again, and return to us via email.
PLEASE MENTION IN YOUR EMAIL SUBJECT WHO YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, If you are applying for one ONE Certain Dog!!
**********It takes about 2.5 HOURS for a volunteer to read through an application, conduct a phone interview and write up the notes for our adoption coordinator. If you haven't spent time reading through our website, thinking about the training scenarios, etc. and you RUSH through this application, YOUR APPLICATION WILL PROBABLY NOT BE self-assigned by a volunteer --- and hence your application will not be processed. *****
A dog is a 5- to 14-year commitment. A dog will also cost you anywhere from $5,000 to $15,000 in its lifetime.
We suggest you spend the time filling out our application in detail if you actually want to be considered for adoption from SDR. Thank you.
Please Note: We do not accept invisible fences or any electric shock containment systems.
We Do Not Adopt to families with children under the age of 6.
WE RECEIVE ROUGHLY 20 APPLICATIONS A WEEK. IF YOUR APPLICATION IS ACCEPTED AND YOU ASKED TO DO AN INTERVIEW, WE DO ASK THAT YOU WAIT AND DO NOT WORK WITH OTHER RESCUES AT THAT POINT. IT TAKES VOLUNTEERS 4-5 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME TO PREPARE, CONDUCT AND DETAIL A PHONE INTERVIEW. A HOME VISIT TAKES 4-5 HOURS ON AVERAGE OF VOLUNTEER TIME. IF YOU WASTE OUR TIME, YOU ARE LITERALLY DETERRING DOGS FROM FINDING GOOD HOMES, WHICH IN TURN MEANS DOGS IN KILL SHELTERS DIE BECAUSE WE CAN'T TAKE THEM UNTIL OUR DOGS ARE ADOPTED.
PLEASE BE AS THOROUGH AND THOUGHTFUL IN YOUR DECISIONS AND ACTIONS REGARDING ADOPTING FROM SUMMIT DOG RESCUE AS WE ARE WITH OUR PROCESS.
A DOG MIGHT VERY WELL DIE IF YOU WASTE OUR VOLUNTEER TIME.
PLEASE MENTION IN YOUR EMAIL SUBJECT WHO YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, If you are applying for one ONE Certain Dog!!
**********It takes about 2.5 HOURS for a volunteer to read through an application, conduct a phone interview and write up the notes for our adoption coordinator. If you haven't spent time reading through our website, thinking about the training scenarios, etc. and you RUSH through this application, YOUR APPLICATION WILL PROBABLY NOT BE self-assigned by a volunteer --- and hence your application will not be processed. *****
A dog is a 5- to 14-year commitment. A dog will also cost you anywhere from $5,000 to $15,000 in its lifetime.
We suggest you spend the time filling out our application in detail if you actually want to be considered for adoption from SDR. Thank you.
Please Note: We do not accept invisible fences or any electric shock containment systems.
We Do Not Adopt to families with children under the age of 6.
WE RECEIVE ROUGHLY 20 APPLICATIONS A WEEK. IF YOUR APPLICATION IS ACCEPTED AND YOU ASKED TO DO AN INTERVIEW, WE DO ASK THAT YOU WAIT AND DO NOT WORK WITH OTHER RESCUES AT THAT POINT. IT TAKES VOLUNTEERS 4-5 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME TO PREPARE, CONDUCT AND DETAIL A PHONE INTERVIEW. A HOME VISIT TAKES 4-5 HOURS ON AVERAGE OF VOLUNTEER TIME. IF YOU WASTE OUR TIME, YOU ARE LITERALLY DETERRING DOGS FROM FINDING GOOD HOMES, WHICH IN TURN MEANS DOGS IN KILL SHELTERS DIE BECAUSE WE CAN'T TAKE THEM UNTIL OUR DOGS ARE ADOPTED.
PLEASE BE AS THOROUGH AND THOUGHTFUL IN YOUR DECISIONS AND ACTIONS REGARDING ADOPTING FROM SUMMIT DOG RESCUE AS WE ARE WITH OUR PROCESS.
A DOG MIGHT VERY WELL DIE IF YOU WASTE OUR VOLUNTEER TIME.
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Download our application from file ... and then E -MAIL YOUR APPLICATION (snail mail applications really don't work for us) TO: SummitDogRescueApplications@gmail.com