Pet Tips

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Helpful Hints for Adopting Out a Pet

Advertising

Put a free ad in local and surrounding area newspapers.
Make fliers to put in local businesses (with permission). Pet stores, veterinarian offices and pet grooming facilities are good places to start. Pictures always help.
Call local pet stores. They may be willing to accept the animal ‘as-is’. Some even provide minimal vet care before adopting it out.
Reach out to local animal groups. They are likely to appreciate your efforts and help in some way.
Place a listing on Craigslist and similar websites for maximum advertising.
If possible, email pictures to WOOFF for them to be put online.

Screening Applicants

Have potential applicants fill out an adoption contract (a sample contract can be found here).
Before meeting the interested party, use the contract as a guide to verbally question the potential adopters about their intentions and to see if a face-to-face meeting would be worthwhile.
Optionally, a home inspection may be done to ensure dogs have a properly secured fenced in area.
Arrange for the animal to meet the interested family’s current pets. Discord between new and old pets is a top reason for failed adoptions later on.
Call the family’s vet (with their permission) to see if all current pets are up-to-date on shots, if dogs are on a heartworm preventative, and if all pets have been spayed or neutered.
A post-adoption visit to the home is also an option.

A parked car could kill your dog.

In one study showed that at 9:30 when the outside temperature was 75 the inside temperature of the car was 130. A dog’s normal temperature ranges from 101.5 to 102.5. At 115 degrees a dog can sustain brain damage.

NEVER LEAVE AN ANIMAL OR SMALL CHILD IN A PARKED CAR!

In the event of heat stroke:

Gently place the dog in a tub of cool water or
Spray with cool water from a garden hose or
Apply ice packs to the head and neck
Call a veterinarian as soon as possible

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Helpful Hints for Adopting Out a Pet

Advertising

Put a free ad in local and surrounding area newspapers.

Make fliers to put in local businesses (with permission). Pet stores, veterinarian offices and pet grooming facilities are good places to start. Pictures always help.

Call local pet stores. They may be willing to accept the animal ‘as-is’. Some even provide minimal vet care before adopting it out.

Reach out to local animal groups. They are likely to appreciate your efforts and help in some way.

Place a listing on Craigslist and similar websites for maximum advertising.

If possible, email pictures to WOOFF for them to be put online.

Screening Applicants

Have potential applicants fill out an adoption contract (a sample contract can be found here).

Before meeting the interested party, use the contract as a guide to verbally question the potential adopters about their intentions and to see if a face-to-face meeting would be worthwhile.

Optionally, a home inspection may be done to ensure dogs have a properly secured fenced in area.

Arrange for the animal to meet the interested family’s current pets. Discord between new and old pets is a top reason for failed adoptions later on.

Call the family’s vet (with their permission) to see if all current pets are up-to-date on shots, if dogs are on a heartworm preventative, and if all pets have been spayed or neutered.

A post-adoption visit to the home is also an option.

A parked car could kill your dog.

In one study showed that at 9:30 when the outside temperature was 75 the inside temperature of the car was 130. A dog’s normal temperature ranges from 101.5 to 102.5. At 115 degrees a dog can sustain brain damage.

NEVER LEAVE AN ANIMAL OR SMALL CHILD IN A PARKED CAR!

In the event of heat stroke:

Gently place the dog in a tub of cool water or

Spray with cool water from a garden hose or

Apply ice packs to the head and neck

Call a veterinarian as soon as possible

Miss some past tips? Check the links below to catch up...