Adoption Info
Adoption Information
Thank You for Considering Adopting a Pet!
As you already know, these dogs desperately deserve to find a loving forever home. We work as quickly as possible to get through the entire process with you and your future pet! Please understand that we are volunteer based, but we are doing everything to get back to you as quickly as possible. Please send questions to info@ndlbrescue.org.
Important Adoption Information:
1. We do our best to determine breed and estimate age and size (but we can not guarantee breed, age and size).
2. We strongly encourage you to train your new dog. Training will help you grow your relationship and learn to use positive reinforcement with your new family member.
3. Many dogs need time to adjust to their new surroundings and may have accidents or behave differently than they did in their foster home. They need to learn how to ask to go out and where to go. Patience, love and training will help your dog adjust to their new home. Please contact us if you need any help and we will help with recommendations to improve behavior and minimize issues. It is important to get ahead and address any behavior issues.
What is included with your NDLB Adoption:
1. Full veterinary exam
2. Vaccines and treatments:
- Distemper vaccines (depending on age)
- Bordatella vaccine
- Rabies vaccine (depending on age)
- 4DX (depending on age)
- Dewormer (panacur)
3. Pre-paid microchip (registration will be mailed to you 14 days after adoption)
4. Veterinary team recommended care: surgical interventions, specialty visits, dental and others (as applicable)
5. Recommendation for veterinarians (as requested)
Adoption Requirements
1. Applicant must be 21 years or older
2. Background check passed for everyone in household 18 and older (civil and criminal)
3. Pass a “meet and greet” with requested dog, all household members and all other household dogs.
4. Pass a “home visit” by member of our team
5. Current pets must be up-to-date on vaccinations and be spayed/neutered
6. Must have landlord approval (if applicable)
7. Application must be complete and accurate
8. Adoption fee must be paid prior to adoption. We will email you an invoice and you will pay online (Note that a 3% fee will be added for credit card transactions. Online payment is the option to pay you invoice.)
9. Driving to meet and pick up your new family member may be required
Adoption Steps
1. Complete application online (see below)
Please be sure to review the “adoption requirements” before filling out application. Once your application is received, it will take 24 to 48 hours for us to review your application and do a civil and criminal back ground check. We will call or e-mail you and give you more details about your specific animal and answer any questions that you may have. We do most of our communication through email so please keep an eye on your inbox AND spam folder.
2. Meet and Greet
Once your application is approved, we will set up your meet and greet. This is when the dog’s foster parent will call you and set up a time, place and date for you to meet the dog. This gives you the opportunity to meet the dog in person. Please be sure that the whole family and other dogs that live in your home attend the meet and greet.
3. Home Visit
Home visit gives us an opportunity to see where the animal could be spending the rest of it’s life! This is a very informal meeting. We want everyone to feel comfortable and relaxed. We want to make sure that everyone will be happy with the possibility of a new family member. New additions may not be accepted right away, but we want to make sure that everyone can “get along”.
4. Waiting Period
After the meet and greet and home visit, we give both parties 24 hours to think about the possibility of the adoption. We want everyone to make sure that this is the perfect fit for the dog and the adoptive family. If both parties agree that it is a great fit, we will follow through with the adoption.
5. Sign Adoption Agreement
At this time we will have you sign our adoption agreement and pay the adoption fee. We will email you an invoice and you will pay online (i. note that a 3% fee will be added for credit card transactions ii. online payment is currently the only way to pay invoice.)
6. Spay-Neuter Agreement
All dogs will be spayed or neutered unless they are under 3 months or underlying health condition. You are responsible for getting your dog spayed or neutered around 4 months and this is included in your adoption fee. Your adoption coordinator will reach out to you around this time to get you scheduled with an in-network vet.
7. Completion
After all steps have been completed, the adoption is official. Paper work next steps:
- Dog vet records, a copy of your invoice and contract will be mailed within 5 business days.
- Dogs with rabies tags will be mailed out 5-7 days after adoption (not all dogs will have rabies tags).
- About 10-14 days after the adoption your prepaid microchip packet will arrive by mail.
- Please be sure to register your microchip once you receive this!