Precious Paws Asian Dog Rescue Adoption Application

Thank you for considering adopting a rescue pet from us. If you are interested in adopting one of the precious animals we have rescued, you must fill out an adoption application, submit to a home visit if asked and be approved. Once approved you must pick up your new pet as soon as possible to make room for our next rescue which is most likely coming from a kill shelter and whose life depends upon us rescuing it. These animals are "rescues". They have been possibly abused, but always discarded by their previous owners. You will need to be tolerant and loving while they adjust to their new home which can take a month or more. Please note that we can never say with complete certainty that our babies are 100% potty-trained. We are always hesitant to claim any pet is completely housebroken as we want you to expect to have to reinforce training in your own home as the babies initially adjust to a new atmosphere. Mere nerves can cause an otherwise very well housebroken dog to have many accidents in a new home for the first few days/weeks. There is always a period of adjustment, and you must be willing to work with your new family member. We do train them here to be wee-wee pad trained and/or outside potty-trained, but you must expect to have to reinforce this training, or continue training in your home.

The adoption fee is non refundable, whether you keep your adopted pet one hour or one year. Thankfully we get VERY FEW returns. We screen our adopters carefully and we expect your decision to adopt to be thought out carefully and we want you to realize that your commitment is for the life of the dog. Our adoption fees vary. Please read more about our ADOPTION FEES . We are a "hard rescue organization" which means that we accept dogs with serious medical needs. In addition to treating the usual minor medical conditions, vaccinating, and altering, we also arrange for more expensive procedures such as heartworm treatments, orthopedic surgeries, and ophthalmic care. In order to pay for this expensive care, we must ask for an "adoption fee". Occassionally, certain breeds and/or extremely excessive costs involved in the rescue and/or care of a particular dog or many dogs needing surgery in our rescue at one time may cause our adoption fees to be higher than we normally would ask for. The adoption fee helps defray the vet costs of the dog you are inquiring about and the extremely high veterinary bills that are incurred by the many animals we save. We are a small rescue, we have no grants or funding. The time and amount of money it takes to make these pets the beautiful, adoptable and socialized babies you see is extensive. We also have "special needs" dogs that require continual and specialized veterinary care. Our dogs are always altered, have all vaccinations and heartworm tests, and are always on heartworm and flea and tick preventative. Many times they have been professionally groomed several times and had various other costly medical procedures. We are not a "public shelter". We are a group of foster homes. Unfortunately we do not have public facilities and are unable to let people "come see all of the dogs". You must fill out an adoption application and be approved before you will be able to meet the pet you have inquired about adopting. We do this to be certain that you are an appropriate home for the animal so as to not waste anyone's time. Once you are approved for adoption, a volunteer will pick up your dog from it's foster home on day of adoption and meet you at a public location. We do this for the safety and convenience of all parties involved. When you adopt a baby from here, you also save the life of one who is scheduled to die in a kill shelter, because you have opened up a space for that new baby to come here. This is also why we request you to pick up your new baby, if approved, ASAP.

We have an "adoption committee" that reviews applications and approves each adoption. We receive many applications on each dog and the adoption process is not first come, first serve. If we have several qualified applicants, we simply choose the best home for that particular dog in our opinion. Volunteers answer emails. We are all volunteers with families and jobs. We do this out of our love for the animals and receive no financial compensation.

Thank you for applying to adopt one of our precious furangels. Please think out your decision to adopt a particular animal CAREFULLY The animal's welfare is our top priority. We do strive to make certain the adopter is happy, we want both pet and owner to be happy and find their forever friend for life. If the adopter isn't happy, then the pet won't be and we have failed everyone involved.We reserve the right to decline adoption of any animal to any person for any reason.

Name:

Age:

E-mail address:

Address:

City:

County:

State:

Zip:

Home Phone:

Cell or Alternate Phone:

Your Employer:

Occupation:

Employer Address:

Work Phone:

Work Hours:

Do you work from home?:

Spouse or partner's name:

Spouse or partner's Age:

Spouse or partner's Employer:

Spouse or partner's Occupation:

Spouse or partner's Employer Address:

Spouse or partner's Work Phone:

Spouse or partner's Work Hours:

Does your spouse/partner work from home?:

Number of children living at home:

Ages:

Do you have young children visit on a regular basis? (i.e. grandchildren, babysitting)? If yes, ages of children, and how you plan on protecting this rescue pet from the children:

Are you expecting a child, or planning a family in the future?

If so and the new dog expresses unhappiness at the new addition, how will you handle it and would you consider getting "rid of" your pet?

How long have you lived at this address:

Previous Address if less than 2 years:

Number of years there:

List all members living in your home and their ages:

Is everyone in your home agreeable to adopting a rescued dog? If not, who and why?

Does anyone in your home have known pet allergies? If so, please explain.

Do you or anyone in your household have any serious health problems? If yes, please explain

Have you ever "given your dog away" or turned it into an animal shelter? Have you ever "lost" a pet? Please describe in detail if yes to any of the above.

Have you or anyone you know ever been convicted of an animal related crime? If so, please explain.

Do you forsee any major changes in your life in the next 15 years(average dog's lifespan)such as marriage, childbirth,traveling for job, entering military and/or being deployed, health problems? If yes, please explain in detail.

In the event of your sudden demise, who would immediately care for your adopted rescue? Do they own pets?

Have you made a written provision for your existing pets in a will or other legal document?

Which of the following terms best describes your current living situation? Own House, Rent House, Own Condo, Rent Condo, Rent Apartment, Own Modular Home, Rent Modular Home, Living with Parents, Living with Others:

If renting, landlord's name and phone number:

If renting, what would you do if you moved and your new home didn't allow pets?

Social environment (city, suburban, country)?:

Does your city or county have a limit of pets per household? If so, what is the limit of pets allowed per household?:

Do you have a doggie door?

Does your home have a backyard?

Is your yard fenced?

If so, what is height of fence?

What type of fence is it, if yes

Is fence permanent?

Is edge of fence buried to prevent tunneling?

If no fence, how do you plan on excercising your pet and what are your plans as far as potty time and making certain animal does not get lost, stolen or hit by a car?

Is there a pool? If so, how will you keep the dog safe?

Will dog be left alone during the day? If so, where will dog be kept? (ex.:Crate? Bathroom? basement? Run of the house? etc)

If so, for how long?

What will be the dog's living situation when you are home? (ex.: run of the house, basement):

What brand of dog food will you feed your new dog and what do you feed your existing pets, if any?

Where will the adopted dog sleep?

Do you allow your pets to sleep in bed with you? If no, why not and would you allow your new pet on your bed if he wanted to sleep with you?

Will you attend obedience training with your adopted dog?

Why do you want this particular rescued dog, as in what drew your interest to this particular pet out of so many others?

What activities are you going to engage in with your adopted dog?

How long will you keep this dog?

Are you willing to adopt a dog with special medical needs, such as daily eye drops, special diet or daily medication?

What do you consider behavioral problems that are "unacceptable" in a dog?

Are you willing to adopt a dog with behavioral issues, such as housetraining difficulties,separation anxiety, fearful aggression,timidness or barking, etc.? If not, why not? If so, which if any, are NOT acceptable and why?

What is your definition of disciplining a dog?

Under what circumstances would you give up this dog, your reasoning and what would you do with your pet? (Divorce, Marriage, Children, Relocation, New Job, Losing Job, Dog develops behaviour issues, Dog becomes ill,you become ill, housebreaking problems, fearful aggression etc.)

Are there other pets living in your home? If not, why not?

List breed(s), age(s), sex(es), and how long you have owned pets and where you got them from, ie breeder, shelter, rescue etc.:

Has any of your pet(s) that you have now or have had in the past ever had puppies, or have you ever bred dogs?

Do you own pets that live in a location other than your home?

Have you ever had a dog that lived primarily outdoors? If yes, please explain

Have you ever transported an animal in the back of a pick up truck? If yes, please explain your answer

Are all other pets current on all vaccinations?

Are other pets spayed and/or neutered?

If no to either above, please explain:

If necessary, will you spay or neuter your current dog?

Are other pets on heartworm and flea and tick preventative?

If yes, brand:

If no, explain:

Your veterinarian's Name:

Vet's Phone:

Name of each pet and owner on the vet records at your vet's office:

Approximate date of last Vet visit for each pet:

Groomer's Name and Phone Number:

If no Groomer, who will groom your adopted rescue dog, how often and do they have grooming experience?:

Have you attended obedience training with your current or previous pets?

Does one of your current pets have behavioral issues? If so, what issues and how do you handle them?

We expect our adopters to give periodic updates and pictures of their rescue pets when asked and bi-yearly at a minimum, do you agree to this provision?

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!List all pets you've owned in the last 15 years and their current status in DETAIL. If deceased please list the age deceased and reason for their demise:

Please list any rescued dogs posted on our website that you are currently committed to adopting should you be approved:

Are you willing to travel to TN to pick up your adopted rescue dog, if approved?

If so, how soon?

Have you now or ever applied to adopt from another rescue group?

Have you ever adopted a pet from another rescue group?

If yes, when did you apply and/or adopt?

Which group and what is their contact info?
No human is perfect, nor is any animal. If you will be upset if a new dog has an "accident" on your floor or tries to jump on your couch or growls if a child pulls it by the tail across the floor, then please don't apply to adopt one of our animals. These animals are "rescues". This is NOT "Perfect Pet Adoption Center". They have been possibly abused, but always discarded by their previous owners. You will need to be tolerant and loving while they adjust to their new home which can take a month or more. The adoption fee is NOT REFUNDABLE. If you choose not to keep the pet at any time, you MUST return the pet to Precious Paws Asian and Small Breed Dog Rescue with NO REFUND. If we are full and do not have room at the time you wish to return the dog, you MUST keep him at your home and safe until we have an opening or find him a new adopter. We require updates periodically via email with pictures. Do you understand and agree to these things?

How did you hear about Precious Paws Asian and Small Breed Dog Rescue?(ex:friend, other rescue, one of our adopters)Please be specific.

Please provide the name, address and home phone number of two (2) references and their relationship to you. No family references please.

Reference #1:

Reference #2:

Please read the following carefully. Also PLEASE send a separate email letting us know you have submitted an application to make certain that we receive it. Some applications have been lost. Please save a copy of your completed application for a back up in case this one gets lost.

I declare that the information I have provided in this application is complete and correct. I further declare that I am financially and physically able to care for a rescued dog, I understand that proper food and veterinarian care may be costly, and I am able and willing to meet the needs of my adoptive dog. I submit that if the Adoption Application or the home visit either before or after adoption reveals falsification or misrepresentation of any facts on my part, along with not adhering to ANY of the above agreed to policies, Precious Paws Asian and Small Breed Dog Rescue reserves the right to either refuse adoption or to nullify the adoption and reclaim said rescued dog from my premises. I understand the adoption fee/donation must be submitted in cash only. I understand it can take a month or more for my adopted friend to adjust to their new surroundings and any pets I may have. This is a serious decision and we will not refund adoption fees to parties who choose to back out on their adoption contract after they have taken possession of the dog. We do this for several reasons. We hope it will make people think long and hard before adopting one of our babies. These dogs do not deserve to be handed back and forth. Once you adopt we expect this to be the baby's last, permanent home. If you choose not to keep the pet at any time, you MUST return the pet to Precious Paws Asian and Small Breed Dog Rescue with NO REFUND. If we are full and do not have room at the time you wish to return the dog, you MUST keep him at your home and safe until we have an opening or find him a new adopter.

By submitting this application online, you are agreeing to the above declaration,that all information submitted in this application is accurate with no falsification, agree to abide by all of our policies, regulations and confidentiality clause.
PLEASE EMAIL US DIGITAL PHOTOS OF YOUR HOME(inside and out)/YARD/OTHER PETS(if any) AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE TO HAVE YOUR APPLICATION PROCESSED AND PLEASE PUT "ADOPTION APPLICATION PHOTOS" AND YOUR NAME IN THE EMAIL ACCOMPANYING THEM.
Please print your name again, to be used as a signature on this form.PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THIS APPLICATION INTO AN EMAIL OR WORD DOCUMENT,FILL IT OUT COMPLETELY AND SEND VIA EMAIL TO US. FOLLOW UP WITH AN EMAIL LETTING US KNOW YOU HAVE SENT AN APPLICATION AND KEEP A COPY JUST IN CASE THIS APPLICATION GETS LOST. If you don't know how to copy/paste, it is very simple and the instructions are to follow.

COPY/PASTE INSTRUCTIONS

Put the cursor in the body of the application. After you do that, right-click your mouse. You should see "select all" in the list. With your mouse, "right click" "select all". The application should appear highlighted. Then right click again and you should see the word "copy". Click on "copy". Open a new email as if you are going to send one. Put your cursor in the body of the email. Then "right click" your mouse. You should see "paste" in the list. Mouse right click on "paste". The application should appear. Then answer the questions in the email. When finished, send your email with application in body.

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