ADOPTION APPLICATION

Address, City of Applicant:

E-mail Address:

Phone Number:

Number of adults in the home:

Number of children in the home:

Ages of children?

Number, type and age of resident pets:

What type of residence do you live in?
Apartment
Condo
Townhome
House

What are the dimensions of your outdoor property?

Do you have a fully fenced backyard?
Yes
No

If so, how high is it and what size, material is it made of?

What is the work schedule of the family members and how long would the dog be left alone in the home?

What size/sex/age of dog are you looking for?

Why that size/sex/age of dog?

Describe your daily activity level currently:

What dog(s) featured on our websites are you interested in?

Why would this specific dog be a match for your family?

What are your thoughts on spay and neutering of animals?

What are your thoughts on crate training?

What would you do if you came home and found your dog eating your couch?

Have you researched bite prevention techniques to help keep you, your family, and your dog safe?
Yes
No

How many members of your household will attend training sessions?

How would you teach a dog to sit?

Your dog is digging in your flowerbed, you call him/her over and the dog comes to you. What is your next step?

Is there any other information you can provide that will help the adoption coordinator match your family with an appropriate canine?

Please complete these questions if you live over an hour from London, ON :
What training facility do you plan to attend with your new dog? What is the cost, what are the methods, how long are the classes?

How much time do you believe obedience training will take? I.E. at what age of the dog's life do you believe the training will be completed?

Please complete this section if you have children under the ages of 10 in your home:
How much obedience training will the dog require/are you comfortable participating in before the dog can be left alone with your child(ren)?

Explain how you will be able to manage the training of the dog in accordance to your current work/leisure schedule:

How will you handle a situation whereby the dog growls at your child or nips them?

How will you handle a situation whereby the dog knocks your child down while they are roughhousing?

How long will the dog/child(ren) be left unsupervised together?

How much interaction has your child had with dogs in the past?

How high of a tolerance level do you require a dog to have if a child were to pull the dog's ears, crawl over the dog ?

Describe what you would do if your baby is crying and the dog needs to go out to relieve itself and you don't have a fenced yard. How would you handle the situation?

Please complete this section if you have resident companion animals currently in your home:
What exposure has your current pet had to other dogs? Explain how often, when and where the socialization has occurred:

What research have you done in deciding if another canine would be a match for your resident canine?

Describe the obedience and house-training training methods you used for your resident canine:

How long has it been since you attended a dog training class? Which classes did you attend?

What motivates your resident canine? How do you get him to do something that he doesn't want to do or to do something he hadn't thought of doing himself?

Is there any other information you can provide that will help the adoption coordinator match your family with an appropriate canine?