READY TO ADOPT?Please fill out this application. We’ll get back to you as soon as we’re done with our assessment. 1. Name * First Name Last Name 2. Address Address 1 Address 2 City State/Province Zip/Postal Code Country 3. Phone (###) ### #### 4. Email * 5. Name of dog(s) you are interested in: * 6. Please provide a list of full names, ages, occupations, and brief personality profiles of everyone living in your household: * 7. List your and other household members' daily activities, schedule, and hobbies: * 8. Please provide more details of the type of individuals you and the other humans in your household are. Do you get caught in the rain without an umbrella? Do you often stay out all night or forget to water your plants? Are you the responsible type? Is your life scheduled to the tee and nothing skips a beat? Are you an independent person, and if so in what way? And anything else you can think of to describe everyone's characters: * 9. Please provide details about your home and yard, including size, setup, type of neighbourhood, proximity to busy streets, and whether you have a fenced-in yard: * 10. Do you own or rent your home? And can you provide proof of ownership? * 11. Does your landlord approve of having a dog in the rental property? Can you please provide your rental agreement and your landlord's contact info? * 12. Where are you planning to keep the dog and where will the dog sleep? * 13. How long will the dog be left alone each day? * 14. Does anyone in your household have any allergies? Please provide who and to what. * 15. What color, sex, age, etc. of dog you are looking for? Reasons for each preference? And how flexible you are about these factors? * 16. Have you considered a pet with special needs, such as a medical or behavioural problem? * 17. What will you do if your healthy dog becomes a special needs dog? * 18. How much are you willing to spend each year on vet care, food, grooming needs, supplies, and other expenses? As little as possible? Whatever it takes? * 19. How often do you think the dog will need veterinarian care? * 20. Would you consider getting health insurance for your dog? * 21. What kind of food you plan to feed the dog? Did you know most commercial dog foods are very unhealthy for dogs? Are you willing to feed your dog quality food even if it costs more, but it will result in a healthy and happy dog and likely less vet visits? Woofy Wishes can give you some information of this topic. * 22. What are your plans for other none medically related cares for the dog, such as grooming, etc. Will the dog be taken into public areas, or come into contact with children, dogs, cats, horses, and other pets? * 23. How do you plan to socialize and train the dog? * 24. What would you do if a guest at your home does not like dogs? * 25. Who will be the primary caregiver to the dog? * 26. What activities are you planning to do with the dog? * 27. What kind of enclosure will you use, if any (such as a dog crate, gates, etc.)? * 28. What are your plans for the dog when you are away for extended periods such as vacations? * 29. What will you do with the dog if you have to move or if your life situation changes in any way? * 30. How are you planning to help the dog adjust to the new home? * 31. Do you have serious and specific concerns about certain behaviours, such as barking, scratching, refusal to be handled, etc., which you are not willing to work through with the dog? * 32. Rescue dogs often have had various degrees of unpleasant pasts, which impacts their behaviour in various ways. Are you aware of this? * 33. Adopters generally go through a tough period of dealing with a rescue dog's behavioural issues, until the dog feels safe, settles down and receives positive and proper training. Are you willing and do you have the patience and the perseverance to go through this period, until it passes? * 34. Please provide a list of all the other pets you have ever owned, including type of animal, sex, age, whether they were spayed or neutered. Where did you get them from? How old were they when you got them? Did they have any behavioural issues and what did you do about it? Did they have any health issues and what did you do about it? Do you still have them and if not, then why? * 35. How did you hear about Woofy Wishes? * 36. Can you please provide an explanation why you want a dog from Woofy Wishes? * 37. Are you also looking for pets through other channels, such as pet stores, breeders, shelters, and other rescues? If so, please explain where are you looking and why there. * 38. How much do you know about basic veterinary care, pest control management, or conditions common to various breeds? * 39. Who will inherit the dog in the event of your death? * 40. Please provide 3 references. Your references cannot be family and friends, and we will be calling your references. * 41. Please provide the contact information of the veterinarian physician(s) and clinic(s) you use(d) for other pets: Thank you! We’ll be in touch with you 🐶
