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By submitting
this request, as a rescue, you have read and
agree to the following terms:
- Animal will be housed indoors
while in the care of my rescue. Animal will be kept in my home
or in a supervised foster home. If rescue utilizes indoor
kennels, Animal will receive a minimum of one hour of personal
attention outside of the kennel daily, being cared for by
staff, volunteers, or myself. Animal will not be housed in an
outdoor kennel. Animal will be adopted under a contract
requiring that Animal be housed indoors for the lifetime of
Animal.
- Animal's temperament will be
evaluated prior to adoption by myself (if experienced), a
professional trainer or behaviorist, or a volunteer with
supervised experience evaluating temperament, and the
evaluation will be recorded and retained in Rescue's records.
- Animal will be altered prior to
adoption, unless a qualified medical condition precludes it,
on the advice of a veterinarian. No spay/neuter contracts will
be considered, even for young puppies. A veterinarian will
evaluate Animal's health, and records shall be kept and
transferred to adopter. All health conditions identified by a
veterinarian will be treated, or for chronic conditions,
treatment will begin prior to adoption, at the advice of at
least one veterinarian. Animal will be up-to-date on relevant
area vaccinations prior to adoption, unless this goes against
a veterinarian's advice based on health. Adoption contract
will require that the Animal be kept up-to-date on
vaccinations (see above), and free of parasites including
heartworms (including preventative where this is a problem).
If Rescue permits adopters to use holistic preventatives, etc,
in place of conventional vaccinations and treatments, Animal
must be under the care of! a qualified holistic veterinarian.
- A home visit will be done for
adopters prior to adoption. Rescue understands that Dane
T.R.A.I.N. may be able to provide volunteers for home visits
for out-of-area adoptions. Rescue will require and verify
references for any potential adopter, including one or more
veterinarian reference.
- For out-of-area adoptions,
Rescue will contact all same-breed rescues in the state of the
potential adoption, to ensure adopter is not on a
"do-not-adopt" list. Rescue has made arrangements to
recover Animal if adoption were to fail.
- Rescue will inform adopter of
the unique nutritional, medical, and behavioral requirements
of the breed, including Bloat and Torsion, growth issues such
as HOD, OCD, and Pano, etc. An adoption packet with articles
listing such things is strongly recommended. Rescue will
always be available for any questions from the adopter, for
the life of the Animal.
- Adoption contract will stipulate
that if the adoption were to fail, the Animal will be returned
to the Rescue, and never be sold, given away, abandoned, or
released to an animal shelter.
- Animal will receive some basic
training while in the care of Rescue, concentrating on
positive reinforcement techniques. Rescue will require
adopters to continue with basic training, and will emphasize
the importance of training with breeds like the Great Dane. A
requirement of formal obedience classes in the contract is
strongly recommended, especially for puppies.
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