Please DO NOT come and book one of our dogs unless you are ready to adopt IMMEDIATELY. You will be asked to pick your dog/puppy up within 24 hours of your home check. Your home check will be arranged as soon as we can, but this can range from next day to several days later.

Please note: If at any stage in the adoption process, we or one of our volunteers/fosterers, home checkers etc. feel that the situation is not right for our dog or puppy, you may be turned down.

Criteria for Puppies:

• Must be somebody responsible at home during the day to care for the puppy.

• Must have a secure garden where puppy can be let out to do its toilet.

• Do not usually home to families with under 5’s, unless children very used to dogs, but are never homed to under 5’s if small breed puppies as could easily be accidentally hurt by kids.

• Must understand that a puppy is not ‘an easy option’ – they are hard work, and very time consuming.

• You will be expected to take the puppy to puppy classes, and then to continue these with training classes. Details of the puppy training classes will need to be seen by the home checker.

• Should obtain a copy of ‘The Perfect Puppy’ by Gwen Bailey after booking a puppy and have got the book by the time of their home check.

• No puppy is to be homed to a family who have an un-neutered dog of an opposite sex.

• ALL PUPPIES MUST BE PICKED UP VERY SOON AFTER THE HOME CHECK – but some will be asked to wait if picking their puppy up leaves a pup on its own.

• If the potential adopter already has resident dogs or cats in the home, an up to date vaccine certificates will need to be seen by the home checker for each animal.

• If you are out of our area, and we are unable to find a home checker to do the home check for you, your offer of a home may have to be declined.

Criteria for Adult Dogs:

• Must not be leaving the dog for more than 4-5 hours. This is the maximum amount – many will not be able to be left for any time on their own.

• No dog must go to children under the age of 12 unless we know the animal’s history.

• The house must have immediate access to a securely fenced garden area, with a fencing height suitable to the likely size of the adult dog.

• No dog should be homed in a home with a cat UNLESS the cat is know to be good with this species.

• No un-neutered dog (or puppy) should be homed with an existing dog of the opposite sex if the other dog is not neutered – the dogs must meet and get on well before the animal is booked. All the family must come along and meet the dog before adoption to make sure the dog likes the whole family. Some dogs can have issues with certain people, so this needs to be found out before adoption.

• If the potential adopter already has resident dogs or cats in the home, an up to date vaccine certificates will need to be seen by the home checker for each animal.

• If you are out of our area, and we are unable to find a home checker to do the home check for you, your offer of a home may have to be declined.