HOW TO ADOPT

 

If you see a dog available for adoption on our website, social media or at one of our events, you are welcome to complete an adoption application and submit it to Rescued Paws at Alpine Foundation.

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Upon receipt of your application (you may click for below to submit form), in which we must have first to ensure you match the dogs needs, we then set up a meet and greet at our facility with you, your family, and the requested dog to see how everyone feels about each other. If everyone chooses to move forward, we may set up a time for the dog to join your home!

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We do virtual home checks, as it is simply not possible for attend every home for adoptions and this is our volunteer time. We will explain this process with you once we get past the adoption application.

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The next step is to continue to the adoption contract, and adoption fee, entering into a 24-hour trial. During your 24-hour trial you may return the dog for any reason and full refund is given. We ask you to send us a follow up email within 24 hours, and then again at 7 days. That way we stay in contact, and are able to help through any transition periods.

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Upon completion of your full week with your new dog, and during that time you've both fallen in love and can’t look back, Rescued Paws at Alpine Foundation will officially transfer files from our vet to your vet and you assume full ownership.

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In the event that your dog needs to be spayed or neutered, we stay on as 50/50 parents until this medical procedure is completed. All dogs are to be altered, and fully vaccinated before transfer of ownership is completed. All the adoptions fees help to cover the medical expenses, we are a non profit and are solely ran by volunteers with zero paid positions. Puppies MUST be spayed/neutered by 6 months or you will be responsible to cover any medical costs not completed before 6 months old. Including vaccines for puppies, the necessary vaccine appointments must be completed or the additional vaccine costs will be the parents responsibility. All parents will be added to profile, and then any no show appointments will be the parents responsibility to cover fees. 

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Please know that for any reason during the course of the dogs life, should you need to return or rehome the dog, it MUST come back to us as we remain on the microchip to ensure the safety of all our rescues. If within the week of adoption we will return your adoption fee, there after within three months there is special circumstances for return of fees, but there is not a guaranteed fee return.

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ADOPTION APPLICATION