The
adoption fee is not a purchase or sale price and is not refundable.
Our current fees
are $175 for dogs over 24 months old and $275 for puppies/dogs
up to 24 months, which covers part of our out-of-pocket expenses.
The adoption fee for our prison trained dogs is $300. At times
due to the nature of rescue work we do not know exact history
of each dog, so we use the information we have to make our
best determination of age. The adoption fee is based on our
understanding of the dog's age, which you should be comfortable
with at the time of adoption. You are welcome to give more
as part of a donation but please do not ask us to take less
- every penny goes to help save another dog and none of us
are paid to do this - we do this to help great dogs find loving
homes.
Homeward Bound
Dog Rescue is a nonprofit organization and is run by a group
of volunteers, all dedicated to saving the lives of homeless
dogs and helping them find their forever homes.
All of our volunteers
donate their time to Homeward Bound and most of us are foster
homes, taking in dogs prior to them being adopted. This allows
us to give you a profile of your our dogs personalities and
can help match you up with the most appropriate dog.
All our dogs are
vaccinated and spayed or neutered prior to placement in a
home. There are some exceptions to this rule and we always
do our best to make sure you know as much about your dog as
we know. Sometimes in rescue, that means we may not know everything.
You can rest assured, however, that we have done our best
under the circumstances. This is also why we recommend that
you bring your dog to your vet after you adopt him or her.
We sometimes get
asked why we charge and adoption fee and the answer is simple:
it helps to defray SOME of the costs associated with rescuing
your dog. Costs can include: fees to shelters, spaying and
neutering, shots, emergency medical care and medicine as well
as occasionally having to pay an outside source for getting
the dogs to the area. We also have a phone, a website and
office supplies that we need to purchase in order to run the
group. The fee helps to pay for some of this and we rely on
donations to help us make up the rest difference. We will
gladly show you the typical medical expenses we pay in keeping
our puppies and dogs alive and in good health.
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