Adopt a dog

This rescue is run completely by unpaid volunteers, who all have their own families and work commitments, they give their time freely to help our dogs, which we really appreciate. 

The adoption process/finding the right dog for a family can take some time. We will not be pushed into hurrying this along becasue you want a dog now. 

Please only apply if you are able to wait on the right dog coming along to join your family .

We do what is best for the dogs in our care and this takes time. 

Please note:

​We only re-home our dogs in SCOTLAND.

We have co-ordinators covering the Edinburgh/Perthshire/Dundee/Angus and Borders areas and some other areas within SCOTLAND.

• We are sorry but we are NOT able to re-home any of our dogs to homes that have children under the age of 12 years old.
• We DO NOT re-home our dogs to homes that have un-neutered pets unless there is a genuine medical reason for this.
• We are sorry but we are NOT accepting any more applications with cats as there is a current waiting list of over a year. 

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Please can you provide as much details as possible about your life, kids, other pets work commitments and level of ownership on the application. Once we receive your application one of our volunteers will then contact you for a chat,  if we are taking your application forward. 

Please note that we CANNOT reserve a dog or mark your interest in a dog until a home check has been done and passed.

We will keep your details on our records for up to a year. 

Adoption Fees:
Young dogs up to 12 months £220.00
1 - 8 years £180.00
8 years and above £120.00.

Adoption enquiry process

Please read before applying to adopt one of our dogs

Our dog assessment

• All our dogs are assessed by an experienced rescuer in a safe, controlled environment, before being introduced to the general public. ​
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• ​The dog will then be placed into a suitable foster home, where it will be assessed​ in a home environment.  ​

Home check

• ​We will not reserve any dog until a home check is completed and we are satisfied that this dog is the right one for you.
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• ​A home check will be arranged to ensure your home is suitable for one of our dogs.
  
  
• Note if we feel the dog you are interested is not be suitable for your family we may suggest another dog to you  that would be more suitable. ​
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• Once we have confirmed everything has gone well with the home check we will contact you to ask if you still wish to proceed with the adoption.

Payment

• Once a dog has been identified for your family you will be able to meet that dog.  

• There is an adoption fee of £220.00 (young dogs up to 12 months) , £180.00 (dogs 1 - 8 years) or £120.00 (8 years and above) will be required to be paid either via bank transfer or paypal. This payment then allows us to help another dog in dire need. ​

• Once we have received a cleared payment, and the adoption contract is signed we will make arrangements for you to meet/collect your new dog.​
  
  
• We will be in contact with you thought this process, we have a private FB group that help new adopter with support and help if needed.
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• If for any reason the dog needs to come back to us within the first 2 weeks a refund will be done to your account less £25 admin and travel costs. ​

Change in circumstance?

If your circumstances change at any point, and you are unable to keep the dog for any reason you must inform us ASAP.

​All our dogs have lifetime rescue back up, this means we will take the dog back (no matter how long you have had the dog) we will then find a suitable home for the dog.

Ready to adopt?

Fill out the application form below giving us as much information as possible.

Adoption Application