Villalobos Rescue Center

Adoption Questionnaire

The following is the preliminary step in adopting one of our canine orphans. We have been adopting out animals for several years and find it necessary to ask the following questions in order to get a better insight into you and your family and to determine which dog would be best for all involved. We don't mean to insult anyone or invade anyone's privacy, but judging from experience, these questions are necessary. If you choose not to answer any one of the following questions, please feel free to ask us about it and we will be more than happy to explain the necessity of that particular question.

The following will give you an idea of what we expect in our potential adopters.

1. Our adoption fee is $200.00. For your adoption fee, the dog will be spayed/neutered, fully vaccinated, microchipped and receive a free lifetime of training sessions with VRC.
2. All of our dogs are spayed/neutered.
DO NOT ASK US FOR AN UN-ALTERED DOG!
3. We are hesitant to adopt out adult dogs into homes where there are cats or small dogs. It's just not something we "recommend" though we have had some successful adoptions in this capacity. We will consider it if certain circumstances arise, but we do recommend puppies for this situation.
4. We will adopt into homes where there is 1 existing dog but not more than that. Due to this breed's sometimes inherent dog to dog aggression, its hard enough to make 2 dogs get along let alone several. Your existing dog must be a medium/large breed but we have made exceptions on special circumstances and ultimately do go by an individual basis.

5. We do NOT recommend a female to female dog adoption.
6. If you do have an existing dog, you will be asked to bring him/her up to our facility to meet your potential new adopted dog.

7. If you live in an apartment, condo, townhouse or home owners association complex, verify with the management that you are allowed to have a PIT BULL AND NOT JUST ANY TYPE OF DOG. Many insurance companies are now denying home owners' insurance companies to rent to people with this breed of dog.

OUT OF STATE/COUNTRY ADOPTIONS

We DO adopt dogs out of state but the following restrictions apply:

WE DO NOT ADOPT DOGS OUT OF STATE IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING PET IN THE HOME

1. Adoption fees This amount covers gas/flight arrangements, hotel, etc and can sometimes run anywhere from 500-600$
2. We MUST be able to arrange a home check. This will be done by one of our shelter reps. If we do not have one in your home state then one of our reps from our facility will travel with the dog you are adopting.
3. We DO NOT adopt dogs out of the country due to potential problems with customs and dogs getting lost during the shipping process.