OUR ADOPTION PROCESS
Friends For Life
Our adoption process begins with the completion of our application form. (There is an online copy of our dog and cat adoption application below.) Once the application has been completed and submitted, our volunteers review the information you have provided. This includes the references, the vet information and other information you provide with respect to your personal information such as your home, etc. We then begin our process. We contact the vet for information regarding previous pets and try to get some insight on your previous experience with your pets. Additionally, we contact the people you have listed as references to help us understand you better as a pet owner. This helps us understand your compatibility with the cat or dog that you are seeking to adopt.
The home visit is performed to ensure that the home environment works for both you and the pet. Animals, like people, have specific needs and some of the requirements to meet the needs of the pet are not optional. Since our pets are fostered in our homes, we have grown to know the dogs and cats intimately. Placing a dog in a home that we know will make both you and the dog a mismatch will only make both of you unhappy. For example, placing a dog with a high energy level in an environment with limited exercise available, could create a situation where the dog would exhibit negative behavior in an effort to compensate for the lack of exercise. There are other situations and considerations that exist when evaluating the adoption. We strive to match both the needs of the people and the pets.
While our process may seem lengthy, sometimes as long as 2 weeks, we feel that the result is worth the wait. Our goal is to match our dogs and cats with homes that will make everyone happy. Many of our dogs and cats come from bad situations. It is our job to place them in the best forever home for them.
In the end, we create a friendship to last a life time.
We would like to have a match made in heaven, but we will settle for one made on earth.
Submitting An Adoption Application
If you submit an application in advance of meeting your selected pet, either by fax or e-mail, you must let one of the volunteers know at the adoption event that you have previously submitted an application. We do not begin processing your application until after you have met the pet that you would like to adopt.
We only do adoptions within our local area.
We have mandatory home visits.
Our Adoption Fees are:
Dogs: $225.00
Cats: $100.00
Adoption fee includes:
Dogs: Spay/neuter, shots, wormings, microchip, tests for heartworm, lymes and erhlichia
Cats: Spay/neuter, shots, wormings, microchip, tests for feline leukemia and FIV.
This fee only includes what it costs Maryland PetMatch to vet a healthy dog or cat. It does not include any costs above that, even when the cat or dog comes to us with any injuries or illnesses.
Download An Adoption Application:
PLEASE NOTE: We have a new fax number - The number listed on the application is no longer good.
Please fax your Application to 410-532-2022
Dog Application Cat Application
