SCAustin Adoption Process Guidelines

Rescue Process-The Samoyed Club of Austin, Inc. (SCAustin) learns about Samoyeds needing rescue through shelters, local animal control, groomers, veterinarians and individuals. A dog is picked up and, if it's health record is unknown, taken to a veterinarian to be brought up to date on shots and tested for heartworm. If not already done, the dog will be spayed or neutered as soon as medically possible and microchipped.

The next step is to evaluate the dog, then find foster care while the placement process is initiated where the dog continues to be evaluated and cared for. SCAustin screens all prospective owners to ensure the dogs will have loving homes. Personality is matched to prospective owners in an attempt to find permanent homes, and to prevent returns. Sometimes an adoption just does not work out. If that happens, SCAustin states in the adoption contract that the dog must be returned to SCAustin foster care. 

We are contacted almost daily via email and telephone calls about our rescues.  In an effort to utilize our limited resources efficiently, we allow only approved homes (signed adoption application submitted and satisfactory home visit concluded) to visit/meet available dogs.  This policy is also out of consideration to our foster homes.  All of our rescue dogs live in private residences until they are adopted and we do not wish to ask our foster families to have a number of strangers visiting their home.

SCAustin will not place a dog in a home where they will not spend the majority of each day inside the home in a climate-controlled environment.  Samoyeds are notorious for the digging, destruction, noise, and amazing escapes they are capable of when left to their own devices.  Even more so than other breeds, Samoyeds need to be an interactive member of the family on a daily basis.  A bored Samoyed is a Samoyed looking for trouble. 

SCAustin strongly prefers to place dogs in home with securely fenced environments.  Many owners surrender their dogs to shelters when the dog continually escapes from the home.  Many of the dogs found as strays are roaming the streets as a result of less than adequate fencing. 

SCAustin requests an adoption fee of $200.00 to help defray our expenses (i.e. spay/neuter, vaccinations, heartworm tests, heartworm preventative, microchip, heartworm treatments, etc.).  Ideally, the adoption fee and any additional donation will replenish monies spent so that we can continue to rescue dogs in need.

Our referral assistance and rescue/adoption programs are funded solely by donations and fundraising so your generosity is greatly appreciated! 

How to adopt a Samoyed through the Samoyed Club of Austin: 

·         Complete and sign our adoption application – this is a mandatory requirement.  The information you provide helps us to determine what traits and personality you are looking for so we can do our best to match you with the dog that will best fit into your family and lifestyle. 

·         Once your application has been reviewed, our Rescue Coordinator will contact you to discuss the information provided in your application and currently available dogs.  We will set up a time for a SCAustin volunteer/representative to visit with you in your home. 

·         If approved, we will arrange for you to come and meet the dog(s) of interest to you.  Our goal is to find the best possible match for the dogs.  If there is more than one approved applicant for a particular dog, we will do our best to place the dog with the home we feel is the best long term option for that particular dog.  If a match is not found with any of the available dogs, we are happy to contact approved homes when a suitable dog enters our rescue program. 

·         Be sure to maintain contact with us. It seems like for weeks there are none, and then dogs appear at our doorstep in bunches.  Please be patient as we are a very small, all-volunteer organization, easily distracted by things like fulltime jobs, families, foster dogs and pets of our own that need our daily attention.  When you throw in the minor emergencies that regularly plague us all (such as car problems and plumbing leaks) it may take a few days before we can get back to you.  We are also often busy transporting incoming and outgoing rescue dogs (many are coming/going outside of the greater Austin area) and completing home visits with prospective homes.  So, if you don’t hear from us within a few days feel free to contact us again at scaustin@hotmail.com. 

·         At the time of adoption, you must review and sign our adoption contract and pay the adoption fee.

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