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Application – which can be completed on-line from our website or a hard copy must be completed and mailed to Great Lakes. Pre-screening – once the application is received, a Board Member will call the applicant to talk in detail about the application. (i.e. Previous pets, work schedule, beliefs in obedience training and crate training, etc) A reference check will also be conducted. Once Great Lakes has established with the applicant that a Lab would be suitable to their home, a home visit is scheduled. Home Visit – A Great Lakes Volunteer closest to the applicant’s area will be asked to meet with the applicant and all family members. A copy of the application will be emailed or faxed to the volunteer for reference. Bring your own personal Lab with you on the home visit so that you may see how children react to the dog as well as if there are other dogs in the home. Please refer to the Home Visit Guide for details and trust your instincts as well as your judgment. Approval – Once a home is approved, the Great Lakes Volunteer who conducted the home visit will contact the Board Member that requested the home visit as to what type of Lab may work best in the applicant’s home. At that time, the foster homes will be contacted and asked to speak with the applicant about their foster dog. The foster home plays an important part in the adoption process, as they know the dog the best. Specific details that only the foster home could know about the dog is given and any questions answered. If the applicant would like to meet the foster dog, arrangements are made for the family to come to the foster home. If needed, a Board Member could be present for the meeting. If all goes well and both you and the family are comfortable with the adoption, the foster dog may be adopted at that time. If at any time during this meeting you feel unsure about the foster dog going to this home – it is encouraged that you tell the family that the person who did the home visit will contact them about the adoption. Afterwards, please call the volunteer who did the home visit and explain (i.e. The application says they will crate train but during the visit the applicant says they never use crates and your foster dog can not be trusted alone for long periods of time). That Volunteer will then call the family and suggest another foster dog or ask for explanation of whatever the situation was. As a foster home, Great Lakes relies heavily on your opinion as well. It is sometimes hard for a foster dog to adapt to a new environment, you as foster parents get to know the dog as well as your own and what is best for them. Placing the right dog to the right family is our most important part in Lab Rescue. With all of us working together, our goal is for the next home for this foster to be a permanent one! Adoption Contract – When all parties involved approves for the foster dog to be adopted by the applicant, an adoption agreement must be completed and the adoption fee collected at the time of adoption. The Great Lakes Volunteer must keep the original signed agreement, and the adopter gets the copy. The Great Facts about your Great Lab form must be completed and given to the adopters. We ask that the adopters return the collar and id tag once the foster is adopted for other foster dogs to use. The adopters must have their own leash to take the dog home with! Done Deal! – Mail the original completed adoption agreement along with the check to the address listed above within 24 hours of adoption. If a Board Member was there for the adoption, they will take the paperwork at that time. Email the adoption information to info@greatlakeslabrescue.org within 24 hours: (Dog name) adopted on (date) Fostered by:(name) Adopted by: Vet info (vet name, address, phone) *Rabies tags and certificates will no longer be given with the foster dogs from the vet office. We will now do a follow up call to the new owners 10 days from the adoption date to see how things are going. At that time, the rabies tags will be sent along with information telling the new owners how to register the dog in their name and county they live in. The Great Facts about your Lab sheet should still show vaccinations dates and information.
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