Adoption Process

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ADOPTION YOU MUST:

  • Be 18 years of age or older, employed, and financially able to become a pet owner.
  • If you rent your home, you must have consent from your landlord to have a pet.
  • All other family pets must be spayed or neutered, if they are 6 months or older, unless there are medical reasons for not doing so. They must also be current on vaccinations.
  • You must agree to have a home visit done by one of our volunteers. We will need to see the area of the home where the animal will be allowed. All members of the family must be present, including current pets.

YOU MUST ALSO AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

  • Agree to spay/neuter the animal as the age limit approaches, with one of our sterilization options.
  • Be able and willing to spend time/money necessary to provide training, medical treatments and proper care for the entire lifetime of the animal.
  • Provide the animal a collar and name tag to be worn at all times.
  • Follow all leash restrictions of your community.

HOW DOES THE ADOPTION PROCESS WORK?

Our goal is to match the right animal with the right adopters. To ensure the best match is made, we have established a process that is fair and accurate in determining the best home.

Our organization is completely run by unpaid volunteers, many with full time jobs, who donate their free time to helping FFRR succeed. The entire process can be smooth, rather than complicated, if all parts of the application are thoroughly filled out.

We do have paper copies available if needed. Please send an email request to ffrrinc@gmail.com. We thank you in advance for your time and patience throughout our adoption process.

  • Step 1 – Fill out a Pre-Adoption Application
  • Step 2 – Application Preliminary Review
  • Step 3 – Landlord Approval Verified
  • Step 4 – Veterinary References Contacted
  • Step 5 – Personal References Contacted
  • Step 6 – Home Visit and Applicant Interview
  • Step 7 – Meeting between Approved Applicant & Available Animal
  • Step 8 – Adoption
  • Step 9 – Notification of Spay/Neuter
  • Step 10 – Optional Post Adoption Follow-up Visit

ADDITIONALLY:

Our rescue is operated by all unpaid volunteers. It may take three hours or three days to complete the application process, depending on volunteer availability. An approved application means that the applicant is approved to adopt an animal from our rescue, it is not a guarantee that the applicant will be allowed to adopt the animal specified on the application. We often receive many applications for the same pet, so please don’t be disappointed if your application is approved but another approved applicant is selected to adopt the animal. We strive to do our best, and always take the best interest of the animal into consideration.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ADOPTING, CLICK ON ONE OF THE BUTTONS BELOW TO FILL OUT THE PRE-ADOPTION APPLICATION: