"To complete an adoption application" means to fill out a form or document that asks for information about your background, living situation, and reasons for wanting to adopt. It is a necessary step to express your interest in adopting a child or pet and provides the organization or agency with the necessary information to consider you as a potential adopter.
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If you wish to proceed, please review the Adoption Process, then
complete the Adoption Application with as much detail as possible — incomplete applications will cause a delay in the process.
It is the policy of Tails of Gray that all potential
adopters complete an Adoption Application, meet your prospective dog, and complete a home visit in order to be considered as a forever adoptive home for our rescued senior dogs.
If you're sure you want to adopt but don't know which dog or cat yet, we
recommend completing an adoption application now anyway so that we can try to pre-approve you, which speeds up the process once you do see an animal you think may be the one.
If you are interested in adopting, please read our FAQs about the adoption process and
complete our Adoption Application right away so you will be approved and ready when the right dog becomes available.
Sometimes we have some of the shelties at public events for an interested person to meet prior to making an application but otherwise we do not ask foster homes to host people in their homes that have
not completed the adoption application process.
We ask for potential adopters to
complete an adoption application prior to meeting any of the dogs.The application is reviewed by the foster parents of the rescue dog since they know the dogs best.