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The Adoption Process

The process to adopt a Collie from Collie Rescue Network is outlined below.  We require all prospective adopters to complete each step of the process before a Collie will be placed into your home.  Each step of the process is designed to better match a rescued Collie’s individual personality with that of each family’s unique lifestyle.  Please note that completion of any or all of the steps listed below in no way implies acceptance or approval of adoption.  Collie Rescue Network retains the right to refuse adoption to any person or persons at any time for any reason.

Step One:  The Adoption Application

The first step is filling out the Adoption Application.  The application allows CRN to determine what you are looking for in a Collie in order to best match your family and home with the dog that is right for you.  Some Collies are fine with hardwood flooring while some are terrified of any slippery surface.  Some Collies make wonderful jogging buddies while some spend the entire day as a couch potato.  Some families don’t mind a “counter surfing” Collie while others prefer a Collie with impeccable obedience skills already in place. The application gives us a better idea of what type of Collie would best fit into your home.

Step Two:  Meeting the Collie

The second step in the adoption process if for you and your whole family to meet the Collie in person.  This meeting gives you a much better idea of that Collie’s individual personality and allows you to better decide if this particular Collie would be a good fit for your family.  We would like for everyone living in the home to be present at this meeting.  CRN does, however, understand that we are a very “spread out” rescue in that our foster homes cover enormous areas.  If the Collie that best fits your family is a distance that makes driving to meet the Collie impractical, we will work together to ensure that both your family and CRN are comfortable that this truly is the right dog for you.

Step Three: The Home Visit

The home visit is a very important part of the adoption process and no adoption will take place without this step being completed.  A home visit is when a rescue volunteer comes to your home and visits with all your family members present.  We are not there to judge your home, your family and/or your lifestyle.  The reason for the home visit is to get to know your family a little better in our quest to make the best match possible for our sake, but also for yours!  This step in the process is also a great opportunity to ask the home visitor questions about rescue, rescue dogs and to get tips and thoughts on how to help a new dog settle into their new home.

Step Four:  The Adoption Contract and the Adoption Donation

The last step of the process includes reading then signing the adoption contract.  The contract is signed by both the adopters and by a CRN representative. The purpose of the contract is to outline and set into agreement what is expected of the adoptive family in regards to future care of their new Collie.  It also states that if at any time during the lifetime of the Collie, for any reason whatsoever, you can no longer care for your adopted Collie, the Collie comes back to Collie Rescue Network.  This last step is also when the adoption donation is paid.  We request a minimum donation of $350.00 to help off-set the costs incurred by the Collie while in the care of CRN.  Please note that this almost never covers the cost of micro-chipping, spaying/neutering, wellness, exams, vaccinations, medications, grooming and any of the myariad of other things a rescue Collie requires before being considered adoptable.  Currently the average cost incurred by the each of the Collies in the care of CRN is almost $600.00

Adoption Application