Adoption Policies & Procedures 

Please read our adoption process before contacting us to adopt a dog. It has all the information you will need to make sure that you are ready to adopt one of our dogs. We make a commitment to everyone of our dogs to find them a safe home where they will be loved, taken care of, and cherished for the rest of their life. We make a commitment to you to help find the most compatible dog for your lifestyle, experience, other pets, personality and wants. We want each and every one of our dogs to find homes where they will spend the rest of their lives in.

Considerations before adopting : 

  • Dogs are like a car, you pay to have the car but you also have to pay for its maintenance and if anything were to happen to it.
  • Is this a spur of the moment decision? Have you thought long and hard about the commitment of owning and caring for a dog? Are you financially able to provide the health care for a dog and provide any medical care and treatment if your dog gets sick or hurt?
  • Is your whole household in agreement in adopting a dog?
  • Consider your lifestyle. Do you travel a lot or work most of the day? Are you wanting to adopt a pup that needs to be house trained, prone to chewing or is high energy? Consider all the factors that are involved in bringing a dog into your home.
  • Think about your living situation. Many rental places do not allow pets or restrict what breeds are allowed. Are you planning on moving in the future? Would you make sure that you found a rental home/apartment that your dog could live in?
  • Do you have time to train, socialize, and offer companionship to your new dog? Do you have the time to feed, clean up after, groom, exercise and play with him/her. Dogs can not be left alone all day, and so if you work away from home, what plans will you make for the dog during the day - dog walker, doggie day care? 
  • Do you have the money to pay for food, toys, cages, obedience classes and other expenses for your dog? Do you have the money to pay for yearly visits to your veterinarian for proper vaccinations, heart guard and flea and tick medicine? What if something happens to your dog and they need surgery, are you prepared to do everything you can to keep your dog healthy and alive?
  • Do you have the appropriate space for the dog you are wanting. Some of our dogs are little and would do well in a studio apartment, some need a yard and more space to roam around in.
  • Are you prepared for accidents that may arise with your dog, such as chewed or scratched furniture, your favorite shoes being chewed up, accidents on your carpet, behavior problems? Most of our dogs are in a foster home where we learn their behaviors and what needs work but some of our dogs have been in boarding so we don't know too much about them in a household setting.
  • Are you prepared to make a commitment to your dog for his/her entire lifetime? Do you have a plan in place if something were to happen to you? Are you ready to keep and care for this dog for 10+ years?

Other Considerations :

  • All of our dogs are spayed and neutered. Do not ask us for an unaltered dog. Puppies that are in a foster to adopt basis still will be fixed once of age.
  • If you have existing dogs we require a meet and greet with your dogs and the dog you are wishing to adopt to make sure they get along. Just because they get along within the first few months of having your new dog, it doesn't mean that in the future there might be a fight over food, bones, jealousy etc...
  • We do NOT recommend adopting a female Pit Bull with another female Pit Bull. Jealousy between two females is very common and we want to do everything in our power to prevent a fight, injuries and so the dog doesn't get returned to us later on. If you already have a girl dog and are wanting to adopt another girl, we can have a trainer asses them both to see if they would be a good match together.

Adoption Policies & Requirements : 

  • We require for every dog to live indoors
  • We require our dogs to not spend more than 6 hours at the most in their crates at a time
  • We require that the adopters dogs must be either spayed or neutered, current on vaccines and rabies. ( We will call your vet and ask for records , or ask for you to send them to us )
  • All adults in the household must be in agreement to adopting our dog.
  • All dogs in the adopters care need to be on a heartworm preventative and flea and tick preventative.
  • The adopted dog is to be part of the adopting family for their lifetime.
  • By adopting this dog you are taking full responsibility. If you can no longer keep your dog, you must contact us immediately so we can re post your dog on our adoption sites and work on finding a new foster home or adopter. You must agree that if for any reason you can’t keep your dog that you must foster the dog until we find a new foster or home. Under no exception can you surrender your dog to a shelter or euthanize it. It is a $5000 fine if you abandon, neglect or take your dog to a shelter. If you can't keep your dog please notify us so we can re post your dog on adoption sites to look for a new foster home or adopter. Please post on social media, share with friends and search for a new home as well.  Please keep in mind that if you are wanting to return your dog immediately that we will not have a spot open for your dog. We do not have a facility and run off of only fosters. You will need to keep your dog until we have found a new home or foster home for your dog to go to. Under certain circumstances, if you absolutely can not keep your dog, they will have to go straight to boarding in Cumming or Loganville Georgia, where you will need to bring their current vaccine records and pay upfront for the first month of boarding. It is $5000 FEE IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR DOG TO A SHELTER OR ABANDON IT. ( If you wouldn't be able to keep the dog until a new foster or home is found or pay for the first month of boarding then please find another rescue to adopt from as we are a small rescue with very few foster homes and funding. )
  • If the adopted dog is lost or stolen, the adopter is required to notify us immediately.
  • Under no circumstances will the dogs appearance be altered for cosmetic purposes.
  • Adopter agrees to have the adopted dog vaccinated against the rabies shot yearly and up to date on shots.
  • Adopter agrees that the adopted dog will be kept on heartworm prevention and receive annual health checks.
  • Dogs are not allowed to be tethered or chained as a means of confinement.
  • Dogs must be exercised on a leash or in a fenced area daily.
  • We require for adopters to stay in contact with us and provide updates via texting or Facebook
  • We reserve the right to perform scheduled or non scheduled post adoption home visits to ensure the dog is happy and living under the terms of the adoption contact.
  • Adopter must agree to follow our proper introduction procedure to ensure the safety of their pets and adopted dogs.
  • Adopter must agree to keep a collar with an ID tag on the dog at all times and to never transport the dog outside of the vehicle, such as a bed of a pick up truck.
  • Adopter must understand that if their information was false, and they do not follow the adoption requirements, that Caitlin’s Vine Of Bravery has the right to terminate the adoption contract, and immediately confiscate the adopted dog without warning.

Adoption Procedure:

  • An adoption application
  • A phone interview to review the application
  • Reference and vet check
  • Landlord Approval
  • Meet and greet/ Home Check
  • Post adoption follow up

Adoption Fees: 

Dogs - $200

Puppies - $3oo-500 with a $100 refundable deposit. After proof of Spay & Neuter you will be refunded the $100

$50 Discount for second dog

$50 Discount for Veterans & Senior Citizens

We allow a 1 week trial period for adoptions to ensure the dog is a perfect fit for your family. The adoption fee will be paid up front and if the adopter decides to cancel their contract their fee will be refunded.

Foster To Adopt, ( Dogs in Boarding ) : Fostering to adopt is a great way to see if a dog is right for you before committing to adoption. If you wish to adopt a certain dog that is in need of a foster home or are wanting to take home a dog to see how it goes, you can Foster to Adopt.

  • You have 7 days to decide if you either want to adopt, foster the dog, or return the dog in exchange for a different dog. During those 7 days that dog will still be advertised as needing a foster or adopter. Within those 7 days you have first priority over the dog if you wish to adopt. If there are other adoption applications for the dog, we'll ask that you make a decision about whether you want to move forward with adopting. If the answer is "yes," then you'll just need to pay the adoption fee and sign the adoption contract.
  • The dog will either be brought to you during the home visit or you will have to be pick the dog up at our boarding facility.
  • If you decide to not keep the dog, you must take the dog back to the boarding facility.
  • Half the adoption fee will be paid upfront as a deposit and the other half paid after the adoption is finalized.
  • If within the 7 days you feel that the dog is not the perfect fit for you and your family then the money will be returned to you. If you want to bring home another dog for a trial, then we will hold onto it.
  • If after the 7 days you tell us you wish to adopt but then back out, the deposit fee will be kept as a donation.
  • If after the 7 days you tell us you only want to foster but then back out without giving us 10 days notice, then we will also keep the deposit as a donation.

Foster To Adopt: Some of our puppies and dogs are not quite ready to be adopted ( due to illness, booster shots, rabies, heartworm treatment, having to wait to be fixed etc. ) If you are wanting to adopt one of our dogs or puppies that are not ready to be completely adopted, you can foster to adopt. The adoption fee is paid upfront. If the adopter ends up not wanting to adopt, they have a week to get half the adoption fee back. After a week the fee is non refundable and will be considered as a donation where we can provide a tax receipt. Adopter must transport puppies to their vet appointments or can pay the difference at a vet of their choosing.

  • If you are wanting to foster or adopt a dog that is in boarding, but not sure which one, you may bring one home for the night and continue to do so until you have decided which one is the perfect fit.

Puppies : We only allow puppies to go to their foster to adopt home once they are 8 weeks old. If you want to bring home your puppy at that age then you are required to meet us every two weeks for their booster shots and travel to our vet for their rabies shots. The location to meet us at is anywhere in the Roswell area. You have the option to take your pup to a vet more local to you and we will refund you $50 once you send proof of all 4 boosters complete and rabies.  If the puppy is not old enough to be fostered to adopted then a $150 deposit will reserve your puppy and is non refundable if you decide to not adopt. When you pick up your puppy the other $150 is due.

Each animal has received the following veterinarian care prior to adoption: 

  • Wellness Exam
  • Spay and Neuter
  • Distemper
  • Bordatella ( each dog varies )
  • Rabies Vaccination
  • Heartworm Test
  • Fecal Test ( varies )
  • Dewormer
  • Flea & Tick Treatment
  • Heartworm Preventative
  • Microchip

We understand that not everyone agrees with our policies and requirements. Everyone has different opinions about dog ownership. Our policies are in place after experience and what we believe is on the best interest of our dogs we have up for adoption. 

We ask that you will be honest about wether you can agree with our requirements. We do follow ups to make sure that adopters are following the policies. We have the right to reclaim the dog if the adoptive family is not fulfilling their adoption commitments. 

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