How to Adopt: 3 Easy Steps
Step 1: The Pre-Adoption Application
Before you can adopt a NADSR dog you must fill out and submit a Pre-Adoption Application form to your Regional Director. We have two Regional Directors, one for the western US and one for the eastern US.
Green = Region 1
Yellow = Region 2
You have two options for submitting your Pre-Adoption Application:
1) Use our Online Pre-Adoption Application. See map above to find out which region you are located in.
Or
2) Download a hard copy of our Pre-Adoption Application in
PDF Form or Word Form. You may then send your Pre-Adoption Application to your Regional Director via fax or email. See the map above to find out which region you are located in.
Region 1 Director: Trudy Donais
Phone: 209.768.9559
Email: trudy@dutchshepherdrescue.org
Fax: 209.532.8576Region 2 Director: Christie Meyer
Phone: 248.763.6616
Email: christie@dutchshepherdrescue.org
Fax: 931.858.7091If you have specific questions about dogs located in certain states, please refer your questions to one of our Regional Coordinators.
Step 2: Talk to us
Once we have received and reviewed your pre-adoption form, we will contact you to discuss your application. We will also make arrangements to do an inspection of your home by one of our volunteers so that we can have a better idea of where the dog will be living and who they will be residing with.
All applications are carefully reviewed so that we can match up the right dog to the right home. We want to make sure that our dogs will be going to their permanent, forever homes.
Step 3: Bring your new dog home!
Depending on how close you are to the dog of your choice arrangements can be made to either have you pick the dog up directly from their foster home, have a transport route set up to you by car, or have the dog flown out to you by air. No matter what the situation, we will find the best way to get your new family member to your home safe and sound.
