Our Mission: Rescuing, Rehabilitating and Rehoming abused, neglected, abandoned or unwanted dogs.
Application: Anyone interested in adopting must fill out an adoption application, which can be downloaded from the website and then emailed or printed and mailed in. Questions: The questions we ask permit us to assist you in matching your needs and desires in a dog with the needs of our available dogs. Questions will consist of your living situation, pet history, current pets, type of lifestyle you lead and what you are looking for in a dog. This information is vital to determine which dog would suit you best and to prevent unhappy placements. AGSR carefully screens its applicants by calling references, veterinarians and landlords and conducts home visits of potential adoption homes. Application Approval: Our goal is to avoid the return of pets to shelters by finding forever homes for them with adopters who are capable of providing the level of care necessary to support the dogs through their entire natural lives. Filling out an application does not guarantee an adoption will take place as we must prevent placing the dogs in an unsafe environment or putting the dogs at risk for an unsuccessful adoption. Adoptions out of the Fairbanks and Anchorage area are possible, but are processed on a case-by-case basis. If Your Application Is Approved: Once we have reviewed and verified your application data, an adoption coordinator will contact you. An approved application must be on file before you can come out and see or visit with any of our rescue dogs - no exceptions. If a dog is not available after receiving and approving your application, you will be placed on a waiting list for when a dog matching your needs comes into the rescue. We urge approved applicants to stay in contact with the rescue when a new dog is posted that they may be interested in. Finding the Right Dog: After visiting with our dogs, if you are interested in adopting one of our dogs and the rescue believes the dog to be a good fit, we will reserve the pet for you to take the next step in the adoption process. When there are multiple potential adopters with approved applications who are all interested in the same dog, then we will make the best choice for that individual dog. If you are declined for a particular dog, it is not a judgement of you or your good intentions in adopting, but simply that another applicant is better able to meet that dog's needs as many rescue dogs have special medical needs or have suffered from physical and emotional abuse. The 24/48 Hour Visit: We require a mandatory 24 to 48 hour visit with the dog before adoption can take place to make sure the dog gets along with the family and any other pets in the home. This visit must be done when everyone in the household will be home, which usually is a weekend. This step takes place only when both you and the rescue are 99% sure this is the right dog for you and your family. The Final Step: After the 24/48 hour visit, an adoption coordinator will come to your home to discuss the visit and if both you and the adoption coordinator feel comfortable with the arrangement, you will be asked if you would like to adopt the dog. If you say yes, an adoption contract must be signed and the adoption fee will be collected at that time. Adoption Fees: AGSR charges an adoption fee of $350. This fee includes health care provided before adoption, including all age-appropriate rabies prior to adoption, spay/neuter procedure, microchip, and pre-adoption heath care for dogs over the age of 1 year as needed. We expect all adopters to make their own vet appointment within 30 days of adoption. For puppies, the fee is the same, but may not include the cost of spaying and neutering depending on their age at the time of adoption. All adopters of puppies are required by contract to have their adopted dog spayed or neutered when age appropriate, typically at 5 months of age. This adoption fee covers pre-adoption vaccinations and an initial vet checkup, however, the adopter is required to schedule a vet appointment within 3 weeks of adoption.
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