Bulldog Haven NW is a rescue and adoption organization that provides a safe place for English and French Bulldogs, mental & physical rehabilitation, rehoming, breed specific shelter assistance and more. Bulldog Haven NW was founded by a group of experienced Bulldog and Frenchie rescue people and owners from the Pacific Northwest region. All of our members are unpaid volunteers who love animals so much they give their time to help the dogs and the cause. Whether a Bulldog finds itself at a shelter where they feel it has needs before placement, is found by someone in the community, goes missing from their home, a puppy mill is shut down, or an owner finds themselves facing the need to find their Bulldog help outside of what they are able to give.. this is where we can help. Our team also consists of caring shelter staff who alert us of dogs who need our resources and care, Veterinarians and Veterinary Clinics who care for our dogs as if they were their only clients, Businesses who donate supplies and food for your foster dogs, and the public who donate to our program.
Step 1. Take some time to learn about the breed you are interested in adopting to make sure that it is a good fit, from activity level, to grooming needs, to vet/food/supply costs. Step 2. Submit a BHNW Adoption Application, and be sure to read the autoreply that will be emailed to you from the system; it contains important information about the application process. Step 3. Please, be patient. Bulldogs and French Bulldogs are very popular breeds, and the number of applications we receive FAR outweighs the number of dogs we have available for adoption. This can mean a long wait for the applicant, but in the world of rescue, having more applicants than dogs is a wonderful problem to have. Step 4. As we receive many, many times more applications than the number of dogs in our care, it is not feasible for our small volunteer team to take time away from caring for our foster dogs to review new applications upon receipt. Instead, we wait until a dog becomes available for adoption, and then search our database, looking for applications that are a match for the dog’s key needs. (For example, if an adoptable dog can’t climb stairs and is not dog friendly, volunteers look for applications that have a house without stairs and do not have other dogs.) They will then begin to reach out to those applicants to find the dog’s Forever Family. Once a dog is ready to be adopted, we want to get them placed with their forever family as quickly as possible. But please understand that our organization is entirely volunteer-run, and our volunteers are caring for foster dogs and trying to find their forever homes all while balancing work, family, caring for their own pets, and their many other commitments. To help, we ask that you please reply quickly to any emails, calls or texts from our organization, and that you please treat our volunteers with kindness and respect. Once an applicant has been identified as a possible match with an adoptable dog, one of our volunteers will guide the applicant through our process, which includes Q&A with the adopter, reference checks, a home check and a meet-and-greet between the foster dog and all adopting family members (and pets). Many times, a love connection is made at the meet and greet, and we all move forward with a two-week trial, contracts and adoption fees and everyone lives happily ever after. But sometimes, it just isn’t the right fit between a potential adopter and a dog…and that’s okay. Our priority is to find the right match between dog and adopter so that everyone can have a fabulous, long and loving life together…and that doesn’t always happen on the first try. If ultimately you are not matched with the specific dog you requested, your application may still be considered for other dogs we have in our care or who come into our care in the future. At times one of our volunteers may contact you to see if you would consider a certain dog with specific needs. We encourage you to follow us on Facebook and check the Adoptable Dog List at www.bulldoghavennw.org frequently, as the dogs we have in rescue change often.