We’re a registered non-profit organization, headquartered in the Tri-Cities in south-central Washington State. We focus mainly on saving dogs that are at risk in our region and placing them with adopters throughout the Pacific Northwest. Most of our dogs come from shelters in Washington & Idaho, where they are facing the threat of Euthanasia. Others are released to us by private individuals who need medical help with their own dogs. Other dogs are strays, either dumped or abandoned, that need a chance at a new life. We do not hold our dogs in a kennel facility. All our dogs live in private foster homes, where they receive loving care, socialization, and training. A few that come to us with significant behavioral issues receive professional training and rehabilitation. All our dogs are sterilized, fully vaccinated, micro-chipped and treated for internal and external parasites, and many receive other vet care as necessary. Our goal is to find the best possible match between dog and human. We believe the best way to do this is by openly sharing information. We disclose everything we know about our dogs, and in return we seek to know everything relevant about our adopters. Our thorough, painstaking, and time consuming adoption process ensures that when our dogs go home, it really is forever.
Step 1. Please go to our adoption application page and click the link to go to our adoption application form. Step 2. Fill out the form completely and submit it. This will send your application to our adoptions team. This can be done on a computer, tablet, and/or phone. Step 3. Please advise your references, including your vet and, if applicable, your landlord, to expect our call. We cannot finish processing your application until we have spoken to your references. Difficulty reaching references is the main cause of delay in processing applications. Step 4. Our application process also involves telephonic interviews with all decision-making adults living in the home, including spouse or partner, room mates, parents, etc. Step 5. At this point if we feel like you might be a good fit for one of our dogs we will set up a time with you to do a home visit. The purpose of this is partly to verify the information you have provided, but mainly to provide a second set of eyes to check your home for potential hazards that may pose a risk to the dog. This may also be the time when we introduce your dog to your home and your other pets. We are not the style police, we do not wish to violate your privacy, and our goal during these visits is to help you ensure that your adoption will be safe and successful. Step 6. If everything checks out and both Mikey’s Chance and you feel like it should move forward you will sign an adoption contract that defines the terms of the adoption, and you will pay the agreed adoption fee ($450.00-$550.00). Some of the terms may vary, but in every case you will be required to take the dog for a vet check within about two weeks of the adoption, to provide preventative and curative vet care as recommended by your vet, and to keep the dog’s microchip records up to date. You will also agree to contact us immediately if you can no longer keep the dog. You may not sell or give the dog to any other person or organization without our express consent. Step 7. Our involvement does not end with the adoption. We remain available to help you through the transition period, however long that takes, and we encourage adopters to call if they experience any problems. Once the dog has gone home to you, we are fully invested in making sure the adoption is a success!