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We only adopt within approximately 100 miles of Chicago and require fenced yards (no electric fences, split rail or chicken wire). Partial or broken fences are not acceptable. |
| Potential adopters will be asked to complete an adoption | |
| questionnaire to give us an idea of the family's lifestyle and | |
| home environment. Our goal is to find a home that will best | |
| suit the needs of each particular dog, taking into | |
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consideration the type of family, home, children, and pets |
| they will be living with. Because we try to match each dog | |
| with the adoptive home, photographs or descriptions of | |
shelties awaiting adoption are not available on our web site. |
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| We hope you understand, but in the best interest of the dog, | |
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we must have a signed application and check references |
| before we will discuss the shelties we have available for | |
adoption that we feel would best fit into your home and |
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| family situation. | |
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Procedures |
Once your family decides which of our shelties you want |
to meet, our foster homes contact you to tell you a little |
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| more about the dog and how it has behaved in their home. | |
You will then make an appointment with them to take your |
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entire family (and current dogs) to spend some time |
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meeting the dog in a comfortable environment. |
| Note: You will not be able to take a dog home with you. | |
| After your meeting with the rescue dogs we ask that your | |
| family go home and discuss the dog(s) you have met. We | |
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appreciate your decision within 48 hours of the meeting. |
| Once you have decided to adopt one of the dogs you've | |
| met, a representative of Secondhand Shelties will contact | |
| you to set up a day and time to bring the dog to your home | |
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for the adoption. We ask that husbands/wives are both |
| present for the adoption. At that time you will be required | |
| to sign an adoption contract and submit an adoption fee. | |
| The sheltie is then placed with you for a 30 day "approval" | |
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period. If, due to unforeseeable circumstances it does not |
| work out, the dog must be returned to us and we will refund | |
| your adoption fee. By no means is this time allotted for | |
| you to "try out" a dog. We do reserve the right to refuse any | |
| application or adoption or demand the return of the dog to rescue if we feel its in the best interest of the dog.. | |