DoodleAid rehoming process - Rough Guide 

1.  You decide to re-home your dog you need to complete our re-home a dog form   Rehome a Dog Form — DoodleAid

2.  We then review the form and will contact you by telephone to go through it in more details.  We agree if the dog can go with another dog, cat and children and if so what age.

3.  We then ask that you send photos of your dog through to us and ask your vet to send the vet records as we must review the same.   

4.  We review the vet records in detail to ensure that when we place the advert we are as transparent as we can be with any potential new owner.

5.   We check the dogs microchip and transfer into DoodleAid's name.   This is standard process as you can only re-home with one rehoming centre.   The dog will remain at your home until the adoption has taken place.  

6.  We create an advert  based on all the information we have gathered.   We then place on our website www.doodleaid.com, facebook, instagram and twitter.   

7.   People will apply for the dog by completion of an application form that is on our website.    Once we close the advert, the Trustees will review the applications that are received, vet each one and reduce down to normally 2 or 3.   

8.  We then do a home-check on the proposed adoptees via telephone followed by a visual home-check by WhatsApp.  

9.  If we feel that the person applying is suitable we will then call you to discuss in more detail and make sure you are comfortable.  If you are we then arrange to give the potential new owner your contact number so that they can call you to discuss as this allows both parties to ask questions.   If you are happy you arrange a convenient meet and greet, either at your home or theirs.   Some have two visits with the second visit to adopt the dog whereas others may do three visits and on occasions the dog will do a sleepover.   The number of visits really depend as to whether your dog is being re-homed with another dog or not.   

10.   If all parties are happy you then agree the adoption date, we complete the adoption papers for the adopter to sign and return to us and pay us the adoption fee.   You then hand over the dog and if you and the person(s) adopting the dog  want to keep in touch you can.

11.  We then transfer the microchip to the new owner, arrange insurance for five weeks and sent the vet records off to the new owners vet.

We can discuss the whole process over the phone so please try not to feel overwhelmed as we will do everything we can.  We will listen to any concerns as we do appreciate it is a difficult time for you and we’re always here to offer support.