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Making the decision whether or not to find your Collie a new home can be a difficult one.
If your Collie has a behavior problem you can't live with, perhaps counseling, behavior
modification, or obedience training is the answer. Call Collie Rescue to talk it over. Maybe
just talking about the problem will help you decide.
Letting People Know Ask to put a poster in your veterinarian's office, dog food supply places, and grooming shops. A good poster includes the following:
You can also let people know your Collie needs a home by placing a classified ad in the local newspapers. Suggested ads would read as follows: Female Collie free to the right home. Call(999) 999-9999 for info. OR Collie needs a home. Sable & white 2 year old spayed female. Housetrained. Good with kids. Free to the right home. Vet reference required. Call (999) 999-9999. It is not advisable to place notices on supermarket bulletin boards or in the windows of convenience stores. If you would like Collie Rescue's assistance to find your Collie a new home, please print, fill out and mail to us the Placement Form in the link below. Please understand that with foster homes in short supply, we must limit our program to Collies left at animal shelters. However, with your permission Collie Rescue will refer pre-screened applicants directly to you for your consideration. Cautions When people respond to your advertising, ask about previous pets they have owned and find out what happened to these pets. If they have owned many pets in the last few years and have given them up, they probably won't keep your pet either. Inquire about a fenced yard. Ask for their vet's phone number (and call it to ask if they have been regular in the care of previous pets). Arrange for them to come to see your Collie. If they have children, it is a good idea to invite them along since you will want to see how they treat your dog. Don't let people talk you into taking your dog to their house first. Don't be home alone when strangers come to see your dog. If they like your Collie and you like them, arrange to deliver your dog to their home. They may want to know if they can return the dog if it doesn't work out. The Day Of Parting Don't go to the new home alone. Plan to let your Collie meet any other dogs the adopters may own with all dogs on leashes and a few doors down the street from where they live. This will enable the dogs to meet on neutral territory. Let the dogs walk back to the adopter's home together. Keep children out of the dogs' vicinity during this time when one dog may express his dominance over the other in a physical way. If you don't like what you see when you arrive at this home, back out of the situation by telling them you want to think it over and you'll be in touch. If you are happy with the home, sign over ownership of your Collie to these adopters. The Transfer of Ownership Form in the link below may be used. Be Nice Take a supply of the brand of food your Collie is currently eating as a courtesy to the new owners. If they plan to switch to another brand, advise them to do so gradually to eliminate the possibility of diarrhea for the dog. Hand over medical records along with your vet's name and phone number. Write down a list of your dog's likes and dislikes. Your final goodbye to the dog should be made the day before you take it to its new home. Try not to have an emotional parting the day of placement. When you are about to leave, have the new owners take the dog to the back yard to play while someone else shows you quietly to the front door. Do not go back to visit the dog. This will only confuse your Collie and make it hard for it to adjust. A follow-up phone call is a good way to find out how the Collie is adjusting to it's new home. The SPCA Alternative Call Collie Rescue if you plan to take your Collie to a local animal shelter. We will monitor its stay at the shelter and refer screened adopters to the shelter if possible. If the shelter becomes over-crowded, we will visit the Collie for evaluation. A positive evaluation means the Collie will come into the Rescue program. When we take a Collie from a shelter, we place it in a foster home, provide it with veterinary care, spay or neuter it, groom it, and feed it a good diet...all with the intent of finding it another home. The right home; a permanent, loving home. List of shelter names & phone numbers within our area
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