Adopting with Pawprints
Every dog, person, family or home is different – that’s what makes us special!
Matching dogs to adopters
Most of our dogs are abandoned strays from the local area – so they usually arrive with us to serve their 7 days statutory wait – hoping someone will claim them. If no one claims them most dogs transfer to us as their rescue.
As soon as that happens our dedicated team will start to get to know them and as well as them getting a full health check at our lovely vets.
From first-time dog owners right through to experienced doggy parents, we welcome all rehoming applications.
A Happy Tail Awaits
Meet our dogs and learn about their unique personalities. Each one is ready to bring joy and companionship to your life.
A note on training
At Pawprints Dog Rescue, we are dedicated to ensuring that every dog we place finds a loving and supportive forever home. Our committment is deep rooted in who we are and what we stand for.
We do not use any aversive methods to train our dogs (for example – an ‘anti-bark’ or shock collar) and will not rehome to those who wish to use them once their dog is home. There are many other dog-friendly training methods you can use to help your pup learn the do’s and don’ts! We have lots of help and advice on hand to help you
Our hard and fast rules
There are a few things we have hard lines on because we don’t think they are in the best interests of a Pawprints dog.
• We won’t rehome dogs to live in an outdoor only environment – unless it’s in the welfare interests of that dog to do so. And no dog is to be chained or tethered.
• We won’t rehome a dog to a household with an existing unvaccinated dog
• We also won’t rehome to any person, or a household containing a person, who has an unspent conviction for offences relating to animals.
Adoption Guidelines
What we ask from you
- Obtain landlord permission before reserving a dog
- To be 18+ years old
- If the new home doesn’t have a garden, the dog is to have regular opportunity to go for toilet breaks
- Dogs are not to be left alone for longer than they can cope with (mentally or physically and this is different for each dog)
- Dogs have access to a suitable outside space for exercise and toilet breaks.
- The adopter chooses the dog themselves; we will not adopt dogs to be gifts
- Understand and agree to continue with any behavioural rehabilitation or training recommended for the dog
- All adopted dogs are microchipped to new owners but with a dual ownership shared with Pawprints Dog Rescue. We provide lifelong rescue back up for all our dogs and this ensures that we “have their backs for the rest of their lives”
