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Full name of applicant:

I have read and do understand and do agree to abide by the MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS FOR ADOPTING.

I have read and do understand and do agree to abide by the geographical areas serviced by Birmingham Boston Terrier Rescue.

Physical street address:

City:

County and State:

If you have selected a county and state outside of Alabama, you are not in the georgraphical area serviced by Birmingham Boston Terrier Rescue. Please provide a brief explanation before continuing with adoption application form.

Zip code:

Home phone with area code:

Cellular phone with area code:

Email address:

Confirm Email address:

Work phone with area code:

Typical work-week schedule:

Please tell us what your considerations are regarding a Boston Terrier.

Have you ever been owned by a Boston Terrier?

Which of the following are you wanting to do?

Would you consider a mixed-breed dog?

Would you consider a senior Boston Terrier?

Would you consider a special-needs Boston Terrier?

Are you willing to house train a Boston Terrier?

Would you consider a Boston Terrier that is not fully housetrained at the point of adoption?

Are you willing to teach basic obedience commands, such as "sit," "stay," and "down"?

What research have you done on the Boston Terrier breed?

What Boston Terrier(s) are you interested in adopting?

First Choice:

Second Choice:

Third Choice:


Please tell us about your family and home environment. While Birmingham Boston Terrier Rescue will adopt a dog to a home with young children, we do carefully review the situation to be certain that the family situation and the dog are a good match so that the children are not put in danger. This said, it is the responsibility of the parents to safeguard their children; and if at any point they feel the dog is a danger to their child (or the child to the dog), they must bring the dog back to the rescue.

Family

How many adults live in your household?

Please list their ages.

How many children live in your household?

Please list their ages.

Child Number 1 Age:

Child Number 2 Age:

Child Number 3 Age:

Child Number 4 Age:

Child Number 5 Age:

Do you have small children who visit your home frequently?

Please list their ages.

Child Visitor Number 1 Age:

Child Visitor Number 2 Age:

Child Visitor Number 3 Age:

Child Visitor Number 4 Age:

Child Visitor Number 5 Age:


Home Environment

Does anyone in your household smoke?

Do you have a doggie door installed leading to your backyard?

If you do not have a doggie door, are you willing to install one?

What type of dwelling do you have?

What is your dwelling's approximate square footage?

If you do not own your dwelling, do you have permission from your landlord and/or do your tenants' association rules allow you to have a dog on the premises?

Do you have a backyard?

If you have a backyard, approximately how large is your backyard (indicate weather measurement is given in square feet or in acreage)?

If your have a back yard, is it entirely fenced?

If your backyard is entirely fenced, describe in detail the fence's specific construction (chain link fence, horizontal wooden slat fence, vertical wooden slat fence, etc.) the fence's height, and the spacing in inches between slats if fence is wooden.

Does the gate(s) that is built into your backyard fence remain closed at all times with a suitable, sturdy hasp to preclude the gate from unintentionally opening?

Do you have a digital camera?

If you have a digital camera, please take several photos of your backyard: one facing east, one facing west, one facing north, and one facing south, with each showing the fence and any gates. Send these digital photos to email address.


Narrative

Please tell us a little about your lifestyle and any activities in which you would like for a Boston Terrier to be able to participate.

Please explain why you want to adopt a Boston Terrier.


If you have pets or have had pets in the last 3 years, Birmingham Boston Terrier Rescue requires a reference from your vet prior to adoption. We will need to know that all pets in your care are up to date with all required vaccinations and that all dogs in your care are on heart worm preventative. Applications that do not provide complete veterinary information will not be considered. Please tell us about the pets you have recently owned.

Pet #1

What is this pet's status?

Name:

Species:

Breed:

Sex:

Spayed/Neutered:

Is this pet up-to-date with distemper & parvo vaccinations?

If you answered yes, what is the date of the last distemper & parvo vaccinations?

Is this pet up-to-date with rabies vaccination?

If you answered yes, what is the date of the last rabies vaccination?

Is this pet receiving a heart worm preventative?

If you answered yes, which brand of heart worm preventative is administered?

If you answered yes, how often is the heart worm preventative is administered?

If this pet is not up-to-date, that is, not within the past 12 months, with its distemper, parvo, and/or rabies vaccinations, please explain why there is a lapse.

Pet #2

What is this pet's status?

Name:

Species:

Breed:

Sex:

Spayed/Neutered:

Is this pet up-to-date with distemper & parvo vaccinations?

If you answered yes, what is the date of the last distemper & parvo vaccinations?

Is this pet up-to-date with rabies vaccination?

If you answered yes, what is the date of the last rabies vaccination?

Is this pet receiving a heart worm preventative?

If you answered yes, which brand of heart worm preventative is administered?

If you answered yes, how often is the heart worm preventative is administered?

If this pet is not up-to-date, that is, not within the past 12 months, with its distemper, parvo, and/or rabies vaccinations, please explain why there is a lapse.

Pet #3

What is this pet's status?

Name:

Species:

Breed:

Sex:

Spayed/Neutered:

Is this pet up-to-date with distemper & parvo vaccinations?

If you answered yes, what is the date of the last distemper & parvo vaccinations?

Is this pet up-to-date with rabies vaccination?

If you answered yes, what is the date of the last rabies vaccination?

Is this pet receiving a heart worm preventative?

If you answered yes, which brand of heart worm preventative is administered?

If you answered yes, how often is the heart worm preventative is administered?

If this pet is not up-to-date, that is, not within the past 12 months, with its distemper, parvo, and/or rabies vaccinations, please explain why there is a lapse.

Have you used a veterinarian for the pets listed above?:

If you answered no or N/A, then provide an explanation as to how medical care was provided to the pet(s) listed above.

If you answered yes, then complete the following section.

Primary Veterinarian Contact Information

(If you cannot provide a complete street address, city, state, zip, and phone number for your vet, then click here for assistance.)

Name of primary veterinarian:

Name of primary veterinarian office or clinic:

Physical street address:

City:

State:

Zip:

Office phone number with area code:

Name of account:

Name of pets in care of primary veterinarian:


If approved, please explain how you would care for your adopted Boston Terrier

Will the Boston Terrier be allowed in the house?

If you answered yes, how many hours a day will the Boston Terrier be allowed in the house?

Will the Boston Terrier live solely outside?

Where will the Boston Terrier stay when you are away from the house?

What is your work schedule (hours per day, days per week?

Have you made arrangements with a family member, neighbor, or friend who will take care of the Boston Terrier while you are at work?

If yes, explain what these arrangement are.

Where will the Boston Terrier sleep at night?

What type of shelter will the Boston Terrier have access to while outside?

Are you familiar with the use of a dog crate to train and/or confine a Boston Terrier during your absence or at night?

Are you willing to use a crate?

Are you aware that Boston Terriers are active and that they shed hair all year long?

Are you aware that routine costs of maintaining a Boston Terrier averages $500 yearly?

Where would your Boston Terrier stay when you are out of town?

What would you do with your Boston Terrier if you were to move?

What would you do with your Boston Terrier should you become unable to care for him/her?

Have you ever sold, given away, or surrendered a pet to a shelter?

If you answered yes, please explain why:


Applications To Other Rescue Organizations

Have you applied to any other canine rescue groups, including any other Boston Terrier Rescue groups?

If you answered yes, which one(s) and what was/were the approximate date(s) of the applications?

What was the outcome of the application?


The adoption application process consists of several steps:

    • Fill out an on-line adoption application (mandatory).
    • Remit $10.00 application-processing fee (mandatory).
    • Obtain and study published literature about the Boston Terrier Breed (strongly recommended).
    • Veterinarian check performed by BhamBTR (mandatory).
    • Home visit performed by BhamBTR (mandatory).
    • Be patient during application review process (strongly encouraged), which can take from a few weeks to several weeks. BhamBTR does not expediate an adoption application; please do not make such a request.
    • If approved, then adoption fee is per the above pricing schedule and is payable in full upon receipt of Boston Terrier via cash, check, PayPal, or credit card (mandatory).
    • Read, understand, and sign adoption contract (mandatory).
    • Read and understand Donna's Your-New-Dog manual.

I have read and understand these steps.


I have read and do understand Frequently Asked Questions.


To assist in offsetting the cost of processing an adoption application, Birmingham Boston Terrier Rescue, Inc., requires a $10.00 adoption application processing fee. This adoption application processing fee neither enhances an application's rating nor guarantees a positive adoption outcome. This fee is non refundable.

Do you understand that you must remit a $10.00 adoption fee in order for your application to be processed?

After clicking the "Submit Adoption Application Form" button at the bottom of this adoption application form, you will be redirected to the webpage where the application processing fee payment is to be made. This donation is non refundable. Until payment is made, your application will remain in a "pending payment" status for 24 hours, after which it will be discarded. You may use your ATM Card, MasterCard, VISA, American Express, or Discover, or your own PayPal account, to remit the adoption application fee. If you will require longer than 24 hours to remit the adoption application processing fee payment, please hold off completing this adoption application until the application processing fee payment can be made concurrently with your application.


The submission of this application form does not guarantee that you will be approved to adopt a Boston Terrier from Birmingham Boston Terrier Rescue.


I authorize the aforementioned veterinarian and associated clinic personnel to release information about my pet and its care to Birmingham Boston Terrier Rescue, Inc.

PRIVACY POLICY: Information given to Birmingham Boston Terrier Rescue, Inc., is confidential and will not be shared with any individuals or organizations. Birmingham Boston Terrier Rescue, Inc., does not sell or rent the information you provide online to third parties.

I, , swear or affirm that all the information of this application is true and correct. I further swear or affirm that nothing has been withheld that would adversely affect my consideration in adoption of a Boston Terrier, or any other dog, and that nothing in my background might disallow me from being considered for the adoption of a dog or any other animal. I swear or affirm that this dog is for my own personal enjoyment and is expected to be my dog and that I am not making this application for any third person or organization or group.

I, , further swear or affirm that I have never been prosecuted, successfully or unsuccessfully, on animal cruelty or similar charges, am in good standing with law enforcement, have no outstanding arrest warrants, and that I have never been refused by any other dog rescue or dog adoption agency, animal shelter, or similar adoption agency of a dog or any other animal.

Electronically signed by:

Date Signed:

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