Collie Rescue Network is a national, all-volunteer, rescue group dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of Rough and Smooth Collies in Canada who have been surrendered, abandoned, neglected or abused. Our mission also includes educating the public about responsible pet ownership in general and the care of the Collie breed in particular.
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Collie Rescue Network is a national rescue group. Our foster homes, and therefore our Collies for adoption, are spread out all over Canada. With the help of several volunteer airline and pilot groups we can sometimes fly dogs to meet their new families.
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The Adoption Process
The process to adopt a Collie from Collie Rescue Network is outlined below. We require all prospective adopters to complete each step of the process before a Collie will be placed into your home. Each step of the process is designed to better match a rescued Collie’s individual personality with that of each family’s unique lifestyle. If you feel you can not complete all of the required steps outlined below we will be unable to help you adopt a Collie through our rescue program. Please note that completion of any or all of the steps listed below In No Way implies acceptance or approval for adoption. Collie Rescue Network retains the right to refuse adoption to any person or persons at any time, for any reason.
Step One: The Adoption Application
The first step is filling out the Adoption Application. The application allows CRN to determine what you are looking for in a Collie in order to best match your family and home with the dog that is right for you. Some Collies are fine with hardwood flooring while some are terrified of any slippery surface. Some Collies make wonderful jogging buddies while some spend the entire day as a couch potato. Some families don’t mind a “counter surfer” Collie while others prefer a Collie with impeccable obedience skills already in place. The application gives us a better idea of what type of Collie would best fit into your home.
Step Two: Meeting the Collie
The second step in the adoption process is for you, along with your entire family, to meet the Collie in person. This meeting gives you a better idea of that Collie’s personality and allows you to better decide if this particular Collie would be a good fit for your family. We would like for everyone living in the home to be present at this meeting. CRN does, however, understand that we are a very “spread out” rescue in that our foster homes cover enormous areas. If the Collie that best fits your family is a distance that makes driving to meet the Collie impractical, we will work together to ensure that both your family and CRN are comfortable that this is truly the right dog for you.
Step Three: The Home Visit
The home visit is a very important part of the adoption process and NO adoption will take place without this very important step being completed. A home visit is when a rescue volunteer comes to your home and visits with all your family members present. We are not there to judge your home, your family or your lifestyle. The reason for the home visit is to get to know your family a little better in our quest to make the best match possible for our sake, but also for yours! This step in the process is also a great opportunity to ask the home visitor questions about rescue, rescue dogs and to get tips and thoughts on how to help a new dogs settle into their new home.
Step Four: The Adoption Contract and the Adoption Donation
The last step of the process includes reading, the signing, the adoption contract. The contract is signed by both the adopters and by a CRN representative. The purpose of the contract is to outline and set into agreement what is expected of the adoptive family in regards to future care of their new Collie. It also states that if at any time during the lifetime of the Collie, for any reason whatsoever, you can no longer care for your adopted Collie, that Collie must come back to Collie Rescue Network. This last step is also when the adoption donation is paid. We request a minimum donation of $400.00 to help off-set the costs incurred by the Collie while in the care of CRN. Please note that this almost never covers the cost of micro-chipping, paying/neutering, vet exams, vaccinations, medications, grooming and any of the myriad of other things a rescue Collie requires before being considered adoptable. Currently the average cost incurred by a Collie in the care of CRN is just over $600.00
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Burlington, ON L7P 1R1
Niagara Falls, ON L2E 4L7
26815 Civic Centre Road,
Keswick,
ON
L4P 3G1
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