Rescue Dog Adoption Application

  • Dia's Legacy Dog Adoption Application

  • Dia's Legacy is an all-volunteer, non-profit, animal welfare organization dedicated to the rescue and placement of stray, neglected and abused animals. Dia's Legacy is completely funded through fundraising efforts and public donations. All of our pets receive complete medical care, which includes deworming, vaccinations, spaying/neutering for adult dogs, and microchipping prior to their adoption.

  • This questionnaire is designed to help Dia's Legacy and yourself determine if a specific dog is the right one for you and your household. All adopting parties are required to complete this form prior to adoption. Dia's Legacy reserves the right to deny any adoption based on answers to this questionnaire and/or interviews prior to adoptions!

    Before applying for a dog still in Macedonia, please ensure that your family is fine with not meeting the dog before adoption. The majority of our dogs only travel to UK/EU once they have found their forever homes.

    We can home our dogs with families with children under 8 years old ONLY if you have good recent dog experience. we can only home our dogs to homes with direct secure garden access –with some exceptions with dogs that we are sure can live in apartments.

    If your application passes initial checks, one of our volunteer home checkers will be in contact with you in the following days to arrange a virtual home check.

    If you pass the home check, you can then reserve a dog by paying 50 percent of the adoption fee non-refundable.

    A contract will be sent to you and the remaining adoption fee requested closer to the travel date.

    The dogs in Macedonia are then driven for 2-3 days to the UK. We aim to transport run every month.

    Your garden or the outside safe area will need to be 100% ENCLOSED with a MINIMUM 5-foot high fencing/walling.

    Many valuable hours are wasted by applicants with no intention of modifying their gardens to meet these requirements.

    Please, make the process as easy as possible for our VOLUNTEER home checkers. They are a small team and have a lot of applications to check through.

  • Applicant Information

  • Are you looking to foster or adopt?
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  • Household Information

  • Are all members of your household in agreement with this adoption?*
  • Do you live in a*

  • Do you own or rent?*
  • Does your landlord allow dogs?*
  • Are there any restrictions from your landlord or subdivision?*
  • Do you have a fully fenced yard?*
  • Do you have any of the following?
  • Have your children been around animals before?
  • Do you or any members of your household suffer from any medical conditions that may affect your ability to look after a dog?*
  • Do you have any holidays planned in the next 3 month?*

  • Current/Previous Pet Information

  • Have you adopted from an animal welfare group before?
  • Have you ever given up a pet?

  • New Pet Information

  • Would the new dog be insured?*
  • Are you aware of public liability insurance? (for if the dog causes problems or damage in public, attacks another dog or person etc)*
  • Do you understand that a dog can be an 18 year commitment, and can cost €300 - €500 per year to care for?*
  • Do you plan to take an obedience class with your dog?*

  • Awareness

  • If you are adopting puppy that is not old enough to be neutered prior to arriving at your home do you agree to comply with our policy of neutering the dog as soon as it reaches an appropriate age as recommended by a vet?*
  • Do you understand that children and visitors should leave rescue dogs well alonewhen they are resting and during the first two weeks ( or longer) of theirsettling in period, depending on the dog?*
  • Do you understand that our rescue dogs may never have worn collar or lead? This will need a period of daily practice at home before walking outside your house/garden*
  • Do you understand that the dog should NOT be walked out of safety of your house/garden for at last two weeks? When you do venture out an ID tag, collar, harness, and double leads should be used*
  • When the dogs reach their new homes they have gone through a series of changes such as separating from their kennel friends, caregiver/rescuer, traveling 2-3 days for the first time in the vehicle, staying in kennels for 48 hours and moving in a new home with new people/smells/noises. You must understand that this will shock them due to the many changes that they need to deal with. They are almost always overwhelmed and often frightened leading to defensive actions that can be misinterpreted as aggressive. This behavior is not the behavior that defines the dog you must give the dog space, time, understanding and ROUTINE the dog must be RESPECTED and NOT SPOILED boundaries must be set from the start so that both you and the dog are happy and know the rules are you prepared to follow this advice?*
  • In a household with other pets, the newly arrived dog must never be introduced straight away to the resident animals before the dog arrives all animals must have their own space where they will have no contact with each other the introduction  should always be done in a neutral space such as a garden the animals should be fed separately and not left alone together for the first few months are you prepared to follow this advise?*
  • Dogs that have been dog or cat assessed can still be reactive to resident animals with cats it can uaually take – months for the animals to feel ok with each other with dogs it can take about 1-2 months. Do you understand this?*
  • Do you understand that you have full support of the rescue for any issues thatg may occur with a dog and lifetime rescue back up? ( the biggest responsibility of how the dog settles and behave in your house and with your family is yours)*
  • Are you prepared to contact the rescue with any problems you encounter and to keep us updated with his progress?*
  • If you are not able and/or don’t want to have the animal anymore at any point of his lifetime you must contact our rescue only we provide life time rescue back up for our dogs and will always be here for them you are not allowed at any point to sell the animal,give it away for free, surrender the animal to another rescue or euthanize it as a method of disposal do you agree to do this?*
  • How did you find out about Dia's Legacy?*

  • Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire as completely as possible. We will keep you informed of your request. Please note that we are a small team of volunteers, we will try to answer within a week.

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