Adoption form

Adoption Criteria

You must fit the following criteria before you consider applying
You must have a fully secure garden with a minimum 5 ft solid fencing/wall(NOT hedges/trees).
Children must be over 5 years old.
Flats must have a secure private garden area (not shared).
You must have previous dog ownership where you have had full responsibility for the dog.
Everyone within your household must be fully committed to adopting a dog.
We can not rehome to Scotland at this current time.

How transport works

Our animals travel to the UK in a highly equipped DEFRA approved van by our animal transport team. Each animal has their own pod with aircon within the van to ensure the jouney is as comfortable as possible for them. The journey takes around 2 days to get from Romania to the UK, usually leaving on a Wednesday morning & arriving at the Eurotunnel in Folkestone, Kent on Thursday afternoon/evening. The van then travels around England to pre agreed collection points where you will need to collect your animal from. A few days before travel you would be added into a messenger group chat, here you will recieve updates of their journey and be able to ask any questions you may have.

Once they have crossed the border into the UK, this is when you would get an estimated time of arrival for your cat/dog. They can arrive into the UK at anytime depending on delays, we have no control over this, your estimated time of arrival can be anytime during the day or night so you need to make yourself available for collection between the Thursday afternoon and Friday evening.

Once you have been approved to adopt, you will be given a collection point, in England, to collect your cat/dog. It is usually within 2 hours of your home. Please ensure this is possible for you to do before you apply.

Dog adoption process

Cost £430 – included Vaccination, Flea/Worm, Spay/Neuter (age depended), Microchip and Transport

‎Message us to see if a dog is available
Complete an Application Form
Home check will be booked
Once Home Check passed, agree a transport date
Make payment and complete Adoption Agreement Form
Transport will be booked

Please note, this is just an application form, it does not commit you to adopting a dog from us, it just allows us to match you with the dog, and proceed to the next step of carrying out a home check. No dog is reserved until the home check and adoption agreement form/payment has been completed and agreed by yourself and Sirius Animal Rescue. Adoption fee is £430, which covers transport, vaccinations, microchip, pet passport etc.

Is your garden fencing a MINIMUM of 5ft in all areas?

YOUR DETAILS

Full name *

Full address *

Post code *

Email *

Phone number

Have you contacted us via facebook/twitter/instagram? If so, what is your facebook/twitter/instagram profile name so we can easily find you?

YOUR FAMILY:
Here at Sirius we are one big family. As you are about to become a part of ours, we would love to know a bit more about you and yours.

How many adults live at home, and what are their ages?

How many children live at home, and what are their ages?

Do you have children visiting your home? If so, what relation are they to you? How old? And how often?

Does anyone at home have any medical issues we may need to consider (please detail)?

Does anyone in your household have any allergies that may be affected by adopting a dog? (please detail):

How would you best describe your household? (for example: quiet, busy, many visitors ect)

What is your occupation?

What are your daily working hours? (for example working times, and location, eg 9-5 at office/home)

Other adults occupation and working hours: (for example working times, and location, eg 9-5 at office/home)

YOUR HOME:
We ask about your home, for your benefit and your prospective pups.

How high is your fencing? PLEASE NOTE: This must be a solid fencing/wall. NOT hedges/trees.

Is your home:

Do you own or rent your home ?

If you rent do you have written permission from your landlord? (If accepted, we will need proof of this)

Is your garden fully secure?

Are you planning on moving house?

YOUR ANIMALS / EXPERIENCE:
Our Sirius pups are all so very friendly. Some though, may be better suited to homes either with or without other pets, this is why we ask about your resident animals, plus it gives us a better sense of your family.
We ask about your experience as sometimes due to their start in life your pup may need someone who is familiar with certain behaviours.

What other animals currently live at home? (please detail)

If you own another dog(s), what best describes their personality and how do you think they would react to another dog in the household? (Please give as much detail as possible)

If you own a cat(s), what best describes their personality and how do you think they would react to a dog in the household? (Please give as much detail as possible)

Have YOU previously owned a dog where you have had FULL financial and practical responsibility of their welfare? If YES, please give details of ages/breeds

Have YOU previously adopted a dog from a rescue, where you have had FULL financial and practical responsibility of their welfare? If YES, please give details of ages/breeds

Do you have any experience with dogs?(please detail)

PLAN FOR YOUR DOG:
Adopting or fostering a dog is a massive commitment and we only like to just make sure that in your excitement you have thought about all of the options around your dog’s care if you are not around or if your dog should need to visit the vet.

Are you interested in adoption or fostering?

Is there a dog you are interested in? (If YES, please state their name, if more than 1 please state their names in preference order)

How many hours a day will the dog get left alone?

When left alone, where will you keep the dog?

What will you plan to do with the dog when you go on holiday?

Please provide the contact details for the vet practice your current pet/s ( if applicable ) is registered at.
If no pets at present then please provide details of your last registered vet and also your intended vet should this differ.

Are you happy for your vet to be contacted for a reference? If answering No, please provide details as to why.

Please add any additional comments here to support your application.

SIRIUS ANIMAL RESCUE:
We regularly monitor our social media platforms and we like to know how you heard about us. It may even have been from a friend or family member who has lots of lovely things to say.

How did you hear about Sirius Animal Rescue?

AGREEMENTS:
As previously mentioned, choosing to foster or adopt a dog is a huge commitment and we want to make this as comfortable for you and your chosen dog as we possibly can. The best way for us to do this is by being as informative as possible about what this may entail. So, we have listed some below. Please don’t be daunted by anything you read, your dog will be happy to come into your loving home and will learn and grow with your family.
Many of our dogs have been the subject of abuse and harsh treatment in Romania and all adopters should be aware of this. It could take a little while for your dog to get to know you, know their name and have good recall. In the first few weeks you will need to be aware that you need to prevent any escape artist dogs! Bonding time for your new dog is very important.

Are you aware that over the course of its life a dog can get sick or have an accident? Are you prepared financially to cover the cost of vets’ bills?

Do you understand that many of the dogs from Romania have no history of having lived in a home or with a family?

Many have been strays and may have lived in a kennel for a long period of time. It is likely that they are not house trained. They may have no obedience training. They will need patience, understanding and time to adjust to their new environment. Can you offer this?

Do you also understand that we often have no record of the history of the dogs or of any behavioral or medical issues they may or may not have or may develop?

Do you understand that the dogs we bring to the UK are ex-stray dogs and may have spent time living on the streets before they were rescued?

GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR):Your privacy is important to Sirius Animal Rescue and we take our responsibility regarding the security of your personal information very seriously. We are committed to protecting your personal information and to being transparent about the information we are collecting and what we do with it. To process an adoption or fostering application, we will need to share selected information such as your name, address and contact details. We will discuss the data needed to be shared with you at the time of your enquiry. We use Facebook messenger for much of our communication and correspondence, also by email, and will contact you by telephone to follow up on the progress of the dog you adopt. We do not pass any personal data to marketing companies. All data will be kept in a secure environment for a maximum of three years, at which point it will be safely disposed of. Please contact Sirius Animal Rescue should you require any further information or clarification regarding our Data Protection.
In order to continue with this application, and to be able to communicate with you about it, we need your consent. Please sign, date and delete where appropriate, to confirm your understanding and consent.

I Agree to the GDPR Statement

Please ensure you submit your home videos via facebook/twitter/email or your application cannot be reviewed by the adoptions team.

We try to be as responsive as possible to all our potential adopters, so please bear with us for a reply. But if you haven’t heard anything within 3 weeks then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. Thank You

Adoption Criteria

How transport works

Dog adoption process

YOUR DETAILS

YOUR FAMILY: Here at Sirius we are one big family. As you are about to become a part of ours, we would love to know a bit more about you and yours.

YOUR HOME: We ask about your home, for your benefit and your prospective pups.

PLAN FOR YOUR DOG: Adopting or fostering a dog is a massive commitment and we only like to just make sure that in your excitement you have thought about all of the options around your dog’s care if you are not around or if your dog should need to visit the vet.

SIRIUS ANIMAL RESCUE: We regularly monitor our social media platforms and we like to know how you heard about us. It may even have been from a friend or family member who has lots of lovely things to say.

YOUR FAMILY:
Here at Sirius we are one big family. As you are about to become a part of ours, we would love to know a bit more about you and yours.

YOUR HOME:
We ask about your home, for your benefit and your prospective pups.

PLAN FOR YOUR DOG:
Adopting or fostering a dog is a massive commitment and we only like to just make sure that in your excitement you have thought about all of the options around your dog’s care if you are not around or if your dog should need to visit the vet.

SIRIUS ANIMAL RESCUE:
We regularly monitor our social media platforms and we like to know how you heard about us. It may even have been from a friend or family member who has lots of lovely things to say.