Rehoming Stray And Pounded Dogs - A New Bond

What would be your first reaction if you saw a stray dog lingering in your neighborhood? Would you as a Dog owner call the pound to come and collect the animal or would you first approach the animal to see if it is is friendly so that you can take a look at his collar and hopefully find its name and address on it? Many times these dogs are actually runaway animals either because the owners have become neglectful or abusive to the animal. There are many wonderful stories out there which dog owners have shared with me about the re-homing of stray dogs that seemed to be scavenging the neighborhood garbage bins for food. There are many of us who will feed these animals while some have created a beautiful bond and what seems to be some sort of dog trust with these roaming free dogs.

So What really is Dog Rehoming?
It is quite simple, you can visit an animal shelter where they have saved many animals from either being to put to sleep, taken from animal abusers and collection of many stray animals. You can then pick the dog which you like and go through the process of bringing home that dog, rehoming it.

The Actual Rehoming Process
Legitimate and transparent shelters will guide you through all the requirements of Dog rehoming and once you are satisfied with all the stipulations, you will provide the necessary credentials and sign the release documents for the animal. Normally when you visit the shelters, most if not all will ask you to bring along the following:

• Identification with your name(s) and address.
• All members of the family. It is vital that everyone who will be living with the dog meets the animal
• Any other dogs (not cats) which will be living with the new dog.
• The normal age requirement (depends on shelter or state) for you to do a rehoming is 18-21 years.

What to ask if you plan to Re-home a Dog
If you and you family do plan on rehoming the animal, when you visit the shelter, you must be given any information that is actually gathered about the dog you are interested in rehoming. Here are some typical questions you should ask:

• Ask about the state of the Dogs health and any vaccination
• Ask about the animals previous home or owners if that information is available and why is the Dog sheltered
• Ask them to tell you anything what they observe about the dogs character
• Ask about pet insurance as some shelters will give you a nice six month deal bundled in the rehoming cost
• Ask your family members what they think about the animal being taken home.

Rehome This Dog

So what about the stray which you have just invited into your yard and you just cant stop feeding him and then the dog actually decides to keep you! You can just kick him back to the curb as that would just be inhumane. If you plan to re home that dog the first thing you should do is make thorough checks to see if there is actually a devastated owner somewhere desperately searching for his / her dog. You can do this by simply placing pictures of the dog on billboard and see if the owner turns up of if someone knows the owner of the dog. If all fails then you have just got yourself a new dog. There are always first steps in doing everything right and there are steps you must follow even if you picked a stray off the road.

• Bring the animal to a vet so the animal can be checked thoroughly and you will be given the animals health report so in case there are any issues, they can be dealt with promptly
• Ensure that you get the dog its collar and Tag so it can be identified again if it decided to move on
• Love and care for the dog the best way you know how.

Now that you have all the basics in rehoming dogs, why not go out today and make a dog happy by doing just that, give him a new home, give him a happy home.