DRC REHOME GUIDELINES

If you are unable to continue to provide a home for your Labradoodle or Goldendoodle or can no longer keep your doodle for any reason,

PLEASE  DO NOT TAKE YOUR DOODLE TO A SHELTER!

Please complete our online rehome assistance form and a member of our organization will contact you with in 48 hours to discuss rehoming your doodle.

Rehome Assistance Online Form

DRC WILL GLADLY PROVIDE YOU WITH FREE & CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE AND GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS OF RE-HOMING YOUR FAMILY PET.

DRC IS DEDICATED AND DETERMINED TO FIND ONLY THE VERY BEST HOMES FOR EVERY LABRADOODLE & GOLDENDOODLE IN OUR RESCUE PROGRAM.

DRC RE-HOME GUIDELINES

If you must re-home your Labradoodle or Goldendoodle for any reason, we present the following guidelines to better assist you with this process...Things to keep in mind: The first step to being a responsible dog owner and protecting dogs from life threatening and/or high risk situations is to make careful choices before you adopt.

DRC believes "Lifetime Commitment" means just that, however we do understand that sometimes an unforeseen issue emerges or tragedy occurs and rehoming becomes necessary.

Much emotion surrounds the issue of re-homing or otherwise giving up a dog. Some people do it casually, while others believe it is always wrong and that any time you get a dog you should be held to a commitment for life. Surely a reasonable way of deciding what to do in any given situation falls somewhere between these two extremes.

If you are no longer able to provide a home for your dog, it is important to remember that your dog is YOUR responsibility and your dog is depending on YOU to do what's best for him.  Your dog is relying on you to make the right choices to ensure his future happiness, health and safety. It takes time, patience and persistence to find the right home for your dog but try to remember as you are going the process that your devoted family pet deserves nothing less than your full and complete attention to the difficult task-at-hand. Before you start, please take a minute to read through all of the information below.

Finding a new home for a dog involves several options and /or steps. DRC recommends the following:

1. CONTACT THE BREEDER OR RESCUE OF ORIGIN

People often do not realize that they signed a contract when they adopted or purchased their dogs. Even if your signature on a piece of paper is not involved, there may have been a verbal agreement made that you now need to honor. A reputable breeder takes responsibility for the dogs he or she has produced for the entire life of that dog. This is especially true if any of their dogs happen to need new forever homes. A responsible rescue group has this policy in place as well. DRC & most reputable rescues have stipulations in their contracts that ensure that dogs needing new homes be returned to them no matter how much time has passed. If the dog came from either source, it is your duty to contact the breeder or rescue of origin first when you decide to give up the dog.

Not only will a responsible & reputable group or breeder take responsibility for the dog, the dog will then have this safety net for the remainder of it's life. If you pass the dog on without going back to this source, you deny the dog this option and you prevent the breeder or rescue from providing that protection.

2. CONTACT A RESCUE ORGANIZATION -DO NOT SURRENDER YOUR DOG TO A SHELTER!!

FACT: A dog who loses a home is at risk of winding up in a shelter and euthanization.  The chance of this increases with each change of home.

Due to the higher grooming maintenance, exercise requirements and their extreme intelligence, we feel strongly that if rehoming your doodle, it is best to place your dog with a "BREED SPECIFIC" RESCUE.  Yes we all know that Labradoodles and Goldendoodles are not technically a "breed" but only a rescue organization devoted to doodles will be familiar with doodle needs and doodle behavior. Not all rescue organizations are "doodle savvy" in fact many don't even know what a doodle is! By listing your dog with a breed specific rescue you are ensuring that your doodle will be placed in the best possible home as determined by their thorough and selective screening process.

THE REALITY OF SHELTERS

By law, stray pets must be kept several days at a shelter in order for their owners to have an opportunity to reclaim them. They may not be destroyed until that period is up. These laws don't protect dogs that have been given up by their owners! Those dogs may be destroyed at any time. Shelters don't want to euthanize all these animals but they don't have a choice. There just isn't enough room for all of them. Shelters today are so overcrowded that your dog could be euthanized the same day it arrives. This risk increases if your dog is old, black in color, large in size, has health problems or has poor attitudes toward strangers.  Being pure bred or a "designer dog" does NOT increase the dog's chances of being adopted.

True "no-kill" shelters are few and far between and are often very selective about the dogs they bring in. Many rescue organizations are small groups of dedicated volunteers using their homes to foster dogs until they are placed in new, permanent homes. Please contact one of us immediately if you are considering re-homing your doodle. We will confidentially guide you through the process of re-homing your dog and direct you to the best adoption resources.

THE REALITY & DANGERS OF "CRAIGSLIST"

Because of their popularity, these dogs are being sought out on "Craigslist" by many people who would not provide your doodle with a suitable home.

CLASS "B" ANIMAL BROKERS ON "CRAIGSLIST" 

Many inquiring about your doodle on "Craigslist" are "animal brokers" or "Class B Dealers" who haunt classified postings looking for unsuspecting posters seeking to re-home their family pets. "Class B Dealers" sell animals for scientific research, laboratory or pharmaceutical  experimentation and/or drug testing. They pose on "Craigslist" as perfectly respectful adopters. They are masters of manipulation and will have you believing that they are going to be providing your doodle with the perfect home. In reality what they will do is turn around and sell your family pet to the highest corporate bidder and condemn that animal to life in cage, unspeakable pain, suffering and inevitable death in the name of research.

We hope this information is helpful. Please don't hesitate to contact us directly if you have any additional questions about re-homing your doodle.