Surrendering Your Dog

The Canadian Chihuahua Rescue and Transport (CCRT) knows that surrendering your dog is a very, very difficult decision. Perhaps you got your dog a short time ago and realize you don’t have the time to properly care for him. Your dog may have been a part of your life for many years but as your circumstances have changed, you now know that owning a dog isn’t the right thing for you anymore. Surrendering your dog to the CCRT, another rescue group or animal shelter is an incredibly difficult decision but sometimes, it is the only one to make.

Before you consider surrendering your dog, you should ask yourself a few questions:

  1. Do I have the time, energy and resources to provide adequate care to the dog?
  2. Does my schedule permit me to spend quality time with my dog every single day?
  3. Is my dog not behaving well because I don’t have or want to spend time on basic behaviour training?
  4. Do I have young children and don’t have the time or desire to show them proper dog handling techniques?
  5. Has my health taken a drastic turn and because of it, I’m not able to walk and socialize my dog?

These are just some things to consider when making the difficult decision to surrender your dog. If you realize that your dog would be better cared for in a rescue group and eventually, with a new owner, perhaps the time has come to surrender your dog.

If you choose to surrender your dog to the CCRT, or another rescue group, you will be asked to complete a Surrender contract. This legally binding contract gives full ownership of the dog to CCRT. This allows CCRT to provide veterinary care and down the road, legally adopt out the dog to a carefully pre-screened ‘forever’ home.

Pre-Surrender Form

To get the process started, please fill in our PRE-SURRENDER FORM below. This ensures the CCRT has a suitable placement available for the pet prior to moving forward with the surrendering contract. Once completed, you will be contacted to discuss further.

Pre-surrender form (preferred)
Printable form
Surrender Contract

Pre-Surrender Intake Form

This questionnaire ensures CCRT has a suitable placement available for the pet prior to bringing the dog into rescue.

Completing the questionnaire is in the best interests of not only you, the owner by knowing they have been well & safely placed, but moreimportantly, for the dog in question and their future foster home. Proper placement will result in the smoothest possible transition and adjustment for the dog into its foster home

Owner Information

Address
Address
City
Province
Postal Code
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What is the best way to contact you?

Dog's Information

Gender
Is the dog spayed/neutered?
Is the dog microchipped?
Is the dog housetrained?
Is the dog crate trained?

Dog's Personality

Please respond truthfully to the following questions.

Your responses will help us to correctly assess and take into consideration your dog’s personality and needs when locating the most suitable foster home for them.

Dog's Vet and Medical History

*CCRT reserves the right to contact any named vet as part of the dog intake process.

Address
Address
City
Province
Postal Code
Country
Is the dog up to date on its vaccines?

Photographs

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Submission Guidelines

All fields must be thoroughly completed before submission. A reminder incomplete applications cannot be processed. Press the submit button once and wait for the results of your application. An automatically generated response will be sent to you to confirm your application has been received by the CCRT. The CCRT receives dozens of applications on a weekly basis and we ask for your patience as our volunteers make time to reply to you. Thank you again for your interest in the CCRT.

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Printable version

If you are not able to complete the online form, please fill in the CCRT Presurrender form.

Surrender Contract

Once you have completed the pre-surrender form above and spoken with one of our volunteers, you will then be sent the final SURRENDER CONTRACT. This legally binding contract gives full ownership of the dog to CCRT. This allows CCRT to provide veterinary care and, down the road, legally adopt out the dog to a carefully pre-screened ‘forever’ home.

Please review the Surrender contract here to help you make your decision.

The CCRT will take on full legal and ethical ownership and responsibility for your dog. All of our rescue dogs are vetted, microchipped, neutered/spayed, brought up to date on vaccinations (as necessary) and put on heartworm prevention (where necessary) before being placed for adoption.

The surrender donation ($50 for an altered dog or $100 for an unaltered dog) goes towards the veterinary and other costs that CCRT will incur for your dog. Your dog will also appreciate it if you surrender him with all of his belongings, including bed, leash, harness, toys and a supply of food, to make his transition to foster care an easier one. Finally, copies of vet records are always helpful to allow CCRT and the adoptive home to make necessary and important decisions regarding the dog’s future care.

The CCRT is happy to provide updates on your dog while he remains in foster care. Note, once the dog is adopted, it is the new owner’s decision if they wish to stay in touch with their dog’s former owners.

If you have additional questions about surrendering your dog, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are happy to answer your questions and help you make the best decision for your dog.

If you would like to surrender your dog to the CCRT and are unable to fill in the form above, please call us at 877-783-7333.