FAQ > Owner Relinquishment
A pet’s chances of finding a new home are entirely individual. There’s no particularly mathematical matrix that can provide a percentage. A huge portion of their chances of being adopted is what’s referred to as “adoptability,” an amorphous subjective concept that addresses what the public has the most desire for at any given time. How friendly and engaged a pet might be, their energy level, breed, size, color, age, past training, housebreaking status, bite history, overall health, and how likely their perfect person might walk through our doors all factor into “adoptability.”
For example, a 15 year old intact male black pit bull that’s not house trained and needs hip dysplasia surgery has very low adoptability. Certainly there might be someone out there who can love him for who he is and afford his veterinary care, but compared to a healthy 7 week old Pomeranian puppy, our old pit bull will be a tougher adoption. (Nothing against pit bulls, poms, or senior pets; just an example.) We know that pit bulls can be lovely dogs and certainly some of the best pets we’ve worked with are seniors. Just not everyone out there knows it as well. We accept pets regardless of their “adoptability,” but that does affect whether or not they will be adopted from us.
We do work with over 60 limited admission and breed-specific rescue groups, and your pet may be submitted to one of them. Never seeing them available on the adoption floor or posted to our website does NOT necessarily mean that your pet was euthanized. If your pet has a health or behavior issue that our resources cannot address, rescue groups might have the resources we lack. They reserve the right to reject a submitted pet, which can limit our options concerning more severe problems; however, we can assure you that we will do the absolute best we can for your pet and that euthanasia will be an absolute final resort.
A pet’s chances of finding a new home are entirely individual. There’s no particularly mathematical matrix that can provide a percentage. A huge portion of their chances of being adopted is what’s referred to as “adoptability,” an amorphous subjective concept that addresses what the public has the most desire for at any given time. How friendly and engaged a pet might be, their energy level, breed, size, color, age, past training, housebreaking status, bite history, overall health, and how likely their perfect person might walk through our doors all factor into “adoptability.”
For example, a 15 year old intact male black pit bull that’s not house trained and needs hip dysplasia surgery has very low adoptability. Certainly there might be someone out there who can love him for who he is and afford his veterinary care, but compared to a healthy 7 week old Pomeranian puppy, our old pit bull will be a tougher adoption. (Nothing against pit bulls, poms, or senior pets; just an example.) We know that pit bulls can be lovely dogs and certainly some of the best pets we’ve worked with are seniors. Just not everyone out there knows it as well. We accept pets regardless of their “adoptability,” but that does affect whether or not they will be adopted from us.
We do work with over 60 limited admission and breed-specific rescue groups, and your pet may be submitted to one of them. Never seeing them available on the adoption floor or posted to our website does NOT necessarily mean that your pet was euthanized. If your pet has a health or behavior issue that our resources cannot address, rescue groups might have the resources we lack. They reserve the right to reject a submitted pet, which can limit our options concerning more severe problems; however, we can assure you that we will do the absolute best we can for your pet and that euthanasia will be an absolute final resort.
