{"id":521,"date":"2011-08-27T08:34:28","date_gmt":"2011-08-27T12:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happypawsrescue.org\/?page_id=521"},"modified":"2025-01-28T19:38:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T00:38:45","slug":"adoption-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/happypawsrescue.org\/?page_id=521","title":{"rendered":"Adoption Process"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. View our adoptable animals<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2. Fill out an application (below) for the animal you are interested in.<\/p>\n

Dog Adoption Application<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Please allow a few days for us to review and respond to your application. Some animals require special considerations, such as a fenced-in yard, no small children in the home, or experienced pet owners. We use the application process to make sure the home will be a good fit for each animal.<\/p>\n

4. Approved applicants will be invited to come meet the animal.<\/p>\n

5. We do NOT do same-day adoptions. Our volunteers will bring the animal for a visit to your home so you can see how he\/she acts in your home environment, including interactions with current pets. We generally adopt to families within a 1-hour radius of our home base in Piscataway, NJ but may consider farther distances in the tri-state region if volunteers are available. If you live beyond our geographical boundaries, we hope you will contact rescue organizations closer to your home.<\/p>\n

6. If both you and the rescue agree the animal is a good fit for your home, you will fill out an adoption contract. The adoption fee is $400 for dogs. When our animals are adopted out, they are spayed\/neutered, up-to-date with age-appropriate vaccinations, on flea\/tick preventative, and heartworm preventative (dogs only).<\/p>\n

7. You enjoy many years of happiness with your new pet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. View our adoptable animals. 2. Fill out an application (below) for the animal you are interested in. Dog Adoption Application 3.\u00a0Please allow a few days for us to review and respond to your application. Some animals require special considerations, such as a fenced-in yard, no small children in the home, or experienced pet owners. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":157,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-521","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happypawsrescue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happypawsrescue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happypawsrescue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happypawsrescue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happypawsrescue.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":122,"href":"https:\/\/happypawsrescue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3300,"href":"https:\/\/happypawsrescue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/521\/revisions\/3300"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happypawsrescue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happypawsrescue.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}