How we determine adoption fees for our foster dogs
Sometimes people ask us why our adoption fees are "so high" and observe that other rescues and shelters have lower adoption fees for their dogs.
Small Dog Rescue is committed to the highest quality care for our dogs, and this includes the highest possible vet care available to us.
We are fortunate to work with vet clinics who offer us discounted rates, and we wouldn't be able to run the rescue without them.
Small Dog Rescue is a true no-kill rescue, which means that we give vet care to dogs even when it is expensive and inconvenient.
Many of these dogs wouldn't survive in a traditional shelter and have been rejected by other so-called no-kill rescues who prefer to only accept young, healthy, and easily adoptable dogs.
Small Dog Rescue of MN believes that every single dog deserves a chance at a happy life, regardless of whether or not they are in need of an expensive surgery or a session with a behaviorist to help them heal from past injury and abuse.
Because we sometimes spend several thousand dollars on a single surgery for a dog in need, we need to keep our adoption fees higher than average in order to continue to operate. We are an all-volunteer organization and depend entirely on donations and adoption fees to continue our vital work to save dogs' lives.
Why is your adoption process so involved?
Maybe you're asking, "Why so much investigating? What is this all about?" Please, don't take our adoption process personally or negatively, as it is merely our way of ensuring that we place dogs into safe, stable, loving, and permanent homes. We are a small dog rescue, and this means that the animals currently in our care did not find permanent and stable homes in the past. In other words, they've been let down before, and we don't want to let them down again. Therefore, we must do everything in our power to make sure they are going to great homes.
Each applicant goes through the same rigorous application process because we're looking for only the very best candidates for our dogs' forever families. Our foster volunteers go through a similar process, too.
Trust us, these little guys are worth all the time and effort!
