YOU ARE YOUR PETS BEST CHANCE AT FINDING A NEW HOME!
Thank you for reaching out to Circle of Friends Animal Shelter. We are sorry to hear that you may be considering rehoming your pet. Below are 2 options that you can use as resources for rehoming your pet. They are well-known and used commonly throughout the sheltering world. We urge you to use BOTH resources to increase the chance of your pet finding their new forever home.
You are your pet’s best option for finding them a new home. Some people believe that we would be better at finding a new home for their pets since we have the experience and facilities, however that isn’t necessarily the case. The owner of the pet is more capable of placing all their focus on that pet and provide the best information on that pet as possible to new adopters to best determine if the home is the right fit or not. The only person who truly knows the pet, is the owner!
Shelters are stressful environments even for the most well-adjusted pet. The shelter setting, no matter how nice, can cause stress-related problems. These include anxiety, aggression, and even illness which cause adoption to become difficult or impossible. If you decide to rehome your pet, you are the best advocate for your pet finding a home.
Due to the large influx of truly homeless pets in our community that COFAS provides care and housing for, Circle of Friends rarely has space available to accept pets for rehoming. We urge you to consider every alternative before surrendering your pet to a shelter.
Home To Home believes pets that need a new home do best if they can be transitioned directly from their current home to a new home and avoid the stress of a stay at an animal shelter through the guidance of their owner.
Using Adopt-a-Pet, create a pet profile and approve and meet adoption applicants that you feel are the best fit for your pet’s new family.
While we encourage you to explore other rehoming options such as Home-to-Home, Adopt-a-Pet, and online groups dedicated to rehoming and adoption, we also have relinquishment forms available below. Please take some time to consider your decision carefully, and ensure that relinquishing your pet is the right choice.
- Submitting the form does not guarantee acceptance, it allows us to begin evaluating your request and better understand your pet’s needs.
- If we have space available to consider your relinquishment request, we will review your submitted form and get back to you to discuss next steps.
- Please note, we cannot provide an estimated time on when space is available as this will depend on adoptions as well as incoming stray pets.
Please ensure that all sections of the form are completed thoroughly, and a photo of your pet has been uploaded. Detailed information helps us assess whether we may be able to accept your pet and also assists in identifying the best care and potential adopters.
If we are able to take your pet into the shelter, please note that a surrender fee will be required at the time of relinquishment to assist with the cost of care of your pet.