Adoption Information
Adopting a Dog with Leash of Life
The majority of our dogs have experienced some form of trauma in their lives and require gentle, consistent, positive care and training.
We do NOT condone the use of force, dominance based training or any negative reinforcements such as choke chains or shock collars.
Time is required to build a strong bond of trust.
Many of our dogs have never lived in a house or been walked on a lead before arrival in England so any new experiences will need to be introduced slowly and gradually.
We will never hide any behavioural or physical issues that a dog may have but, as with any living creature issues can arise over time.
We ask all potential adopters to fully consider the time, commitment and expense of having a dog before they apply. Adopters need to be prepared to spend time training and working with any problems that could occur, including using qualified, recommended behaviourists if needs be.
Helping to Cover the Costs of Adoption
We use this money to cover your dogs vaccinations, de-worming, flea treatment, microchip, chip registration, EU passport, vet check, transport, ongoing care and spaying/neutering if old enough.
For UK dogs our usual adoption fee is £350 which covers our costs of neutering, vaccinating and microchip.
You will be asked to complete an adoption contract. This states your responsibilities to the dog.
If, in the future circumstances mean that you can no longer keep the dog it must be returned to Leash of Life for re-homing. This is to ensure that the dog stays safe and cared for, for the entirety of its life.
Adoption Criteria
Our maximum age for adoption is 80 (age and energy levels of dogs will be taken into consideration for our more mature applicants as we want our dogs to go to homes where they are able to live out their lives and have the level of care and exercise they require).
We are unable to consider homing any dog where there are children under 8. For homes with children 8 – 12 we would only be able to offer one of our more confident puppies under 6 months old. Applications also depend on children’s confidence and respect around dogs.
We are unable to consider applications from anyone without a private secure garden with direct access from the home.
Someone must be at home a good part of the day. We cannot take applications from anyone working full time (unless from home) or where they have regular long absences.