A dog wags its tail with its heart

Fill out an application and our team will check with your vet history and landlord requirements. Then we connect you with the foster parent to see if it may be a great match! The fosters know our dogs the best: does he need a fence? Does she want to be a homebody or an adventurer? Will he love kids, cats …. or to be an only ‘fur baby’.

They will happily meet if you are a potential good fit for their foster dog or pup!! Please include all family members/roommates who will be living with your future dog – pets, too, at that meeting.

We do not adopt on “first come, first serve” – but the best fit for our dogs and puppies! (Sometimes dog have SEVERAL suitors. In these cases, a dog may be put on “hold” while the foster reviews applications, but if you already have a meeting scheduled through a FRR foster, they will honor commitments before making a choice).

Once a foster and an adopter agree it’s a good match, we will work out details to get your dog home! We’ll check your personal references then send you a contract and invoice …  

ALREADY IN OUR SYSTEM? 

Dogs are lifetime commitments, not just a holiday whim!

So what if I want TWO puppies?  Please read about Littermate Syndrome/Aggression

• $375 for puppies and dogs under age 8-years
• $200 for dogs over 8-years  
• Our cleft palate pups may have a different fee (it will be stated in their profiles)

* If you adopt a pup too young to be altered, the adoption fee will include the spay/neuter surgery at an approved Freedom Ride Rescue vet. Out of town adoptions will include $100 refundable deposit for unaltered animals – which is refunded with proof of spay or neuter. 

Part of your adoption contract is an agreement to have a dog spayed or neutered by age 1, and we encourage spaying females by age 6 months to prevent going into their first heat cycle.

We do not offer a refund if you return a dog or puppy. Please be sure you are ready to commit to a dog for the remainder of its life before committing to adopt them … and then give them time to decompress and adjust to their new world with you. Some may fit in right away – others may need patience while they learn that they are truly home. 

• Their foster family will have spent time getting to know their needs and quirks; their likes and dislikes!
• Your dog/pup will be on heartworm and flea preventative (starting at 8-weeks of age)
• Age appropriate Distemper/Parvo vaccines (boosters three weeks apart from age 6-week until 16-weeks OR two boosters if over 16-weeks of age)*
• Dogs over age 16-weeks will have their rabies vaccine
• They will be neutered/spayed*
• A heartworm test (if over age 1)**

* If adopted prior to these services, they are covered by the adoption fee IF you return to Freedom Ride Rescue and our approved vets. Our team must make appointments in order for the rescue to pay for it.

** If a dog tests positive for heartworm disease within 9 months of coming into the rescue, with proof of monthly heartworm prevention, Freedom Ride Rescue will provide 28 days of doxycycline and pay for heartworm treatment at one of our partner vets.

Available Freedom Dogs

These dogs and puppies are looking for their fur-ever homes!