Stage One:

Please sign and return the Permission to Rehome form and the information sheet enclosed

Stage Two:

Once we have received your paperwork your bulldog will be listed for rehoming and a volunteer will contact you to arrange to visit both you and your dog at home to discuss the process with your

Stage Three

We will select a family from our existing waiting list. There are several hundred people on our waiting list and we do not operate the list on a system of first come first served. The family will be chosen via a system of area and suitability and we will attempt to find your bulldog a home within 2 hours of his current location and with a family that matches his needs and requirements.

Stage Four:

We will vet the potential new family as much as is practically possible. We will firstly ensure that the name and address is valid, after that vetting will most likely be a home check which in most cases will be undertaken by the same volunteer that came to visit you

Stage Five:

In the event that we are satisfied that the family chosen is suitable we will then contact you with their details. It is much easier that the final arrangements are made directly between you as it saves a lot of to-ing and fro-ing from us, it also gives you the opportunity to make sure you are happy with our choice of family.

Stage Six:

You now need to contact the family selected and arrange for them to visit you and your dog at your home. It is very important that they come to you as allowing them to view the dog on home territory with people he is familiar with will give them a much better opportunity of assessing his personality. We do however ask that we are kept fully up to date with the progress, we like to know the day the family plan to visit and of course we need to know if this visit is successful or not.

Stage Seven:

Providing you are happy with the family selected you may allow them to take the dog home with them from this visit. This is the last opportunity you have to change your mind but we point out that you are under no obligation to go through with the rehoming right up until the dog has left your property. If for any reason you are not happy with them simply tell them you cannot go through with the rehoming as once he has left your possession he automatically becomes bulldog rescue property and remains so until the adoption processes has been executed. In the event you are contacted by the new family because the placement is not working you must contact bulldog rescue immediately, it is usual for us to arrange collection via a network volunteer as soon as possible as he is our responsibility by this stage.

• Dog bedding/bed/crate - do not wash the bedding so there is a familiar scent in the new home
• Favourite toys
• Collar, Lead, Harness etc - remember to remove any name tag from the collar
• Food/Water bowls and a bag of food so the diet can remain the same or be changed gradually
• Vaccination card

Please ensure that the following items are returned to Bulldog Rescue with the Permission Form

• Kennel Club Registration paper and pedigree - these are held on file here
• Microchip documentation if applicable - microchips are transferred to Bulldog Rescue

What Now?

Once we have your permission form we will begin the search, if you change your mind after you have returned this form to us  please let us know immediately as we may already have a new home arranged and keeping us informed will not only save us time and money but will also avoid disappointment to the new family if the process goes too far. If there are a large number of bulldogs in the system we will rehome them on a priority basis.

Once we have been informed that the dog has moved we will then send the new family their adoption paper work. This paperwork signs the dog over to them but allows Bulldog Rescue the right of first refusal should they be unable to keep him at any point throughout his life time. It also prevents them from breeding or showing their new dog and requires them to stay in touch with Bulldog Rescue throughout his life time. They will also be eligible for 6 weeks free insurance courtesy of Pet Plan.  Any microchip will be transferred to Bulldog Rescue thus ensuring that we will be informed should the dog ever escape, be stolen or find himself in a rescue centre at any point in the future.

How long does this all take?

This depends on each individual situation, please be aware that the service is run by volunteers who give up their free time, many of us have day jobs, families and dogs of our own. Of course older dogs or dogs with known health or behaviour problems are obviously that little more difficult to find a suitable family for and we would much rather take our time in finding the right family than allow the dog to move to an unsuitable family only to find that the placement fails. It is rare for a placement to fail, but if it does it is often because there was something about the dog that we didn’t know about. The new family is selected from the information supplied regarding what your dog needs but no one can be 100% sure how things will be following the move. Common reasons for failure are aggression or problems between the new arrival and an existing dog, Bulldog Rescue are responsible for the dog at this stage and it is usual for us to arrange collection by a volunteer. We advice that you ask your vet to check him over prior to completing the documentation so any obvious problems can be disclosed, Bulldog Rescue may be able to help with the costs of any required treatment if there is no pet insurance in place.

Thank you for coming to Bulldog Rescue, by using our service you are helping to make it possible for us to help other bulldogs in need across the country. We are the only official bulldog breed rescue for the UK and are Kennel Club registered, endorsed by the London Bulldog Society we are also members of the Bulldog Breed Council and operate to a strict policy. Our aim is to always do the very best for every bulldog that passes through our system and to ensure that his new home is exactly the right home for him. This service is free to everyone that needs to rehome their bulldog and remember that should you need to talk to anyone after your dog has left your care we are able to offer a counselling service as well as we appreciate just how difficult this decision has been for you.

We look forward to hearing from you again very soon and should you need to discuss any part of this process before returning the permission form please feel free to do so.

In the event that your situation is genuinely urgent, we have a limited number of foster spaces and can arrange for your dog to be collected or delivered to the nearest available place.

Please be aware that foster space is incredibly limited and we prefer to keep these spaces free for genuine emergencies and for cases that are genuinely urgent. If you can keep your dog whilst we search for a new home please help us by doing so and using the Rehoming Service

Please be sure that you are 100% happy with this situation, once your dog has left your care you will have no further legal claim on him. The volunteer will ask you to sign your bulldog over to Bulldog Rescue on collection, this ensures that he is covered by our liability insurance whilst in our care. We will ask the vet to check him over and will deal with any obvious medical problems before he is put up for rehoming. We will then select a family from our existing waiting list. There are several hundred people on our waiting list and we do not operate the list on a system of first come first served. The family will be chosen via a system of area and suitability and we will attempt to find your bulldog a family that matches his needs and requirements. We will vet the potential new family as much as is practically possible and we aim to stay in touch with every single bulldog we rehome.

Please ensure that you send the following items with your dog:

• Dog bedding/bed/crate - do not wash the bedding so there is a familiar scent in the new home
• Favourite toys
• Collar, Lead, Harness etc - remember to remove any name tag from the collar
• Food/Water bowls and a bag of food so the diet can remain the same or be changed gradually
• Vaccination card
• Kennel Club Registration paper and pedigree - these are held on file here
• Microchip documentation if applicable - microchips are transferred to Bulldog Rescue

Thank you for coming to Bulldog Rescue, by using our service you are helping to make it possible for us to help other bulldogs in need across the country. We are the only official bulldog breed rescue for the UK and are Kennel Club registered, endorsed by the London Bulldog Society we are also members of the Bulldog Breed Council and operate to a strict policy. Our aim is to always do the very best for every bulldog that passes through our system and to ensure that his new home is exactly the right home for him. This service is free to everyone that needs to rehome their bulldog and remember that should you need to talk to anyone after your dog has left your care we are able to offer a counselling service as well as we appreciate just how difficult this decision has been for you.

OUR VOLUNTEERS CAN BE EASILY IDENTIFIED BY THEIR GREEN AND YELLOW UNIFORM SHIRTS. ALL VOLUNTEERS WILL HAVE ID WHICH CAN BE CHECKED BY VISITING www.bulldogrescue.co.uk/volunteer_details.htm

OR BY CALLING 0871 200 2450 or 07818 403731 IF OUT OF HOURS