Surrender

Many situations may lead to the need for surrendering your dog. We are completely foster-based therefore have only limited homes available for new dogs. Unfortunately, many dobermans wind up in shelters where their dispositions do not do well in that environment. Their increased stress levels lead to lack of appetite, increased kennel aggression and deterioration in health which all lead to an less likely chance of being adopted. We try to pull dobermans in shelters as soon as possible to decrease this stress level. We also pull sheltered dogs to decrease the likely hood of them falling into undesirable hands.

Please fill out the enclosed owner surrender form and we will place them on a waiting list. We will contact you as foster homes become available. Please keep us updated on any new status of your dog needing to come into rescue.

Since we are a not-for-profit group that operates mainly on donations, we would greatly appreciate any effort you could make to bring your dog’s medical records up to adoption standards. Ideally, we would appreciate if you update your dog’s vaccinations, including rabies, perform a heartworm test, and spay or neuter the dog depending on its gender. We can always refer you to a low-cost clinic for these services. If you cannot afford to do all of these things, please try to do what you can. Please provide VSDR with a copy of these records so we do not have to repeat any vetting that has already been done. To what extent are you able to comply with this request? *