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Hi folks
Going to look at a pound pup tomorrow. It's at the RSPCA, and I haven't adopted from them before. Are there any funny conditions or requirements which I need to know about beforehand? Do they retain title to the dog, or anything intrusive like insist on annual home inspections, or quarterly reports from your vet?
 
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Each one has the same basic questions but every branch has different additions as some are self funded by fundraising and donations only.
I have 2 x local here, 1 huge one and 1 small one across town. Both v different to adopt from. I wouldn't have passed the large one for dog adoption despite ticking more boxes than they would ask, the small one is rather more realistic but stringent in other things.

You'll def now get a home visit (unless you know staff). Usual things about fencing, time left etc.
Neither of ours do repeat home visits but ask that you update with a photo every so often.
They do request to know which vet you are registered with tho I've not known about reports except in very exceptional circumstances where welfare was still an issue. I've just updated them that Fido is all good at recent vet check.

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I can no longer have rescue dogs because our property doesn't have dog proof fencing, but I've previously had three dogs from the RSPCA. They only did a home visit for the first one, which was done the next day. The inspector was excellent and also gave good advice. One of those dogs was apparently not suitable for a home with children, cats or other dogs. We had six children, another dog and two cats. The staff used common sense, allowed us to introduce the dog to the kids and our other dog to see how it reacted. She ended up having a very happy 16 years with us.
I suspect things have changed now though.
 
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scruffyponies said:
Hi folks
Going to look at a pound pup tomorrow. It's at the RSPCA, and I haven't adopted from them before. Are there any funny conditions or requirements which I need to know about beforehand? Do they retain title to the dog, or anything intrusive like insist on annual home inspections, or quarterly reports from your vet?
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From my experience, I think it depends on what person you speak to and what sort of pet you are hoping to rehome.
When I lost my lovely old cat (22) to kidney failure last year, and took all of her washed, disinfected things down to them, the local branch from which I had adopted her just snatched them in without comment or thanks.
When, some months later, I enquired about another cat, the person said "Where do you live?" On a small barge, on a wide flat wooden pontoon, 200 yards from a field. No roads. "No. Sorry. Definitely not. It could fall off and drown". I pointed out that all my 3 previous RSPCA cats and my pedigree Burmese and Abyssinian cats before them, had fallen in at least once and had survived by clambering up ropes/into the dinghy/onto fenders/anchors/large rudder. Even catching hold of a neighbours' vessel and using that as a stepping stone. They had all died from illnesses associated with old age. Even the FiV+ one, who died at 15. No, no and no.
So a friend sent me Kevin The Tyrant.
God moves in mysterious ways.
 
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Puppy report.
We have now had her 24 hours, and she's a delight. Must've eaten something made of bright green hard plastic at the kennels though, as she's brought up and passed a fair few lumps of it.
The older dogs set their boundaries gently but firmly and are tolerating her nicely. She's unusually sensible, except the odd hopeless error of judgement. Her legs are long, and she has no idea where she is putting her feet, let alone the finer points of balance and co-ordination. This makes for entertaining 'face-planting'.

Most of all, she seems to have settled nicely, and I would say she has relaxed. I think we'll keep her.
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