Welcoming a Stafford into your home and heart is a wonderful thing!  By adopting, you know you’re saving a life, as pounds are full of purebred and crossbred Staffords.  They make great family dogs, as they are loyal, loving and intelligent, but do YOU have what it takes to offer one of our Staffords an awesome forever home??

Before you fill out our Adoption Application, please consider these things:

• SRV is not a pound, shelter or shop.  We operate out of a private residence and have limited runs available to house Staffords for adoption.
• Meet and greets are by appointment only.
• If a meet and greet is delayed for any reason, it means that the rescue of another dog is delayed.  It can also mean that that dog you apply for may be adopted to the potential adopters who are next in line to you.
• Please bear in mind too that we cannot board your dog directly after you’ve adopted him/her… that will take up a valuable run that is required urgently for another dog in need.
• Please make sure your backyard is 100% secure and appropriate, make sure you can afford to have a dog, and make sure you have the time necessary to devote to the dog, training-wise and in general.
• Research training establishments for your new dog.  When you take your new dog home, you’ll need at the very least 3 days, but preferably a week, to settle your dog into your home, so please make sure you can take time off work to make this happen.
• Make sure you read the dog’s profile thoroughly.  There are conditions/requirements for each specific dog on their profiles.  Do you and your home match these requirements?
• Stafford Rescue Victoria is volunteer run so please be patient as it may take some time to get back to you

The above points will help us match you to your potential new family member, and it’s important that you keep them in mind, as adhering to them will help streamline the adoption process.

If you are ready to offer a forever home to a Stafford and see a dog you like on the Available Staffords page, please register your interest by completing the Adoption Request Form via the link below.

We ask people to fill out the adoption form because it ensures we match each dog to their perfect family.

If you do not get response in regards to the dog you are enquiring about please don’t be discouraged. It just means that a suitable application was received before yours.

We encourage you to contact Jan:  jan.hutton@optusnet.com.au every 1-2 weeks to show you are still interested in adopting and contact her immediately if you see a dog on Facebook or the website that you are interested in. As we will already have your form on file it will fast track the process when a suitable dog does become available. It is also important to contact Stafford Rescue Victoria if your circumstances have changed and the form needs amendment.

All general adoption queries should be asked using email as we do not have time to answer general adoption queries with a phone call.

The following publications have been produced to assist all new adoptive owners with their new dog. Reading these are imperative in assisting your dog to settle in to his new home and ensure a high success rate for re-homed dogs.
It is part of our terms and conditions of adopting a dog that the relevant publications are read by all family members.

All adoptive families must read the following:
“Multiple dog households” is only required for homes with existing dogs