| Full Name of Applicant: |
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| *E-Mail address: |
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| *Phone Number: |
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| *City you reside in: |
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| *Number of adults in the home: |
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| *Number of children in the home (full and part-time): |
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| Ages of children: |
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| Number, type and age of resident pets: |
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| Are your resident pet(s) shots current? |
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| Are your resident pet(s) spayed or neutered? |
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| If not, why not? |
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| *What type of residence do you live in? |
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| *Do you own or rent your residence? If you rent, written permission from the landlord will need to be submitted to ARF before a home visit: |
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| *In which area of the city do you live and where is the closest off-leash park? |
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| *Do you have a fully fenced yard? |
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| If so, how high is it and of what material is it made of? |
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| *What is the work schedule of the family members and how long would a dog be in your home alone? |
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| *Are you looking for a particular size, sex or age of dog? If so, why? |
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| *Describe your current daily activities: |
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| *How long do you plan to exercise a dog both on-leash and off-leash? |
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| *What dog(s) featured on our website are you interested in? |
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| *Why would this specific dog be a match for your family? |
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| *What are your thoughts on crate training? |
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| *What would you do if you came home and found your dog eating your couch? |
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| *Have you researched bite prevention techniques to help you, your family and your dog stay safe? |
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| If YES, please explain: |
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| *How many members of your household will attend the obedience training sessions? |
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| *How would you teach a dog to sit? |
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| Your dog is digging in your flower bed, you call him or her over and the dog comes to you. What is your next step? |
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| How did you hear about ARF? |
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| *Where have you been looking for a dog and for how long? |
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| Is there any other information you can provide that would help the adoption coordinater match you with an appropriate canine? |
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If you live over 50 kilometers from Calgary, Alberta complete the following questions. |
| What training facility do you plan to attend with your new dog? What is the cost, what are the methods, how long are the classes? |
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| How much time do you think obedience training will take?(i.e. at what age of the dogs life do you believe the training will be completed?) |
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If you have children under the age of 10 living in your home(full-time or part-time), complete the following section. |
| How much obedience training will the dog require / are you comfortable participating in before the dog can be left alone with your child(ren)? |
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| Explain how you will able to manage the training of the dog in accordance to your current work/leisure schedule. |
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| How will you handle a situation whereby the dog growls at your children or nips him/her? |
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| How will you handle a situation in which the dog knocks down one of your children while they are roughhousing? |
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| How long will the dog/child(ren) be left unsupervised together? |
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| How much interaction has/have your child(ren) had with dogs in the past? |
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| Would you expect a dog to tolerate a child pulling his/her ears or crawling over the dog? Please explain. |
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If you have any other animals in your home, please complete the following section. |
| What exposure has your current pet had to other dogs? Explain how often, when and where the socializing has occured: |
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| What research have you done in deciding if another canine would be a match for your resident canine or feline? |
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| Describe the obedience and house training methods you used for your resident canine: |
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| How long has it been since you attended a dog training class? Which class did you attend? |
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| What motivates your resident canine? How do you get him to do something that he does't want to do or to do something he hadn't thought of doing himself. |
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ARF will ONLY contact those applicants whose applications have been approved. ARF reserves the right to refuse an adoption to any individual who does not meet our criteria and also reserves the right to keep our reasons for refusal confidential within the Foundation. |
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