Owner Turn In
Owner Surrender Guidelines
Please Read through the following information carefully before submitting your request!
Thank you for contacting Coastal German Shepherd Rescue. As we strongly discourage people giving up their dogs under most situations and as our primary focus is pulling dogs from kill shelters, we have slightly stringent owner surrender guidelines. After the below items are met, each owner surrendered dog will be reviewed by the board based on space and budget considerations prior to acceptance into our program.
* IF YOU HAVE ADOPTED YOUR DOG THROUGH COASTAL GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE AND NEED TO RETURN HIM/HER TO US, PLEASE CONTACT THE ADOPTION COUNSELOR DESIGNATED ON YOUR CONTRACT. Please provide the dog’s name, tag number, and reason for reliquishmentment in your email. Current Photos, short bio, and your current contact information are appreciated as well.
Initial steps to request your dog’s acceptance into Coastal GSR are generally as follows:
- Submit our online owner surrender form. This has a lot of the information we need about your dog as we consider his/her acceptance into our program and future placement.
- In most cases, we require that the dog be up to date on vaccinations, have a history of being kept on heartworm preventative, and spayed/neutered and that you be able to supply proof through your veterinarian of the above items. Generally, you, the owner, will have to address the items that are not current prior to our acceptance of the dog.
- The dog will need to be taken to one of our volunteers for a personality evaluation. Note that we are unable to accept dogs that have ever shown aggression toward humans.
- Much of the decision to accept a dog into our program is based on foster space and funds. If you are able to foster the dog until a new home can be found, this greatly increases your dog's chance of acceptance into the program. If you are not able to foster and your pet is approved by the board, we request a MONETARY donation to go toward the food and VETERINARY CARE that your dog will require while with us. These items are expensive, and we would request that you be as generous as possible when donating toward the foster care of your dog.
- Coastal GSR will acquire, by assignment documentation, the property rights to your dog, including the right to place the dog into a new home. You will not have any right to know where the dog is placed, nor will you have a right to any adoption donation made to Coastal GSR.
Owner Relinquishment Questionnaire
Please answer the questions honestly and be as detailed as possible. This will help is in determining if we will be able to accept your dog in to our rescue.
Please note that shelter dogs in need will take precedence over any owner surrendered dog.* Due to the lack of foster home, in most cases, you will be required to “foster” your dog until a home can be found.
This information MUST be submitted along with a photograph before we will consider accepting your dog in to our program. Upon completing the below information, IMMEDIATELY email a picture of your dog to oti@coastalgsr.org. No further action is required. As a 100% volunteer organization, we will contact you as soon as possible, usually within 48 hours.
Owner Information
* denotes a required field