Dog adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog and you'll have a friend for life!
Contact us, or contact another local humane society, animal shelter or SPCA.
We Serve the Following Cities, Towns, and/or Counties: Greater Vancouver , Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island, and the Lower Mainland of B.C.
A Better Life Dog Rescue
About Our Rescue Group
A Better Life Dog Rescue is a group of volunteer animal lovers who help abandoned, neglected and abused dogs find loving, responsible homes. With the help of foster homes, A Better Life Dog Rescue is able to rescue homeless, abandoned and surrendered dogs and give them a better life by adopting them into caring and compassionate homes.
At A Better Life Dog Rescue we believe every dog deserves to be treated as a cherished member of the family. Dogs are pack animals and suffer greatly by being chained, penned or otherwise excluded from their family, even for short periods of time. Being included inside the home is essential for a dog's emotional and physical health. It is just as cruel to starve a dog of their emotional needs as it is to starve them of food and shelter.
Come Meet our Pets
By appointment only as the dogs are in foster homes.
Our Adoption Process
Adoption fee & home check required If you're interested in meeting a dog, please fill out this adoption application then send it back to us at adopt@betterlifedogrescue.org. If your home seems the right fit a home check will be arranged.
A Better Life Dog Rescue Adoption Application
Please be specific with all questions, the more we know the easier it will be for us to process your application. Thank you.
1. Your name(s)
2. Your address
3. Your phone number(s)
4. Your e mail address(s)
5. Which dog(s) are you interested in adopting?
6. Please describe all the people and pets that reside in your home, including ages.
7. Who will be the primary care giver?
8. How long will the dog be alone each day?
9. How much daily exercise and socialization will the dog receive?
10. Please describe your home and yard (if applicable) in detail
11. Is there a safe fenced area for the dog? If so please describe the area in detail.
12. Where will the dog be when you leave your house?
13. Where will the dog sleep?
14, Where will the dog be when you are home?
15. Who will look after your dog when you go on holidays or business trips?
16. Do you rent or own your home? If you rent, do you have written permission from your landlord to have this dog?
17. If you rent and must move, what will you do with the dog if your new home does not allow pets?
18. Are you financially able to cover regular, and unexpected veterinary care costs in case of injury or illness? If not, what will you do if your dog gets seriously ill or injured?
19, Have you ever owned a dog before? If so, what happened to that dog?
20. Under what circumstances do you consider it acceptable to crate a dog?
21. Under what circumstances is it acceptable to leave a dog outside?
22. When do you consider it acceptable to physically punish or yell at a dog?
23. What specific foods and brands are you planning to feed your new dog?
24. What would make you return a dog to us?
25. What do you believe you and/or your family has to offer a dog?
26. Do you donate or actively volunteer for any animal rights or rescue associations?
27. Do you plan on providing any formal training/obedience classes for your dog?
28. Do you have a vet in mind for your dog?
29. Why are you interested in adopting a dog at this time?
30. Please describe your ideal dog
Dog adoption and cat
adoption saves lives. Adopt
a dog or adopt a cat and
you'll have a friend for life! What is the difference between adopting a dog
or puppy versus getting dogs for sale or puppies for sale from a dog breeder?
When someone is breeding puppies, they are creating new dogs who need homes.
Some people are interested in a very specific breed of dog or puppy and they
think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a dog for sale from
a puppy breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs who must find homes.
So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder, we encourage
people to adopt a dog or adopt a puppy at their local animal shelter, SPCA,
humane society or pet rescue group.