Our mission is to insure that all our rescued dogs are adopted into loving and permanent homes. We screen potential adopters and do all we can to insure that you adopt the right dog for your home, family, and lifestyle. Our adoption process is as follows:
Complete our online adoption application at the link below OR visit our website to access the application: http://www.bonapartesretreat.org/adoption.html
If your application is approved, we arrange for you to meet the dog. We then bring the dog to you for a home visit to make sure the adoption is a good fit.
If you make the decision to adopt, a three-week trial adoption period begins during which either you or we can change course and cancel the adoption decision. During these three weeks, we are committed to doing everything possible to assist you and your adopted dog with adjusting to a new home and living environment.
Our adoption fee is $125 (or $75 for special needs or senior dogs, a senior being any dog 7 years or older). Once you have made the decision to finalize the adoption, you will complete our Adoption Agreement and Release.
All our adoptable dogs have received vaccinations, been spayed or neutered, tested for heartworms and either treated or started on prevention, and are current on flea and tick prevention.
Because of our process, we usually adopt only in the middle-Tennessee area (within an approximate hour's drive of Nashville) and regret that we are unable to do adoptions outside this area or out-of-state.
Adoption steps
- Submit Application
Submit our online application first.
- Meet the Pet
If your application is approved, we will contact you to set up a meet & greet with the dog.
- Home Check
After you meet the dog, we conduct a home visit. The dog can then go home with you for a 3-week trial adoption period.
- Sign Adoption Contract
You then officially adopt the dog by completing our adoption agreement & release and pay the adoption fee.