East Coast Gentle Giants Rescue

Step 1 – Complete Adoption Application
Step 2 – Application Preliminary Review
Step 3 – Criminal Background Check
Step 4 - Landlord Approval Verified(for renters only)
Step 5 – Veterinary References Contacted
Step 6 – Personal/Professional References Contacted
Step 7 – Home Visit
Step 8 – Approval/Denial
Step 9 – Matching
Step 10 – Arranging a Meet-and-Greet and/or Trial Visit
Step 11 – Finalizing the Adoption
Step 12 – Trip to the Vet
Step 13 – Post-Adoption Follow-up

All dogs will come with their annual shots, heartworm test, fecal test and rabies. Dogs that are not altered will be or will be required to be altered within 30 days and proof is required within 7 days of completion of the surgery. The only reason we adopt a dog out that is unaltered is when they are too young or too small for the surgery. We are not going to keep 8 week old puppies until they are 5 months to spay or neuter them, but we do take a deposit to ensure that they are spayed or neutered within an allotted amount of time after the adoption has taken place.

Our dogs are our number one priority, please be patient with the application process, if you have not heard back from us in a week just send us another email reminding us that you are still interested in a dog. We have a lot of dogs that require a lot of attention and we many not be able to get back to you right away.

The application process takes us a lot of time,especially when we have more than one person particularly interested in a certain dog. The whole process takes anywhere from 2 weeks up to a month. We want to ensure that you are just as dedicated to one of our rescues as we are. Please be patient but check back with us often on the status of your application.

Our adoption fees can be found here:

http://eastcoastgentlegiants.com/adoption-fees

Adoption fees are subject to change without notice.

Puppies under the age of 7 months have a significantly higher adoption fee then our other dogs and may require a spay or neuter deposit depending on the breed.

Puppies under 7 months, especially litters are very expensive to feed, de-worm and keep healthy due to risk of infections and communicable diseases. This is the reason puppies have a higher fee because they cost more to maintain in the long run.

For Seniors over 9 there is a reduced fee as well.

Please be advised that these adoption fees are collected to ensure a serious home for our rescue dogs only and also to cover the cost of our veterinary bills. Please keep in mind that some dogs only need to be sped up to date on shots and others require thousands of dollars of surgeries to make them better, and the fees for the adoption fee do not changed based on how much we have spent on the dog.

All of the dogs and puppies from our rescue come with:

UTD on shots including Distemper/Parvo (DaPPv) Bordatella Canine Flu(CIV, H3N8) and Rabies
Heartworm test (dog over 1 year old or younger dogs with no proof of hw meds administered prior to entering rescue)
Deworming
Fecal test-Smear and float
Spay/Neuter (dogs over 7 months)
Microchip(HomeAgain)
5 Lbs of current food (Petway Supreme Chicken and Brown Rice)
Leash and Collar

Each dog we take in costs anywhere from $200-2,500 to treat and our adoption fees DO NOT change based on how much we have spent on the dog as far as veterinary care.

Because we rescue large and extra large breeds, our adoption fees do run higher than other rescues, this is mainly because most of our rescues weigh in excess of 115 lbs thereby making spay/neuter surgeries alone more costly than your average 50 lb dog.

Please do not ask if our adoption fees are negotiable. They are not, if you cannot afford the adoption fee for a dog that has been fully vetted, we will not adopt the dog out to you.