OCPoundhounds Small Breed Rescue Canada

Additional adoption info

ADOPTING an OCPoundhound:

1. Print off and complete an application for adoption that can be found on our web site; www.ocpoundhounds.com

2. Submit the application by scanning and e-mailing OR by bringing with you to a Meet & Greet event;

3. Your application will be reviewed and if we feel there is a potential match a telephone interview will be conducted. If the telephone interview determines there is a good match we will check veterinarian, grooming and personal references provided on the application;

4. If the references are positive we then arrange a Meet & Greet with all members of the family (and other dogs) at a neutral location;

5. If the Meet & Greet is successful, we then arrange for an in-home adoption trial to start. These normally start on a Friday evening;

6. After 10 days the adoption is evaluated and if successful the adoption is finalized.

Each of our dogs have different adoption donation requests. This is a tax deductible donation that can be written off your taxes at the end of the year as a charitable deduction. This donation covers some of the veterinary / medical costs for the dogs, housing food, board, flea prevention, micro-chipping and transportation, just to mention a few things.


We are an all-volunteer run organization who have full-time, regular employment and run the rescue after hours. Therefore we do not do individual dog previews. Please check our website for our Meet & Greets dates and locations.

Our dogs are not adopted out from Meet & Greets, and we do not place on a First Come, First Served basis.

We adopt out on the principle of what home is the best home for that dog, from what we determine by knowing the dog, his/her personality and learning about the lifestyle of the family interested in adopting . will then be the proud Pet Parent of an OCPoundhound!

We rarely place dogs with someone who is renting their residence. Our adoption restrictions have developed over time, and are a result of many years of working in the rescue world. We’re contacted regularly by people who desperately want to surrender their dogs to us because they rent and their Landlord no longer wants pets on the premises, or they are moving and cannot take their dog with them to their new residence. Hundreds of dogs are euthanized weekly in California shelters due to similar circumstances