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Areas Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society & Dog Adoption & Welfare Group serves
We are the only animal sheltering organization in the Santa Ynez Valley for adoptable pets.
Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society & Dog Adoption & Welfare Group's adoption process
1.
Submit Application
Please visit our website at https://syvhumane.org/adoptions/how-to-adopt/ to see our available animals and to submit an application.
2.
Approve Application
3.
Meet the Pet
We require everyone in the household to meet the animal before taking it home. If you already have a dog, we require them to meets!
4.
Pay Fee
5.
Sign Adoption Contract
6.
Take the Pet Home
Additional adoption info
Our goal is to find a good match for both the pet and the adopter. In order to help you find the most appropriate pet for your household, we ask you to complete a short survey about your home and lifestyle. We also request that all human members of your family meet the pet as possible. It's important that your new pet is compatible with all the people and pets in your house and we do our best to determine the adoptable pet's ability to adjust to your lifestyle. We evaluate each adoption on a case-by-case basis and may ask you to visit us several times to meet with the dog or cat prior to completing the adoption. The fees depend on the pet you adopt.
Our goal is to find a good match for both the pet and the adopter. In order to help you find the most appropriate pet for your household, we ask you to complete a short survey about your home and lifestyle. We also request that all human members of your family meet the pet as possible. It's important that your new pet is compatible with all the people and pets in your house and we do our best to determine the adoptable pet's ability to adjust to your lifestyle. We evaluate each adoption on a case-by-case basis and may ask you to visit us several times to meet with the dog or cat prior to completing the adoption. The fees depend on the pet you adopt.
About Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society & Dog Adoption & Welfare Group
The Mission of the Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society in partnership with Dog Adoption & Welfare Group is to serve our community by providing and promoting humane, compassionate, and conscientious care of companion animals and preventing their overpopulation, and to further the prevention of cruelty to animals and the enforcement of the laws of the State of California pertaining to the prevention of cruelty to animals.
The Vision of the Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society/D.A.W.G is to be the companion animal resource in the Santa Ynez Valley by:
providing people with the information and resources they need to raise happy, healthy, safe and socialized companion animals,
providing our community with information and resources to successfully control the population of and improve the lives of feral and domestic animals, and providing companion animals with the chance for a brighter future.
The Mission of the Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society in partnership with Dog Adoption & Welfare Group is to serve our community by providing and promoting humane, compassionate, and conscientious care of companion animals and preventing their overpopulation, and to further the prevention of cruelty to animals and the enforcement of the laws of the State of California pertaining to the prevention of cruelty to animals.
The Vision of the Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society/D.A.W.G is to be the companion animal resource in the Santa Ynez Valley by:
providing people with the information and resources they need to raise happy, healthy, safe and socialized companion animals,
providing our community with information and resources to successfully control the population of and improve the lives of feral and domestic animals, and providing companion animals with the chance for a brighter future.
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Why should you adopt?
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, adopting a cat, adopting a kitten or adopting a puppy versus getting dogs for sale, cats for sale, puppies for sale or kittens for sale from a dog breeder or a cat breeder?
When someone is breeding puppies or breeding kittens, they are creating new dogs and cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of dog, cat, puppy or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a dog for sale or buy a cat for sale from a puppy breeder or a kitten breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs and cats who must find homes.
So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder or buying a cat or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a dog, adopt a cat, adopt a puppy or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane society or pet rescue group.