What information should you provide when trying to re-home a dog?

I work for an animal rescue centre and we are trying to come up with a new form for people wanting to re-home their dog/cat. What questions should we ask the people/what information should we ask them to provide? We have the basics like breed, age, sex, good with kids, cats, dogs and livestock, is the dog micro-chipped, de-sexed, vaccinated and registered. Can anyone think of anything else that should be included?What information should you provide when trying to re-home a dog?What are you currently feeding them?
Are they current on vaccinations? Which ones?
What is your veterinarians phone?
Is the dog current on heartworm preventative?
Where did you purchase the hw preventative?
Does the dog know any tricks?
How does the dog walk on a leash?
Is the dog a fence climber/digger?
What negative and positive traits does your dog have? (Ex: barking a lot)
Does the dog have seperation anxiety?
Is the dog house trained?
Is the dog crate trained?
From THEIR experience can the dog be trusted out of the crate?What information should you provide when trying to re-home a dog?
All that info is good but you are missing the the obvious why they are giving the pet up. Tell them, no judgment, it's just important to know. If he bit someone then that needs to be dealt with. If he pees in the house, he will probably be returned for the same problem.



Also, is he friendly with kids, elderly, good with cats %26amp; dogs or should he be an "only child". Color(s), size, good attributes such as good leash walker.



Petfinder.com is a wonderful resource to find the info you are looking for . I found just the kind of cat I was looking for on PetFinder.com.What information should you provide when trying to re-home a dog?What how much of what does it eat, favorite treats %26amp; types of toys, any fears or phobias (e.g storms), any allergies, crate trained, reliably house/litter trained, any separation anxiety, does it chew bark, dig, claw furniture (for cats) (check boxes for typical bad habits for species), how much training, where is it used to sleeping, used to pet door, indoor or outdoor only or both, shed a lot? When I adopted my Dobe from the SPCA he came w/ 3 pgs of info the last owner filled out %26amp; it was great to know all that.What information should you provide when trying to re-home a dog?
Where they originally acquired the animal

How long they owned it

Any known health issues

Any behavioral issues or personality quirks

Lifestyle: for dogs, how much exercise are they used to getting

Has the animal been kept indoors, or outdoors



And most important of all:

Why are they re-homing the animalWhat information should you provide when trying to re-home a dog?Favorite toy

Favorite treat

Crate or dog bed

Favorite game

enjoys grooming?

Bad habits? trash picking, shoe chewing, hole digging, animal chasing, jumping barkingWhat information should you provide when trying to re-home a dog?
I would ask the reason why they are surrendering their pet.What information should you provide when trying to re-home a dog?
Where did they receive the dog from?