If you are interested in going on a waiting list for adopting a dog from
MAPR, please download and return the application on this page below. There will be an adoption donation for every dog.
The required donation will be discussed with applicants for individual dogs. Applicants are pre-screened so that when
a Poodle comes into our Rescue, we can get the dog placed quickly and thereby lessen the stress to the dog.
For Standard Poodles, we will require a fenced yard. Standards are bigger and need room to stretch out and run, preferably
off lead, so a safe, enclosed space is essential. And nice long leashed walks are good for them too! The smaller
varieties, Miniatures and Toys, do fine with regular leashed walks. Suitable dogs for condominiums and apartments,
we will not require a fenced yard for the Toys and Minis. We do not routinely adopt dogs to homes with electric fences.
We will require a home visit and we will check references. The
application process begins with a completed form. Next, a member of MAPR will call you by telephone for a brief
conversation. References are then checked. The last step is the home visit.
Applications are
kept on file and reviewed periodically. We will check back with applicants by email every month until a dog is adopted
from us or the applicant tells us they have found a dog.
Dogs are not placed on a first-come, first-served
basis. They are placed with everyone's best interests in mind. If two applications happen to be fairly equal,
the earliest dated application will be offered the dog.
We will keep in touch with all adopters as time progresses.
We are the Rescuers of the dog you adopt from us and we take that responsibility very seriously.
Poodles in rescue are different.
They have been through a lot. They may have gotten lost and been taken to an animal shelter. They may have
been raised in a puppy mill and never known kindness. They may have had their world turned upside down when the people
who once owned them could no longer take care of them and sent them to a shelter or to our rescue group. The dogs may
seem aloof or skittish. They all are frightened. They all want someone to love them. An adopter
must be prepared to give these dogs time and space. In return for their effort, adopters will be rewarded with
the unconditional love and eternal gratitude of a poodle in need.
Click here to download MAPR Adoption application
If you are an owner of a dog that you must surrender to Rescue, please download and
return the application below to us. Please tell us everything you know about the dog: how does it get along
with children? cats? other dogs? men? Has the dog ever bitten anyone or anything (like another animal)? When was the
last rabies vaccination? Has the dog been tested for heartworms and is it on heartworm preventative? To help you
and help the dog, we need to know as much as possible about the dog. We need as much information as possible in order
to be able to be open and honest with adopters about any dog they take from us.
