Waseca County Animal Humane Society

To adopt one of our adoptables, your first step is to complete this adoption form. Once your application has been submitted, we will review it and contact you to discuss a time for you to meet the animal you are interested in. This does not "save you a spot in line" as we are committed to finding the best MATCH for each family, and unfortunately, that doesn't always happen in the order the applications are received. One of the advantages of a foster based organization is we get to know our animals, and the kind of home life they need to thrive. We want you AND your new pet to be very happy for a long, long time. How does the adoption process work? • The board will approve the application. • The application will be forwarded to the foster. • The foster will communicate opinion of the applicant to the animal coordinator. • Animal coordinator may call or have the foster call applicant to gather further information. • The board will assign someone to do a home visit but in some cases this could be waived base on situation. • The foster or animal coordinator will call the applicant and set up a time and place for a meeting/pick up of the pet. The foster may be able to handle the pick up process alone depending on situation and how long the fosters has been with WCAHS. • The applicant will have 7 days to decide if the animal fits in their schedule. • A check must be made out to WCAHS before the animal can leave. This check will be held for 7 days. • Within those 7 days the animal coordinator is coordinating communication on how the animal is doing. If there are questions WCAHS can’t answer the foster will be contacted. • The foster, again depending on experience may be asked to do final paper work with the new family. But in most cases the animal coordinator will handle this. • WCAHS will try to leave your spot open for those 7 days-in case the animal does not fit in, it can be returned to a place it is familiar. • Minimal disruption is key.