Rehome Your Akita

If you’ve come to the decision to re-home your Akita you will no doubt want to ensure that it is found a good, secure and loving home. We can help you! Akita Rescue & Welfare Trust UK (ARW) have the knowledge and experience to deal with finding your dog a good home.

Please complete the form below answering all questions with asterisks, truthfully. If left unanswered the form will not submit.

This will provide us with as much information about your Akita as possible so we can start the process of finding it a new loving forever home.

Please ensure that your dog is microchipped (which is now a legal requirement) and the details are up to date with yourself as the legal owner.

You will need the microchip details to complete the form.

Please note that ARW do not advertise Akitas for rehoming that are advertised by the current owner / keeper online. Should you wish to advertise your dog personally online at a later point please inform ARW immediately.

Thank you.

Section 1: About You

First Name

Surname

Name/Number of your house

Street name

Town

County

Postcode

Contact telephone number

Secondary telephone number

Email address

Email address confirmation

Section 2: About Your Akita

Dog's name

Dog's gender

Male Female

Dog's Age & Date of Birth (if known)

Are you the legal owner of the Akita?

Yes No Other

If answered Other please give details

If not, do you have written permission to rehome the Akita? Please provide the full contact details of the legal owner with their permission under GDPR.

How long have you owned the Akita for (in months and years)?

Is your dog at home with you or in kennels/a rescue centre?

What is the reason for rehoming the Akita?

Are you advertising the Akita online?

If so please indicate where

Is your dog microchipped?

Yes No Unsure

Microchip number? If unknown, or not chipped, please state.

Which Microchip Company is your dog registered with? E.g. Pettrac, Petlog, if unknown please indicate

Please note it is a legal requirement in the UK since April 2016 that all dogs are microchipped, their details must be kept up to date and registered to you not a previous owner.

If the microchip number is unknown or the Akita is not microchipped, please continue with the application but understand that further information will be required before the Akita can be adopted out to a new owner.

Do you understand?

Yes I'd like to discuss further

Who is the microchip registered to?

Please give the full details of where you got the Akita from. (Breeders name & address etc)

Does your dog have full access to the whole of your home?

Yes No

Is your dog an escape artist?

Yes No

What height fence could your dog jump?

3ft 4ft 5ft 6ft

Does your dog suffer from separation anxiety?

Yes No

Help us to help your Akita!

In order to advertise your Akita successfully we need a few very good photographs.

Outdoor shots - head shots with dog looking at you and also a side view of the dogs body - are great. No people in the shot and no snapchat filters please.

Jpg, png and gif file formats are accepted. Maximum file size is 15mb.

Upload photos

Section 3: The Dog's Health

Please provide details of the dog's medical history including any current or previous illnesses, conditions, operations or medication. If none please specify.

Name and address of the veterinary practice where your Akita was last registered

Is your Akita spayed/ neutered?

Yes No

If your Akita is female, and intact, please tell us when she was last in season

Are your dogs inoculations, including their annual booster, up to date and are you able to provide us with their vaccination log?

Yes - They are up to date and I have the vaccination log Yes - They are up to date but I don't have the record log No

Are you prepared to ensure your dogs inoculations are up to date to assist with rehoming?

Yes No

Section 4: Behaviour

The following questions have been put together by a canine behaviourist and your accurate answers will make re-homing your dog quicker and easier.

It is VITAL that the questions are answered honestly.

ARW will enlist a volunteer to attend the home for a temperament assessment, during which, the Health & Safety of the volunteer is the responsiblity of the Dogs owner.

I understand that ARW will enlist the services of a volunteer to assess the above mentioned dog. I accept full responsibility for the health and safety of the ARW volunteer whilst they are conducting the assessment of the above mentioned dog, which I understand will involve physical interaction with the dog.

Yes No

How does your dog normally react to men? Please select all that apply

How does your dog normally react to women? Please select all that apply

How does your dog normally react to children? Please select all that apply

How does your dog normally react to people in uniform? Please select all that apply

Is your dog stranger friendly, inside the home?

Yes No

Is your dog, stranger friendly, outside the home?

Yes No

How does your dog normally greet people inside the home?

How does your dog normally greet people outside the home?

How does your dog normally behave with toys?

Has your dog ever growled at a person?

Yes No

If so, please provide details here.

Has your dog ever bitten a person?

Yes No

If so, please provide details here.

Has your dog ever growled at another animal?

Yes No

If so, please provide details here.

Has your dog ever bitten another animal?

Yes No

If so, please provide details here.

Has your dog ever killed another animal?

Yes No

If so, please provide details here.

Is your dog dog friendly?

Yes No

If no, please provide details here.

Is your dog cat friendly?

Yes No

If no, please provide details here.

How does your dog behave on a lead in public?

Lead trained and does not pull Lead trained, pull initially and then settles Pulls like a train Too strong to lead walk in public

Is your dog muzzle trained?

Yes No

How does your dog behave when being handled?

Good Nervous Aggressive

How does your dog behave when being groomed?

Good Nervous Aggressive

Please tick all that apply. When excited, does your dog:

Does your dog guard food, toys, or show any signs of resource guarding?

Yes No

If so, please provide details here.

Any other comments/information?

Please detail any problem behaviours you have seen in your dog. If none please specify. If you are not sure of the significance of any 'quirks', please detail them anyway.

Section 5: Data Protection

GDPR

GDPR: I permit ARW to use any details that I supply to assist with the service that ARW offer, including the sharing of this info with volunteers or other rescues.

Declaration

I declare that the information provided by me on the above form, is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Agreement

I understand that by submitting my dog's details to Akita Rescue & Welfare Trust (ARW), I am asking and authorising ARW to find a new home for my Akita by advertising its details on their website www.akitarescue.org.uk and by any other means they chose to engage across social media.

I understand that I will not receive any financial reward from ARW or the adopter following the successful rehoming of my Akita.

I understand that ARW do not advertise Akitas for rehoming that are advertised online by the current owner / keeper.

I further agree to inform ARW should I decide to keep, advertise my dog online or rehome my dog myself within 24 hours of doing so in order to stop the charity's limited and valuable time and resources being wasted.

I also agree that should I rehome my dog without informing the ARW. I may be liable to cover any reasonable expenses the ARW has incurred in their efforts to find my dog a new home.

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