Adoption Fees and Contract
At the time of adoption, you must complete our adoption contract and provide payment of our adoption fees (Venmo, CashApp, PayPal or Credit Card over the phone to our account with one of our designated veterinary partners). Adoption fees will vary, depending on the dog.
What do the adoption fees pay for?
We are commonly asked what an adoption fee contributes to. NovaStar vets every animal that comes into the rescue. Common expenses include:
At the time of adoption, you must complete our adoption contract and provide payment of our adoption fees (Venmo, CashApp, PayPal or Credit Card over the phone to our account with one of our designated veterinary partners). Adoption fees will vary, depending on the dog.
What do the adoption fees pay for?
We are commonly asked what an adoption fee contributes to. NovaStar vets every animal that comes into the rescue. Common expenses include:
- Spay/Neuter for all age appropriate dogs
- Age appropriate vaccinations
- Monthly heartworm and flea/tick prevention for all dogs
- Boarding and transportation costs (gas, certificates, licensure, etc.)
- Food, medication, dental work, recommended blood work, heartworm treatment (when necessary), crates, gates, you name it!
After Adoption
We are here for you! Please use us as a resource. Our rescue is enriched with very knowledgeable volunteers who are eager to help with behavior, house training, crate training, etc. We also highly recommend seeking out a trainer in your area for professional advice, we may even know some!
Please remember that some of our dogs come from shelters in rural areas. Certain intestinal parasites may not present themselves while they are in our care. Worms are a common problem for dogs, especially young ones. They often require multiple dewormings to ensure they are worm free. This is why we recommend your newly adopted pet see your vet within 2 weeks of adoption!
Our dogs are also up to date on flea/tick and heartworm prevention before you take them home. You must continue these monthly treatments as a condition of your adoption. Why? As a rescue, treatment of heartworms and Lyme Disease can be very costly and a lot of time and resources are spent doing so. Heartworm and flea preventative is not provided to you after adoption.
If a medical concern arises, we may be able to help. Some conditions are not observed in a foster dog until they transition to a new home. We ask people to contact us at [email protected] if anything happens medically. We cannot guarantee reimbursement for vet bills or the health of a dog.
If you do not receive a copy of your records at the time of adoption, please email a[email protected] with the name of your pet and provide an email and mailing address. This will help us expedite the receipt of your records if they were not provided at the time of adoption.
Please allow 2-4 WEEKS for us to get all medical records to you.
We are here for you! Please use us as a resource. Our rescue is enriched with very knowledgeable volunteers who are eager to help with behavior, house training, crate training, etc. We also highly recommend seeking out a trainer in your area for professional advice, we may even know some!
Please remember that some of our dogs come from shelters in rural areas. Certain intestinal parasites may not present themselves while they are in our care. Worms are a common problem for dogs, especially young ones. They often require multiple dewormings to ensure they are worm free. This is why we recommend your newly adopted pet see your vet within 2 weeks of adoption!
Our dogs are also up to date on flea/tick and heartworm prevention before you take them home. You must continue these monthly treatments as a condition of your adoption. Why? As a rescue, treatment of heartworms and Lyme Disease can be very costly and a lot of time and resources are spent doing so. Heartworm and flea preventative is not provided to you after adoption.
If a medical concern arises, we may be able to help. Some conditions are not observed in a foster dog until they transition to a new home. We ask people to contact us at [email protected] if anything happens medically. We cannot guarantee reimbursement for vet bills or the health of a dog.
If you do not receive a copy of your records at the time of adoption, please email a[email protected] with the name of your pet and provide an email and mailing address. This will help us expedite the receipt of your records if they were not provided at the time of adoption.
Please allow 2-4 WEEKS for us to get all medical records to you.
Returning Your Pet
If anything prevents you from keeping your pet, regardless of how much time has passed since the adoption, you must contact Terre at [email protected] or message us via Facebook. The pet cannot be given away. You must either return them to us or obtain approval to transfer ownership to a friend or relative!
Once you get home with your new pet, if it is not a good match for some reason, you have 3 days to contact us and let us know. If the dog is brought back to the rescue within those three days, your adoption fee will be refunded. After 3 days, we will still make arrangements to take your pet back, but will not be able to issue a refund. All funds collected at adoption are used for a variety of rescue care. Most often, they are used to help fund the care of seriously ill or injured dogs that we are constantly inundated with.
If anything prevents you from keeping your pet, regardless of how much time has passed since the adoption, you must contact Terre at [email protected] or message us via Facebook. The pet cannot be given away. You must either return them to us or obtain approval to transfer ownership to a friend or relative!
Once you get home with your new pet, if it is not a good match for some reason, you have 3 days to contact us and let us know. If the dog is brought back to the rescue within those three days, your adoption fee will be refunded. After 3 days, we will still make arrangements to take your pet back, but will not be able to issue a refund. All funds collected at adoption are used for a variety of rescue care. Most often, they are used to help fund the care of seriously ill or injured dogs that we are constantly inundated with.