Adoption & Foster Application

Our goal is to find every horse a home where they will be loved and treated well for the rest of their lives and to ensure that they are never again in dangerous, neglectful, or abusive situations. For this reason, we follow up on these horses for the rest of their lives. We adopt them under a “lifetime free-lease” condition, which allows you to have the horse as your own, but provides a “safety net” for the horse. Since we retain ownership of the horse, if the horse is ever neglected, starved, abused, abandoned, ends up at an auction, or its health or welfare impaired, we have the legal power to take that horse back to safety. Be assured we have no desire to take horses back from you into the rescue once they have wonderful loving homes. Our goal is to find homes for horses so we can rescue others…this is strictly for circumstances where the horse is in danger or in the wrong hands.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ OUR ADOPTION POLICIES PRIOR TO FILLING OUT THIS APPLICATION.

There is a standard $15 application fee payable via secure checkout.

We will work as quickly as possible to give you an answer to your adoption request and ask for your patience as the committee works to complete the process.

Name of Horse you are Interested in Adopting:

Name

First Name

Last Name

Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Driver's License State & Number

Home Phone

(###)

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Work Phone

(###)

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Cell Phone

(###)

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Date of Birth

NOTE: You must be at least 21 years of age or older to adopt a CDHR horse.

Employer

Employer Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Number of Years at Current Employer

Approximate Yearly Household Income

Horses Currently Owned (age, gender, & breed)

Estimated annual budget for equine expenses (per horse) :

a) veterinary care

b) farrier

c) feed and bedding costs

d) boarding/training fees

Please describe your riding/driving and horse ownership experience level

What type of horse are you currently seeking? Be as specific or broad as you like so we can best match you to exactly what you are seeking

What are your goals and expected use for this horse?

What are the ages and experience levels of anyone else who will be riding, driving or handling this horse?

Please list all horses you have previously owned, and whether they were sold, given away, or deceased (please list cause of death if deceased)

If your adopted horse were to become unsuitable for riding/driving/other use, what would you do with the horse for the remainder of its life?

Do you own a farm or will you be boarding?

Number of horses on premises

Name/Address of farm

Size of property

Size of horse pasture/paddocks

Run-in sheds (size, number)

Barn (size, # and size of stalls)

Primary type of fencing

Secondary fencing

Hours per day of turnout (average)

Group or individual turnout?

Please list all veterinarians (equine or other species) and farriers you have used within the past 5 years (include phone number and address)

First Personal/Professional reference (not related to you) address & phone number. NOTE: Inability to contact your references will delay your application. Reference checks are confidential and CDHR cannot discuss results of these checks with the applicant.

Second Personal/Professional reference (not related to you) address & phone number. NOTE: Inability to contact your references will delay your application. Reference checks are confidential and CDHR cannot discuss results of these checks with the applicant.

Third Personal/Professional reference (not related to you) address & phone number. NOTE: Inability to contact your references will delay your application. Reference checks are confidential and CDHR cannot discuss results of these checks with the applicant.

7) Have you or anyone in your household ever been accused or convicted of animal abuse or neglect?

Yes

I hereby certify that all of the above information is accurate to the best of my knowledge, and agree to allow confidential discussions with my veterinarians and other references regarding my potential adoption of an animal from CDHR.

I certify all information is accurate and agree to the above discussions

CDHR Adoption Conditions: • We require annual follow-up which includes documentation of basic veterinary care (vaccinations to include EWT, West Nile and Rabies), dental exam and/or floating of teeth, farrier care, and parasite control as recommended by your vet. • We will need current photographs of the horse on an annual basis, and have the right to visit your farm to see your adopted horse (though we hope you will keep in touch more often, as we become quite fond of our rescues in the short time they spend with us). • We will need to be notified if the physical location or conditions where the horse lives ever changes. • If you decide you don’t want or can’t keep the horse anymore, we have the right to take the horse back or to approve a new owner you may find yourself, and a new Adoption Contract must be signed before the horse is transferred. • A vet must be called for any illness or serious injury, and if the necessary treatment cannot be provided for financial reasons or you are unreasonably unwilling to do so for any other reason, the horse must be returned to the rescue. We prohibit our rescue horses from ever being used for breeding purposes. You may always return your adopted horse to the rescue at any time, for any reason, no questions asked.

I understand and accept these conditions and wish to adopt from CDHR

By selecting the "I Accept" button, you are signing this Agreement electronically. You agree your electronic signature is the legal equivalent of your manual/handwritten signature on this Agreement.

I accept

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Adoption & Foster Application

Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue