- Are you able to have pets at your current residence?
- Does anyone in the family have allergies?
- Do your current pets, if any, get along with other animals
- What happened to the last pet you had?
- How long do you expect to keep this pet?
- If you had to move, what would you do with this pet?
- When you go on vacation, what will you do with this pet?
HITCHCOCK ROAD
Animal Services
Serving Monterey County and the City of Salinas
Adoption FAQS
We want an adoption of shelter pet to be successful. So, before you make it final, we ask that you make sure you are ready for the commitment of a new pet.
- Who will be responsible for caring for the cat, realistically?
- Where will the cat stay during the day?
- When will the cat go outside?
- Where will the cat be at night?
- Where will you place the litter box?
- How will your keep the cat from scratching furniture?
- How will your other cats adjust to a new addition to the family? Visa versa?
- Do you know the activity levels of cats, at all ages and how you can exercise them?
- Who will be responsible for caring for the dog, realistically?
- Where will the dog stay during the day? Is someone home during the day?
- Where will the dog sleep at night?
- Where will the dog be in bad weather?
- If the dog is not house broken how will you train it?
- Do you know what crate training is and how to crate train a dog/puppy?
- What is your training/obedience plan for the dog?
- Do you know where to seek assistance should behavior issue arise?
- If this puppy gets larger than expected, what would you do?
- How will your other dogs adjust to a new addition to the family?