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Surrender an Aggressive Dog – Fee Applicable | VOSD

SURRENDER FEE APPLICABLE
BEFORE YOU SURRENDER an aggressive DOG

What is an Aggressive Dog? 

An aggressive dog is one that has shown uncontrollable aggression towards you or others, or gets easily triggered due to some psychological response. This dog cannot be managed in the house, and is a physical threat to people or other animals. 

When you surrender any dog, the transition is a traumatic experience for them. Living in a new environment is very stressful for even the most well-adjusted dog, so know that an aggressive dog will have it even harder. 

Surrendering a dog must always be the last option. VOSD provides this facility only so that you do NOT abandon the dog. We are interested in the welfare and well-being of the dog.

At VOSD, we have a 70% success rate with aggressive dogs. We provide them with love and care. If they are not interested in socializing with other dogs, we provide them with individual kennels and personal space. 

WHEN NOT TO SURRENDER YOUR DOG

If you want to surrender an aggressive dog first consider the following options

BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES:

If you’re considering abandoning your dog because of his behaviour: please take the advice of your vet or consult a trainer for help with common behavioural problems. If you feel, however, that his behaviour is still unusual, and that you need additional support, you may ask for an opinion by writing to us at info@vosd.in.

RWA / NEIGHBOUR ISSUES:

If you’re considering not keeping the dog because of your neighbours or due to RWA “restrictions”:

  • Remember, it is not legal for housing complexes to demand that you give up your pet, or impose other restrictions on you, such as disallowing the use of elevators by your pet, etc.
  • Likewise, your neighbours can’t be unreasonable about your pet dog (if you’re a responsible pet owner), and object to natural behaviour such as barking, etc., or object to your having him with you. If that is what is happening, ask for support on the VOSD Facebook page, or look through the VOSD website FAQs & Blog for solutions, or write to us at info@vosd.in for support and advice. Do not bow down to unlawful demands.
IF YOU CAN RE-HOME THE DOG YOURSELF:

Try to find the dog a home yourself: Re-home your dog to a new home yourself. This transition will be much easier for your dog and you will also know that he is going to a good new home. Look for an alternate place that the dog can live in. The VOSD Rescue should not be your first option. Check with friends and family, and network online and with the community of ‘adoption agencies’ in your city where the dog can find a home.

TYPES OF DOGS YOU CAN’T SURRENDER TO VOSD

  • You can’t ‘surrender’ a stray dog that lives in your street. Displacing a street dog is an illegal act in Indian law. In any event, the vacuum that you create by displacing a street dog will be filled up by other street dogs.
  • Picking a pup off the street, especially a pup that has a mother and is not an orphaned, solitary pup, is tantamount to displacing the pup, which is contrary to law. If you wish to pick such a pup off the street with a view to getting it adopted, this facility is NOT available to you.
  • You can’t surrender a pet dog that may have been entrusted to you temporarily and belongs to your spouse or children or parents. That is a breach of trust.

Please remember, you need to prove you are the owner/rescuer of the dog, and provide its medical history in order to be able to surrender the dog to us.

IF YOU CAN NO LONGER KEEP YOUR DOG, DO NOT:

• DON’T abandon your dog at a place far from home, or a strange area, in the hope that he won’t come back. Your dog lacks the skills to survive on his own and WILL die of starvation or injury. Other dogs will attack, and injure, or may even kill him, since dogs are territorial and tend to fight off other newer dogs that stray into their territory. Abandoning a dog is an offence in law.

• DON’T abandon your dog in a house or apartment you are moving out of, thinking that someone will eventually find him. Your dog lacks the skills to survive on his own. Abandoning a dog is an offence in law.

• DON’T give your dog away to a stranger. You don’t know if that person will be a responsible pet owner. Dogs that end up in the wrong hands may be abused or abandoned or sold to breeders, etc.

VOSD

Surrender Fee

Please note that we charge a one-time surrender fee of ₹20,000.

The surrender fee is a small percentage of the cost VOSD will incur during the surrendered dog’s lifetime. This includes food, supplements, veterinary support, and medication. It takes approximately ₹20,000 per year to maintain a healthy dog and can be five times that amount to maintain an infirm/disabled/old dog. 

Aggressive Dogs

₹ 20,000.00
 
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Donation Total: ₹20,000.00

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HOW TO

Surrender Your Dog to VOSD

If you have exhausted all other avenues, you can surrender your dog to the VOSD, SUBJECT TO our calling upon you to do so. For this you have to write to info@vosd.in with all details about the dog and reason why you wish to surrender the dog to VOSD. 

  • If we are persuaded that the circumstance warrants our intervention, and that you are the owner of the dog and have shared accurate and verifiable information, we will accept any dog, without passing judgement on you.
  • This policy is entirely on VOSD’s discretion and can be discontinued, withdrawn or modified at any time without notice.
  • The decision of accepting or not accepting a dog rests solely with VOSD.

If because of any circumstance you have decided not to keep your pet dog, you can surrender your dog to VOSD. HOWEVER, you cannot simply bring the dog to us. Please follow the process of surrendering your dog to VOSD.

SURRENDER PROCESS EXPLAINED

 

  1. For aggressive dogs, we require solid proof of the dog’s aggression. This may be in the form of video and/or photographic evidence. Evidence of injuries caused by the dog is also requested. 
  2. Once you get approval to surrender a dog to VOSD, you need to send us the vaccination and medical certificates as mentioned on the surrender link that will be shared with you.


    REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
    (1) A vet certificate on the dog’s age
    (2) Dog’s present condition
    (3) Diagnosis and prescription of medicines, if any
    (4) A photograph of the dog 
    (5) We will receive the dog from you on verification that the dog is tick and flea free
    (since the dog will come to a boarding/halfway home first) 
    (6) DLHPPi + Rabies shot documents

  3. Our team will connect you with our boarding partner in Bangalore to drop the dog. You will have to bear the transport cost as we do not provide transportation.
  4. VOSD will pay the boarding fees till we pick up the dog from the boarding center.
  5. After we pick up the dog from the boarding partner center, our team will send you an update when the dog reaches VOSD. That is the only update we share about surrendered dogs before we close the surrender ticket.
  6. We do not allow visits for surrendered dogs nor do we provide any individual updates about the surrendered dog. This is our standard surrender policy.
  7. If you do not agree with our surrender policy, kindly do not approach us to surrender the dog.
  8. Please note that we don’t admit non-vaccinated dogs to VOSD.

NOTE: If you choose to surrender a dog to the VOSD Sanctuary and Hospital, please remember that this is still as per the terms of the VOSD Standard Operating Procedure on visitation which means no individual updates are provided for surrendered dogs, and visits are not allowed. 

Ready to Surrender a Dog?

If you have understood the process and have all the required documents in order, please proceed to surrender your dog to VOSD.

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