Thank you for your interest in adopting a rescued animal. Once you find an animal you are interested in, click on the tab below of the animal you wish to adopt. Then either fill out the online survey and click ‘send’ or print and mail us the application.

Once the adoption is approved, HSSF requires a signed Adoption Agreement and payment of an adoption fee.

For more information, please call: (916) 765-2938 or (530) 823-6828.

The Horse Adoption Process:

Upon receipt of this adoption survey, we will review the information and begin the reference verification process; including a site visit, to determine the suitability of the adoption.

All our horses are current on dental care, worming, vaccinations, hoof care. Some may have recent blood work completed. Because of the cost to rehabilitate animals from abuse and neglect, we must charge an adoption fee to help sustain HSSF’s cruelty prevention program. PLEASE NOTE: None of our horses are free or discounted.

Our goal is to find lifelong, committed adopters for our horses by matching the right animal to the adopter’s intended use of the horse, i.e., riding discipline or pasture pal. The questions on this survey enable us to reach our goal and help you to adopt the horse that’s right for you.

Basic Requirements for Horses:

1. Property: Property must be zoned for horses and in compliance with any zoning restrictions relative to keeping animals. If you intend to board the horse at a commercial facility, or if you intend to rent property, HSSF will need a copy of the written agreement between you and the facility or property owner prior to transfer of the horse. All adoptions require a site visit by a representative of HSSF, to wherever the horse will be kept prior to transferring the horse.

2. Horses: Due to the nature of horses, in order to adopt a horse from HSSF, the adopter must have some experience working with horses. Horses under the age of 4 years may only be adopted by an experienced horse person/rider.

3. Fencing: Fencing needs to be of solid construction, which can be made of wood, no-climb wire, or other equine type fence material. The fencing needs to be without sharp edges and visible to equines. Electric wire or tape fencing may be used, but must be visibly marked for horses (via brightly colored hanging streamers or ties). Barbed wire and high tensile wire fencing is inappropriate for the keeping of a horse.

4. Shelter: Horse property must have adequate shelter from rain, snow (if applicable), and heat. Shelters need to be constructed to provide sufficient space for each equine to comfortably stand up, turn around and lie down. The minimum ceiling height must be 1 foot above the horse’s head when held at its highest level. Confined horses must have access to an exercise area.

HSSF Equine Adoption Survey

    APPLICANT INFORMATION

    • HORSEMANSHIP EXPERIENCE

    • HOUSING INFORMATION

  • If yes, fill out the following:
  • If yes, fill out the following and please send us your current boarding agreement.
  • If yes, fill out the following and please send us your current pasture rental agreement.

    • REFERENCES

    • SIGNATURE

  • I understand that before any adoption can take place, a representative from HSSF will need to verify my references and complete a site visit to the facility where the horse will be living. I give HSSF permission to complete the adoption process and verify my references.

    Your electronic signature serves as acknowledgement that this is a sincere inquiry and that all information provided is true, correct and complete. On the Internet, an Electronic Signature carries the same legal weight as if you were signing your name to a printed document.

    To finish submitting this form, please provide your electronic signature below by typing your full name in the box provided, then submit the form.

 

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The Dog Adoption Process:

Upon receipt of this adoption survey, we will review the information and begin the reference verification process; including a site visit.

HSSF Cat/Dog Adoption Survey

    APPLICANT INFORMATION

    • IF YOU WISH TO ADOPT A CAT...

  • Free roaming cats, that is cats that are allowed outdoors unsupervised, often end up in shelters, hit by cars, locked inside buildings, suffer abuse by people who don’t appreciate cats and fight with other neighborhood cats. Our adoption policy requires that cats are kept indoors when adopters are unable to supervise them outdoors.

    • IF YOU WISH TO ADOPT A DOG...

    • IF YOU ARE A RENTER...

    • COMMENTS

    • SIGNATURE

  • I understand that before any adoption can take place, a representative from HSSF will need to verify my references and complete a site visit to the facility where the horse will be living. I give HSSF permission to complete the adoption process and verify my references.

    Your electronic signature serves as acknowledgement that this is a sincere inquiry and that all information provided is true, correct and complete. On the Internet, an Electronic Signature carries the same legal weight as if you were signing your name to a printed document.

    To finish submitting this form, please provide your electronic signature below by typing your full name in the box provided, then submit the form.

 

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About Adopting Goats and Sheep

Thank you for your interest in adopting a goat and/or sheep from HSSF. If this will be your first, there are a few things to consider.

Goats can live up to eighteen years, and sheep up to twelve. Goats are browsers, and like to eat leaves, twigs, vines, and shrubs (as well as their daily timothy hay). Some plants are toxic to goats and sheep, so research the plants and weeds in your yard or pasture. Goats can be great lawn mowers, but to have a happy and healthy goat we require them to be more than just your weed-eater. Goats are incredibly smart, playful, and curious, and need quality human interaction almost as much as they need other goats to be with.

These amazing climbers require secure, tall, and predator-proof fencing and a shelter to go into at night or in inclement weather. The more pasture or acreage the better; goats and sheep are active and interested in new surroundings. Be prepared to secure your fencing every so often: Some goats and sheep enjoy their antics and can find a seemingly impossible escape route.

If you are new to goat/sheep ownership, we want you to have a successful experience, so we recommend that you research, talk to your veterinarian, and talk to “goat people” about what it’s like to have a goat. Learn as much as you can before you make a final decision about whether or not these animals will fit into your lifestyle.

All adoptions require a site visit by a representative of HSSF, to wherever the animal(s) will be housed, prior to transferring the animal(s).

HSSF Farm Animal Adoption Survey

    APPLICANT INFORMATION

    • ADOPTION PARTICULARS

    • IF YOU ARE A RENTER...

    • COMMENTS

    • SIGNATURE

  • I understand that before any adoption can take place, a representative from HSSF will need to verify my references and complete a site visit to the facility where the horse will be living. I give HSSF permission to complete the adoption process and verify my references.

    Your electronic signature serves as acknowledgement that this is a sincere inquiry and that all information provided is true, correct and complete. On the Internet, an Electronic Signature carries the same legal weight as if you were signing your name to a printed document.

    To finish submitting this form, please provide your electronic signature below by typing your full name in the box provided, then submit the form.

 

Verification