STBTR was born in July of 2016 with a vision and as an additional resource for Boston Terriers, and other brachycephalic breeds, that need rehabilitation, rehoming, medical treatment, and any other TLC including hospice care, in the Houston and greater Gulf Coast areas of Texas. We have expanded outreach to dogs in Austin, San Antonio, Laredo, Del Rio and other areas with the help of a volunteer base that now stretches state wide and into south Louisiana. We are strictly a foster based rescue – we have no facility. All of our dogs are housed in foster homes for vet treatment and evaluation.
Mission and Vision
Caring for and healing the hearts, bodies and minds of Boston Terriers in need, whether from neglect, abandonment or abuse, until they are ready for their forever homes. Our goal is to be an additional resource for the Boston Terrier rescues already in existence and work hand in hand with them towards the same common goals, putting the best interest of the dogs first and foremost.
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Adoption Policy
Adoption Process
Once you apply to adopt, the process generally takes approximately two to three weeks. We spend several hours screening each application. The following criteria are required to adopt from us:
1. All pets currently in the household must be up to date on vaccines, annual exam, including a heartworm test.
2. All pets currently in the household must be spayed or neutered, unless your veterinarian has determined that it would be detrimental to your pet to undergo this procedure. This will be verified by calling your veterinarian.
3. All pets currently in the household must be on a heartworm and flea prevention regimen.
4. A fence is not a requirement, but is a definite plus.
5. Your veterinarian and personal references will be called.
If you have requested a certain dog on your application, you will be put on a list for that dog. If, after evaluation, the requested dog is deemed a fit for your family, then any applications for that dog will be given the opportunity to meet that dog in the order the applications were received.
Adoption Fees range from $200-$800 based on vetting needs, and each individual dog. Every Boston available for adoption is fully vetted including vaccinations, microchip, spay or neuter and is heart-worm negative or undergoing heart-worm treatment.
Once You Are Approved
The final step in our approval process is a phone interview with the applicant. At this point, everything else has been reviewed and approved. During this interview, we will tell you which dogs we have available that might be a fit for your family. You will have the opportunity at that time to schedule a meet and greet with those dogs.
If we do not have a suitable match for you once you are approved, you remain approved for the next possible fit and you move to the head of the line for that dog.
Meet & Greets
It is imperative that when we have a dog ready that you want to meet, that you are able to, within reason, schedule that meet and greet. We understand prior obligations, work schedules, distance involved, etc. would prohibit possible meetings with little notice. Timely scheduling of meet and greets a) gets our dog into its forever home as quickly as possible and, b) frees up that foster for the next dog that needs a place to land. If you cannot schedule the meet and greet timely, then we will move on to the next approved applicant that is a fit for that dog. Many times a meet and greet can be scheduled at a pre-determined meeting place between the foster and adopter (should the distance between you and the dog be great), but only as we have transport available.
We require any other dogs in the household to attend the meet and greet to insure that the dogs are compatible.
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