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Pet Adoption Application Form

Screen adopters on home, household, experience and references.

Questions
24
Pages
4
Layouts
classic · card
Conditional rules
3
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About this template

Rescues need to place animals well and quickly, and this application form is written to surface the deal-breakers early so volunteers spend their time on realistic matches. Applicants give their contact details, age confirmation and the animal they are interested in, then answer a home section covering property type, garden and fencing, whether they own or rent, and landlord permission where relevant. The household block asks who lives there, the ages of any children, and which other pets are already in the home with their vaccination and neuter status. Experience questions cover previous ownership, what happened to those animals, hours the pet would be alone each day, and the plan for holidays and veterinary costs. Two references and the applicant's own vet are collected for checks. Because the form makes rental permission and lone-hours answers mandatory before submission, incomplete applications stop arriving altogether, and the whole file can be forwarded to a home-checker as a single record.

What this form asks

Every question is editable — rename it, make it optional, or delete it entirely.

Page 1 — About you

  • Full namerequired
  • Email addressrequired
  • Phone number
  • Home address
  • Are you over 18?required
  • Which animal are you applying for?required

Page 2 — Your home

  • Property typerequired
  • Do you own or rent your home?required
  • Landlord name and permission
  • Do you have a garden?required
  • Garden fence height (if applicable)

Page 3 — Household

  • Adults in the householdrequired
  • Any children in the household?required
  • Ages of children
  • Other pets at home?required
  • Other pets: species, age, neutered, vaccinated
  • Is everyone in the home happy to adopt?required

Page 4 — Experience and care plan

  • Pets you have owned before and what happened to themrequired
  • Hours the pet would be alone on a normal dayrequired
  • Who will care for the pet during holidays?required
  • Can you cover routine and emergency vet costs?required
  • Your vet practice
  • Two references (name, relationship, phone)required
  • Agreementrequired

24 questions in total.

Conditional logic included

  • When “Do you own or rent your home?” is Rent, require “Landlord name and permission”.
  • When “Any children in the household?” is Yes, require “Ages of children”.
  • When “Other pets at home?” is Yes, show “Other pets: species, age, neutered, vaccinated”.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I use this for both cats and dogs?
Yes — the animal question is free text, and you can duplicate the form per species if the screening differs.
Does it stop unsuitable applications?
Required conditional questions on renting, lone hours and household agreement filter out the most common mismatches before submission.
Can volunteers see applications without a login?
Forward the submission email, or invite volunteers to your workspace with a read-only role.
Is a home-check step included?
The agreement text commits the applicant to a home check; add a scheduling field if you want them to pick a slot immediately.

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