The Adoption Process
N.B. For the time being, Gerdy’s Rescues is limiting adoptions to Montreal and surrounding areas.
We are a small, Montreal-based grassroots group, founded and run by experienced animal rescue and placement volunteers.
Our mission is to find new homes for the abandoned and homeless cats and dogs that find their way to us.
Because we do not operate an animal shelter, we rely on social media and a network of friends, volunteers, fosters, associates and contacts to successfully place our cats and dogs in loving and permanent homes.
Our cats and dogs are either compassionate surrenders, abandonments, or they have been rescued from bad situations. The success we’ve had to date in finding homes reflects our honest and open approach. What guides us is our desire to do “what’s best for the animals” at all times.
We offer full disclosure of any past, known, or continuing medical condition.
We are careful to place each animal with the most compatible applicant possible. Therefore, interviews, home visits and adoption trial periods are necessary before any adoption is completed and we do follow-ups after placement. There is an adoption fee to help recover part of the costs incurred so that we can help the next animal in need.
We ask people to sign an Adoption Contract before an animal is placed with them. If, in the future, the animal cannot be kept for any reason, it is imperative that the animal be returned to us.
Our dogs and cats are companion animals. They are expected to live indoors. They should never be allowed to run loose in the community or be left outside loose in the yard unsupervised or chained.
Online Application Form
Adopting a dog or cat from Gerdy’s Rescues and Adoptions (Gerdy’s) is a multi-step process:
- Complete our Application form.
- If you are one of the candidates selected, a Gerdy’s representative will do a home visit to meet all adults, children and pets living in the home to ensure that the home is an appropriate environment for the pet in question.
- Meet and greet with the dog or cat you are applying for, at your home. All people living in the home must be present as well as all pets.
- If approved to adopt, you start a trial adoption and will sign our adoption trial contract and begin a two-week trial period to ensure that the animal is the right match for your household.
We are run by a group of dedicated volunteers who receive and filter tons of emails every day. As a result we ONLY answer potential matches.
Please continue to check our Website, our Facebook page and Petfinder for new arrivals.
Fees as of May 1, 2024
Any size, purebred or not. The fee includes spay/neuter, Heartworm/Lyme test (a 4DX, if applicable), vaccines, vet exam, deworming, and microchip. Dogs are on Heartworm and Lyme disease preventatives during mosquito and tick season while in our care—we expect that to be continued!
*If full dentistry is required the fee will be increased accordingly.
ADULT DOGS: $625*
SENIOR DOGS: $400*
Dogs 10 years and older.
PUPPIES: $700
For puppies up to a year old.
CATS: $200*
Purebred or not, cat or kitten. Fee includes spay/neuter, FIV/FelV test, basic vaccine, vet exam, deworming, Revolution, and microchip. We expect our cats to remain indoors at all times and that they never be declawed.
