Adopting a Dog: The First Months at Home

Your adopted dog arrives with a past you do not know. This guide walks with you from before you adopt through the first months at home, in clear language and with the sources in plain view.

48 pages, 25 chapters and 13 real photos with their author and license. At the important points you will see a “What the sources say” table and, when the organizations do not agree, a “This is debated” box (7 in total) so that you can decide with your veterinarian.

What you will find

• Before adopting: whether it is the right time, what to ask the rescue, how the process works, the adoption contract under Law 7/2023 (with the text from the BOE, Spain’s official state gazette) and how to choose with your life in mind and not just the photo.
• Getting the home, the trip and the first day ready; the decompression of the first weeks (the “3-3-3 rule”, explained for what it is: a popular guideline from rescues), routines, nights, food, the veterinarian, the microchip, going to the bathroom and being alone.
• Fears, walks and escapes, introductions to other dogs, cats and children, positive training, body language and when to ask for help.
• Older dogs, greyhounds and podencos, and shy dogs.
• What to do if it does not work out, foster homes and how to help without adopting, seven true stories with their source and two works of fiction.

What you should know

• It is general information: it does not replace the veterinarian or a trainer, and it gives no doses, diagnoses or treatments.
• Many guides are British, American or Australian; the legal part comes from the BOE and three Spanish rescues are cited with their websites. What could not be confirmed appears as “no data”.
• Every dog is unique: the timeframes are guidelines, not calendars.

How you receive it

Digital PDF file (about 6.8 MB), sent to you by email after purchase. Instant download.