Rehoming
Finding a new home for your pet.Life can take surprising and difficult turns for us at times. This can result in a wonderful pet needing a new home. While we do not have the resources to take your pet in, we can help you market your pet to find a new home.
FRAs partners with Rehome by Adopt-a-Pet to provide community listings of pets looking for new homes. By partnering with Adopt-a-Pet, we can help pet owners reach a broad audience to find a new family for their pet without them having to enter into a shelter.
You would continue to have your pet at home, but the public would be able to review the photos and information while looking for their pawfect pet! Good photos and a descriptive bio of your pet are critical to attracting potential adopters to your post.
The Adopt-A-Pet rehoming post you create will reach a wide audience of people looking for a new family member.
You can find more information by clicking on these links:
List Your Pet on Rehome by Adopt-A-Pet
If you need assistance with the rehoming listing fee, please email us at rehoming@frastx.org and ask for a referral code to reduce the fee.
If you would like us to do a Courtesy Post on our Rehoming Facebook page, we must have all the information below in ONE email so that we can expedite your request to market your pet. Please send to rehoming@frastx.org.
Required Information to Send
1. Pictures
We need 3 pictures of your pet – full face, full-body, and an interactive one (with toys or the family).
SIZE REQUIREMENTS: Please use 8M (3264×2448) or larger. Small pictures do not show well. Try to take pictures outside in the sunshine if possible OR a well-lit room. Get on the level with your pet, pictures taken from above almost always do not look appealing.
2. A bio of your pet describing its personality and quirks
To ensure the bio you write will be successful, include the following:
- Appearance, size and age.
- Describe your pet’s nature and what you like about him/her.
- Include your pet’s health status — be honest!
- Talk about what training or skills your pet has as well as what they still need to work on.
- Put your name, phone number and best time for people to reach you.
Example:
Rocky is a black and white Shih-tzu mix who was adopted from a shelter a year ago. He is estimated to be three years old now. Rocky’s human needs to know that he is still healing and will have some issues with groomers that he doesn’t know. He is happy in his own skin and hopes that his human will accept him as his scruffy self. Once bonded with his human, he doesn’t mind a bath and a trim from his human. He likes walks and that helps keep his nails filed because he may or may not let someone trim them. His human needs to know that’s okay. He is who he is. He’s worth it.
Once comfortable in his surroundings, Rocky becomes frisky and likes to play with squeaky toys. He loves to jump in his human’s lap for snuggles. Rocky asks that he have access to a computer from time to time for animal videos and if you have a doggie door he will use it to go outside but may need your help reminding him to use it to come back inside. He likes to assist in mowing the lawn by trying to bite the tires of the lawnmower but who doesn’t?
Rocky is looking for a new family because his owner passed away. He is currently being cared for by a friend of the family, but they are not able to keep Rocky long term. If you would like to meet Rocky, please contact Sally at (123) 456-7890 any time before 9PM or you can email sally@example.com.
3. Pet Information
- Pet’s Name
- Breed or Mix of Breeds
- Age or Date of Birth
- Color(s)
- Gender and Sterilized or Intact
- Housebroken / Litterbox trained / Crate trained?
- Good with — Dogs? Cats? Children?
- Activity Level/Personality – hyper, calm, likes to run, likes to play, likes toys, likes car rides, needs a tall fence, couch potato, etc.
- Reaction to new people – friendly, timid, scared, aggressive
- Reason for needing to rehome your pet
4. Contact Information
Your name and the best contact phone number and email address.
We want to be as efficient as possible in helping with the rehoming of your pet, so please follow the directions above. We cannot market your pet without ALL of the information in one email. Your contact information will be included with the pet’s information. It is your responsibility to respond to potential adopters. Also, we must be kept up to date once you have been successful. If we receive inquiries saying that you are non-responsive, and we cannot get a hold of you after a week, we will remove your pet from our Courtesy Posts.
Additional Resources
Food — Pet Food Banks
Operation Kindness Pet Food Pantry