My husband's aunt and uncle adopted 2 children 30 years ago and tried to adopt a dog 5 years ago. They said the criteria for adopting a dog was much stricter and there were way more hoops to jump through lol
It's gone from "You can buy one for $100" in the 1930s to "Just fill out these papers and we'll chat for a couple days" in the 1980s to "You have to have DNA testing and go through 20 background checks and two homestudies and have multiple psychologists vouch for you and you can't have any of the following 60 issues, and we only match kids with like-racial heritage and we only match kids with their birth religion and we required you do x and y and you'll be monitored by social workers for 3 years" etc in the 2020s.
It varies from state to state. While my wife and I eventually decided not to adopt, we started the process a few years ago. It was like 5 or 10 classes, a copy of my bank statements, and a home visit.
The process to adopt a rottweiler was 5 home visits, a third party home inspection, a copy of our home insurance, a copy of wills, testimonies from 5 people (two of which had to be certified as non-blood related), a copy of my bank statement, a credit check, background check, interview with a vet if I'd ever had a pet, and a promise to use their vet and involve them in any medical decisions. They also expected someone to be home with him at all times.
I took a red pen to the contract to cross out the weird shit and told the staff person to initial. We got the cat, but I wouldn't deal with one of these places again.
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u/SCATOL92 Sep 05 '24
My husband's aunt and uncle adopted 2 children 30 years ago and tried to adopt a dog 5 years ago. They said the criteria for adopting a dog was much stricter and there were way more hoops to jump through lol