How to Adopt
Thanks for considering adopting a dog or a cat from ACE!
It is a wonderful happening, and very rewarding!
We think by visiting this website and page, you've already thought seriously if a dog suits into your life...do you have enough time to take care of it? Do you take care of all the consequences, like extraordinary expenses in case the dog gets ill? When you move, or get a new job, or children, are you still able and willing to take care off your dog? Probably you've thought everything over more than once, and now you're ready to make a choice, visit our database to have a look at all the wonderful dogs we have waiting for you. We are enthousiastic to help you making the right choice, please contact on of our volunteers, and they will be happy to help you getting your new furry friend home...
2008:
ADOPTION OUTSIDE OF SPAIN
Male and Female dogs : € 250,00 for Denmark D.kr 3500
The cost includes de-worming, full vaccination, Cocktail + Rabiës, Microchip, Steralization/Castration, Health Certificate, transport**. Specification: 150 € veterinary costs, 75 € transport, 25 € maintenance shelter.
**It is of the utmost importance that the cages are returned as soon as possible! The transport cages are not included in the price and we need these back as soon as possible so that we are able to save more of our dogs...
Transport Cage:
Each dog being flown outside of Spain will require a transport cage which is provided by ACE. We are very happy to be able to send your new dog to its new home. The only other additional cost is the return of the cage to ACE. Eveline, our representative in Belgium and Holland, collects the transport cages and sends them back so that we are able to send more dogs to families like yours. You will be responsible for the cost of postage. Eveline's phone number is: +34 647.74.16.59
ADOPTION IN SPAIN
Includes : de-worming, full vaccination, Cocktail + Rabiës, Microchip, steralization/castration.
ACE POLICIES
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ACE does not sell dogs but put dogs out for adoption. Money paid by future owners covers expenses for the adopted dog and help to maintain the life of other rescue dogs.
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No breeding – all dogs will be spayed or neutered.
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Dogs cannot be adopted by third party for any commercial purposes.
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Dogs must never be handed over to any organisation which carry out animal experiments.
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For adoption outside Spain, puppies are only available after 3 months because of rabies vaccination.
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ACE or its representatives may carry out inspections both before and after the dog is handed over to its future owner.
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ACE keeps a file of all homed dogs, ACE therefore requests a picture of each dog in its new environment from all future owners.
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Here is a rundown of the veterinary work we do on the shelter dogs. Our veterinary treatment can be divided into two groups, the standard treatment that we give to all dogs, and extra treatments that we carryout should the need arise.
Puppy Treatments
Anti-parasite Treatments
We routinely treat all puppies against coccicidiosis, roundworms and tapeworms. As needed we treat against Sarcoptic mange Demodex and Ringworm
Vaccination
We follow the protocol recommended by the American Animal Hospital Association for shelter dogs. For more information see www.aahanet.org
For the puppies this involves:
Vaccinate all puppies older than 4 weeks of age with core vaccines and repeat every 2 weeks till the dog is over 12 weeks old. We use Intervet DHPPI vaccine.
Rabies Vaccination
Puppies older than 12 weeks receive rabies vaccination with their final DHPPI inoculation. Puppies older than 8 weeks but younger than 12 weeks old will receive a Rabies Vaccination with recommendation to revaccinate after 1 month. We use Nobivac Rabies Vaccine made by Intervet.
Microchip
We implant an ISO standard microchip in all the puppies before they travel.
Sterilisation
We try to sterilise most of the puppies before they travel. Males will be castrated if we are able to palpate both testicles without difficulty. Females will be sterilised if they are older than 3 months.
Other Treatments
In puppies that arrive at the shelter in a weak, undernourished, unthrifty, or unhealthy state are treated with interferon to boost their immune system. We use Virbragen Omega for these cases. This treatment is not routinely used on all puppies only as the need demands.
We provide surgical treatments should it be required see Surgery section
Adult Dogs
We routinely treat all the dogs against Roundworms and Tapeworms and as needed against tick infestation and against Hookworm. We vaccinate all adult dogs according to the recommendations of the American Animal Hospital Association for Shelter Dogs. All adult Dogs are vaccinated against Rabies. We use the Intervet Line of Canine Vaccines, the same as for the puppies. All dogs will have an ISO standard microchip before travelling. We blood test all the dogs for Leishmania and Erlichea before travelling we use an in practice ELISA Test.
Should we detect any other problem we send blood samples to an outside Laboratory for full health profile. We may take X-Rays as needed we have H/F 300 ma equipment in the Clinic; the films are interpreted by Dr Carlos Macias.
Surgery
All adult dogs are sterilised before they are allowed to be adopted. The surgery is carried out to the highest professional standards. All dogs receive high standard analgesia and premeditation. We induce anaesthesia using Propofol and maintain on Isofurane. The surgery is carried out using aseptic technique, all instruments are sterilised by autoclave and single use gloves gowns and drapes are used for each dog. The best quality suture material is used; we use intradermal polidoxone sutures to alleviate the need for suture removal in the new home.
We carry out many other surgical procedures on the shelter dogs as needed: Recently we have repaired hernias; carried out intestinal resection and anastomosis; done plastic surgery for reconstruction of severe wounds; and of course, treated several pyometras
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