Calgary Pet Rehoming Services - Expert Help Rehoming Your Dog or Cat

Safe private rehoming involves presenting your pet honestly, reaching suitable prospective adopters, using an application and screening process, asking careful questions, arranging a meet-and-greet and choosing a home that fits your pet’s needs. Pet Rehoming Network provides professional assistance while your pet remains safely with you.

If your dog can safely remain with you while a new home is found, shelter surrender may not be your only option. Pet Rehoming Network provides private, owner-assisted rehoming that lets your dog remain at home while you choose a suitable new family. We do not accept physical surrender or custody of dogs. If you need immediate placement or cannot safely keep your dog, contact an appropriate local shelter, rescue, veterinary professional or animal-service resource.

If your cat can safely remain in your care while a suitable adopter is found, home-to-home rehoming may be an alternative to shelter surrender. We help Calgary cat owners present their cats to prospective adopters and remain involved in choosing the new home. We do not take physical custody of cats. If you need immediate placement, contact an appropriate local shelter, rescue, veterinary professional or animal-service resource.

No. Pet Rehoming Network is a private, owner-assisted pet rehoming service. We do not accept surrenders or take custody of pets. We help owners find suitable new homes while their dogs or cats remain in their care.

Yes. Your pet stays with you throughout the search and moves directly from your home to the new home you choose when a suitable adoption is arranged.

You do. We help you reach prospective adopters and evaluate promising applications, but you make the final decision about who adopts your dog or cat.

Private rehoming still requires enough time to present your dog honestly, review applicants and determine whether a prospective home is suitable. Pet Rehoming Network is not an emergency-placement service. If your dog cannot safely remain with you during the search, contact an appropriate Calgary-area shelter, rescue, veterinary professional or animal-service resource.

Some dogs with manageable challenges may be suitable for private rehoming, but all known history and needs must be disclosed honestly. Serious aggression, a bite history or other significant safety concerns require careful professional assessment and may make private rehoming inappropriate. Contact us with accurate details so the safest next step can be considered.

There is no single timetable. Your pet’s age, breed, health, personality and the type of home needed all affect timing. Our focus is on finding a suitable home rather than rushing your pet into the wrong placement.

Pet Rehoming Network offers professional services for a fee. Because packages and pricing can change, please visit our current services and fees page for up-to-date information.

Yes. Loving owners often feel grief, guilt, sadness and worry when circumstances make rehoming necessary. Those feelings do not mean you are making a careless decision. A thoughtful rehoming process lets you focus on the kind of home your pet needs and remain involved in choosing the adopter.

Interested adopters complete a detailed application. You can review promising applicants, ask questions and arrange a meet-and-greet before deciding whether the person or family is right for your pet.

Our adoption agreement is designed to protect the pet if circumstances change. Adopters agree not to sell, give away or surrender the pet without first notifying Pet Rehoming Network, giving us the opportunity to help arrange another suitable home.

No. Your personal contact details are not published in your pet’s public adoption profile. Prospective adopters contact Pet Rehoming Network and complete an application first. You decide when you are comfortable communicating directly with a promising applicant.

Yes. We help pet owners throughout Calgary and surrounding communities, including Airdrie, Cochrane, Okotoks, Strathmore, High River, Crossfield, Carstairs, Didsbury, Bragg Creek, Diamond Valley and other communities across the Calgary region and Southern Alberta.

We will ask you for detailed information about your pet’s personality, health, veterinary history, routines, training, behaviour, relationships with children and other animals, and the type of home you believe would be the best fit. Good-quality photographs and, when available, short videos are also very helpful in introducing your pet to prospective adopters.