Retired & Washed-Out Service Dog Adoption Agreement

The discounted lifetime-home adoption fee we quoted to you

Optional — the higher fee this dog's placement would ordinarily carry, for reference

Companion Home Only

• The dog is being adopted as a pet, companion, and family member only. The adopter is taking this dog to give it a loving, lifelong home — not to put it to work.
• The adopter accepts this dog as a retired or washed-out companion placement, understanding that the dog may have been retired from service work, released for not completing service dog training (washed out), or evaluated and never placed — and that the dog is not being placed as a working animal.

No Service Dog Work — Core Term of This Agreement

• The adopter agrees not to work this dog as a service dog. This means the dog may not be trained, used, or relied upon to perform tasks or work for a person with a disability.
• The adopter agrees not to use this dog as a service dog, assistance dog, or emotional support animal in any public or private setting, and not to take the dog into places of public accommodation on the basis of being a service animal.
• The adopter agrees not to represent this dog as a service dog or service dog prospect — including in public, on social media, in advertising, in applications for housing or travel, or in any official documentation — and not to obtain or attempt to obtain service dog identification, registration, certification, or vesting for this dog.
• The adopter agrees not to continue or resume service dog task training with this dog, and not to transfer the dog to any person, trainer, or organization for the purpose of service dog work.

Heavily Discounted Adoption Fee

• The adopter acknowledges that the adoption fee for this dog is heavily discounted — substantially lower than what a trained or trained-to-be service dog would ordinarily cost.
• The adopter understands and agrees that the discount is given specifically in exchange for the no-service-work agreement above. The low fee reflects that this dog is being placed as a companion and will not be worked.
• If the adopter breaches the no-service-work terms, the adopter agrees that the discount was not earned, and Trouble Off Your Hands K9 may pursue the remedies described below.

First Right of Refusal — No Sale, No Transfer

• The adopter acknowledges that they already agreed to a first right of refusal in favor of Trouble Off Your Hands K9 in the separate adoption contract they signed or will sign, which is a different document from this form. This agreement reinforces and restates that right and applies alongside it.
• If the adopter can no longer keep the dog for any reason, they must contact Trouble Off Your Hands K9 first and offer the dog back to us before rehoming it anywhere else. We hold the first right to take the dog back.
• The adopter agrees not to sell, resell, trade, give away, or otherwise transfer this dog to any third party — including a friend, family member, breeder, trainer, or another organization — without the prior written consent of Trouble Off Your Hands K9.
• The adopter agrees the dog will never be sold for profit, and will never be transferred to any person or entity who intends to use, train, or represent the dog as a service dog.
• If the dog is being rehomed with our consent, we may require that the new owner sign this same agreement before the dog is transferred.
• No resale. If the adopter resells this dog, they agree to pay Trouble Off Your Hands K9 a $10,000.00 fine plus all of our court costs and legal fees to recover the dog, as set out in the enforcement terms below.

Our Right to Enforce

• Trouble Off Your Hands K9 expressly reserves the right to enforce every term of this agreement, and to enforce the first right of refusal described above, at any time after the adoption.
• If the adopter works the dog as a service dog, represents the dog as a service dog, or transfers the dog in violation of this agreement, Trouble Off Your Hands K9 may, at its discretion, require the return of the dog and pursue any other remedy available by law.
• Trouble Off Your Hands K9 holds the first right of refusal on this dog. If the adopter can no longer keep the dog, the dog comes back to us — not to a buyer, a friend, or a stranger.
• If the adopter sells, resells, trades, or transfers this dog without our prior written consent, the adopter agrees to pay Trouble Off Your Hands K9 a fine of $10,000.00, plus all of our court costs and legal fees incurred in recovering the dog and enforcing this agreement.
• The adopter agrees to pay that fine of $10,000.00 and all court costs, and to return the dog to our care. All three obligations apply together — paying does not let the adopter keep the dog.
• These amounts are in addition to any other remedy available to us, and are owed whether or not we are able to recover the dog.
• Breach of this agreement may also result in the adopter being responsible for the difference between the discounted adoption fee paid and the standard service dog fee.
• These remedies are in addition to, and not instead of, any rights Trouble Off Your Hands K9 holds under the separate adoption contract, which remains in full force.

Care & Wellbeing

• The adopter agrees to provide humane care for the life of the dog, including proper food, water, shelter, exercise, grooming, and routine veterinary care.
• The adopter agrees to keep the dog up to date on vaccinations, parasite prevention, and any veterinary treatment the dog needs.
• The adopter agrees never to abuse, neglect, abandon, or surrender this dog to a shelter. If the adopter is ever unable to care for the dog, the dog comes back to us under the first right of refusal above.