Meet Your Match

The Roanoke Valley SPCA Adoption & Education Center is proud to participate in the ASPCA’S Meet Your Match™ Adoptability Program. Meet Your Match™ helps form lasting bonds by matching the expectations of pet ownership to a dog’s behavior. Matching the “canine-ality”, or personality, of the dogs in the shelter with the type of dog the individual is looking for lays the foundation for the human-animal bond to develop, providing a long-term home for the dog and the unconditional love of a pet for the human.

Meet Your Match is a unique color-coded system that matches the lifestyle and expectations of the pet owner with the dog most likely to fit in with that family.Please fill out the questionnaire below.

1. I have owned a dog before:

No Yes within the last year 2-10 years ago More than 10 years ago

2. My dog needs to get along with my other dogs

No Yes

3. My dog needs to be good with:

Children under 8

Children over 8

Elderly people

Cats

Animals other than cats or dogs

4. My dog will primarily be an:

Inside dog Outside dog hours/per day outside

5. My dog needs to be alone...

2 hours/day or less 4 hours/day or less 8-10 hours/day 12 hours/day

6. When I'm at home I want my dog to be by my side:

all of the time some of the time little of the time

7. When I'm not at home, my dog will spend its time:

in the garage in a crate in the house in a room in the house loose in the house in the yard

8. I want a guard dog

No Yes

9. I want my dog to hunt or herd with me

No Yes

10. I want my dog to be the type that is very enthusiastic in the way s/he shows s/he loves people

not at all somewhat very

11. I want my dog to be playful

not at all somewhat very

12. I want my dog to be laid back

not at all somewhat very

13. I am comfortable doing some training with my dog to improve manners such as jumping, stealing food, and pulling on the leash.

no training some training lots of training

14. I (or my children) want to compete in Agility, Flyball, or Obedience with our dog

No Yes

15. I am interested in a dog with "special needs" (medical or behavioral)

No Yes

Optional - Please send me emails of other dogs when they become available

Your Name

Your Email