Volunteer Information & Agreement

Thank you for considering volunteering for Cocker Spaniel Rescue of Austin/San Antonio.

THANK YOU...for your interest in joining us as a volunteer.

First name *
Last name *
Your home address *
City *
State *
Home phone number
Cell phone number *
Your email address *
Do you currently have a pet(s)? If so, please list the type, name, ages, sex and a brief description of their personality. *
Do you have experience with another organization? If so, list the organization, dates participated and what you did for the group. *
Do you have experience and skills that would be helpful to CSRA and our support efforts? *
Please answer tasks for which you are willing to volunteer. Some require specialized training which CSRA may provide.
Working with shelters to identify cocker spaniels. *
Working with potential adopters to find a compatible dog. *
Scheduling home visits. *
Doing home visits to potential adopters and foster homes. *
Fostering a cocker spaniel in your home *
Transporting rescued cocker spaniels. *
Scheduling transport of cocker spaniels. *
Perform behavioral evaluations for intake. *
Train dogs with poor manners or behavioral issues. *
Are you a Certified Trainer?
Can you provide grooming services for the rescued dogs? *
Photograph rescue dogs at Meet & Greets or other places? *
Provide counseling for new adopters or owners about their dogs. *
Administrative Tasks for rescue
Coordinate volunteer efforts *
Update website and other sites *
Write and edit articles for the newsletter. *
Find and post information to Facebook, Twitter and other social media. *
Maintain and update the mailing list and the email list. *
Writing requests for grants. *
Call and write for donations. *
Entering data or managing information databases. *
Help organize or participate in fundraising efforts. *
Participate at rescue events by staffing booths. *
Check references via phone to potential adopters and foster families. *
Making, answering and returning phone calls about CSRA and cocker spaniels. *
Emailing/mailing adopter packets to potential adopters. *
Researching state and local rescue reguations. *
Meet and Greet leaders. *
Marketing for CSRA. *
Bookkeeping and accounting. *
Managing rescue supplies. *
Grow our donor base. *
Management of special programs. *
Do you have other ideas to share with us? Please list them.
As a CSRA Volunteer, I pledge the following: To perform CSRA rescue and support activities on a voluntary basis, receiving no compensation for myself or any other organization for tasks performed. To assure that any Cocker Spaniel in my care is treated humanely, receiving any and all care authorized by CSRA. To conduct myself in a professional manner when representing CSRA, to accurately represent CSRA policies in communications with others, and to refrain from representing CSRA when expressing personal opinions. To maintain records of all activities and financial transactions performed as a CSRA Volunteer and to make them readily available to CSRA Members and Officers when asked. To make myself familiar with, and share information about, Cocker Spaniels including the breed standard, typical and instinctual behavior, common diseases and genetic defects, negative drug interactions, and appropriate standard of care. To assure that no CSRA dog will leave my care without being spayed or neutered or, in the case of young puppies or dogs with a medical condition that prevents surgery, without a signed binding agreement that the dog be spayed or neutered as soon as is medically recommended. To fully disclose all known information regarding medical condition and temperament about any CSRA dog in my care, or that I am familiar with, to other CSRA volunteers, rescue groups, and potential adopters. To provide, or identify another CSRA Volunteer to provide, follow up advice and assistance to adopters and owners of Cocker Spaniels and to assure that they receive help with training issues and behavior questions. To require every adopter to return the adopted Cocker Spaniel to me or to another CSRA Volunteer if they can no longer keep the adopted dog for any reason. I will always accept the return of a dog that has been adopted from CSRA and immediately contact a CSRA Rescue Coordinator to make arrangements for the dog. To never use the CSRA name to sell any puppy or dog. To never give or sell, or knowingly allow another CSRA Volunteer to give or sell, any CSRA dog to a research facility, breeding operation, pet store, dog broker or any other individual or corporation who might cause the dog physical or emotional harm. To share my concerns with a CSRA rescue coordinator if I believe that any Cocker Spaniel in the care of another volunteer is not being treated humanely or is not receiving care authorized by CSRA or is being exploited in any way. To refrain from any activity that could jeopardize the status of CSRA as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
By signing this document I state that I have never been arrested for, or convicted of, animal abuse. In volunteering to work with Cocker Spaniel Rescue of Austin/SA(CSRA) I consent to abide by all terms of the CSRA Bylaws, the CSRA Handbook, the CSRA Volunteer Code of Ethics and all other policies approved and implemented by CSRA. I fully understand and agree to assume all risks involved in any and all duties that I perform for CSRA in my volunteer capacity and I agree to hold CSRA harmless for any injury(s) that I might sustain during the course of my volunteer duties. This waiver does include myself, all of my family members, heirs, and descendants forever from seeking any legal action whatsoever against CSRA or its representatives. I agree that I am over the age of 18 years old.
Electronic signature and date of Volunteer Information and Agreement *

Cocker Spaniel Rescue of Austin/SA PO Box 27453, Austin, TX 78755 woof@austincockerrescue.org