To be a foster parent, you have to be able to take a dog into your home and work with it on basic skills (or take a shy but very well behaved one, a depressed dog, etc.) as well as transport the dog to our pet adoptions weekly. Fosters are also responsible for: making sure the animal is properly fed and gets enough to drink, giving it lots of love and socialization, and keeping it indoors. It is helping save an animal, and the sense of accomplishment you feel is rewarding. We are ALWAYS in need of foster homes.
- Completed Foster Application (Foster Application)
- Review and completion of our Foster Guidelines - This release must be signed before you can start fostering.
- Written landlord permission or own your home
- Must attend at least one (1) adoption event per month
- You must be willing to work with the dog to help them get ready for adoption. This includes housebreaking, basic training, socialization, etc.
- Agree to actively partner in helping place the animal and make it available to prospective adopters
Consider becoming a foster home for a homeless dog
Why Foster?
Rescued Hearts
By Kathleen Hearts
Taking care of rescue dogs
Is something I do best,
I know because I’ve done it,
And I’ve surely passed the test.
The dogs I’ve bathed, the food I’ve fed,
The vacuuming I’ve done,
And all to watch a frightened soul
Sit dreaming in the sun.
My own dogs I’ve neglected,
But I tell them everyday
That I love and cherish each of them
Though a new dog’s come to stay,
I know they understand this,
For in their eyes I see
The love that I have given them
Come shining back at me.
Some people think I’m crazy,
Some others think I’m great.
But very few can understand
What really is at stake.
If I can love and help a dog
To find a better way,
My own life is much richer,
I look forward to each day.
So now you know my secret,
It’s there for all to see,
The love I give, the life I save,
I do it all for me.