FOSTERING Your Role as a Foster Parent
Your primary role as a foster parent is to be a loving and patient caretaker while your foster dog acclimates to domestic life.
Your “job” as a foster parent is to learn all about the dog’s personality and behaviors, in order to help find a great adopter.
Fostering a dog can be a rewarding act of kindness. In fact, I feel we receive more from fostering than we can ever give.
But it can also be challenging at times.
You are saving a dog’s lifeThere is no doubt that when you foster a dog you are not only saving one dog’s life but two. The dog you are fostering allows another opening for another dog to be saved. when you take a foster dog, it opens up space for another dog to stay.
You become part of a communityGetting involved in fostering connects you with other dog-loving people. You will make new friends that you may never have met otherwise. You will learn from each other, lean on each other when your foster dog causes trouble, it will become a new family of sorts.
Option to adopt to your foster dogFostering is a great way to do a trial period with a dog and learn if it is a good fit for your family. You will need to check with the rescue/shelter first, but most will allow you the first option to adopt your foster.
Our rescue is responsible to provide you with food and supplies
Our rescue os responsible to pay for all pre approved medical care
We do appreciate any help that you can provide with transport to the vets ect ect but you can become a foster even if u cannot help with transport
Our rescue will ask you to be willing to meet with new potential families and to have an imput on whom will get to adopt your foster if u wish to be part of that decision.
Before fostering a dog, it’s imperative that you make sure your home is ready for them. Some of the things you can do to prepare include:
Rolling up rugs
Putting plants out of reach, which may be toxic to the pet
Create a designated space for the dog to sleep and eat
Lay out pee pads (if still potty training)
Place all valuables in a safe place, out of the pet’s reach Why do we need fosters ? We wants to learn more about a dog’s personality and behavior iMost foster dogs needs to learn some basic manners before being made available for adoption.Some shy or timid dogs needs a safe place to come out of her shell.It might be a dog recovering from illness or injury.FOSTER HOME / FAMILY ENVIRONEMENT IS SO MUCH BETTER FOR A DOG The main function of a foster home is to provide a safe, loving home environment. For the most part, this entails caring for your foster as you would care for your own dog: offering food, affection, socialization, and exercise to keep the dog happy and healthy No matter what kind of dogs you foster, all foster homes provide the valuable service of socializing a dog and getting to know its personality. Your relationship with the dog is key information in helping find its forever home.One of the greatest rewards of fostering is watching a rescue dog bloom into a pet, but of course, it’s not without its challenges. Foster dogs sometimes need to learn the basic rules of living in a house, including:HousetrainingAppropriate greeting behavior with humansAppropriate play behavior with other dogs Please never forget that Fostering animals is, simply put, saving lives. One of the greatest benefits of fostering dogs is the ability to learn from the experience. You and your family will have the opportunity to interact with different dog breeds. If you have children, they’ll learn about raising and training pets. Fostering can provide a sense of purpose and fill a hole in your life that you may not have known even existed. As a foster you can enjoy the benefits of pet companionship without the usual price tag of dog ownership. Sometimes It can feel heartbreaking when it’s time to say goodbye and send your foster pet to their new home. While you know that the experience was beneficial for the dog’s welfare, it can be very upsetting to give them up at the end of the process. Sometimes this is why some foster families decide to adopt their pets. BUT if you are willing to take a chance, fostering a dog can change your life and theirs.
Rolling up rugs
Putting plants out of reach, which may be toxic to the pet
Create a designated space for the dog to sleep and eat
Lay out pee pads (if still potty training)
Place all valuables in a safe place, out of the pet’s reach Why do we need fosters ? We wants to learn more about a dog’s personality and behavior iMost foster dogs needs to learn some basic manners before being made available for adoption.Some shy or timid dogs needs a safe place to come out of her shell.It might be a dog recovering from illness or injury.FOSTER HOME / FAMILY ENVIRONEMENT IS SO MUCH BETTER FOR A DOG The main function of a foster home is to provide a safe, loving home environment. For the most part, this entails caring for your foster as you would care for your own dog: offering food, affection, socialization, and exercise to keep the dog happy and healthy No matter what kind of dogs you foster, all foster homes provide the valuable service of socializing a dog and getting to know its personality. Your relationship with the dog is key information in helping find its forever home.One of the greatest rewards of fostering is watching a rescue dog bloom into a pet, but of course, it’s not without its challenges. Foster dogs sometimes need to learn the basic rules of living in a house, including:HousetrainingAppropriate greeting behavior with humansAppropriate play behavior with other dogs Please never forget that Fostering animals is, simply put, saving lives. One of the greatest benefits of fostering dogs is the ability to learn from the experience. You and your family will have the opportunity to interact with different dog breeds. If you have children, they’ll learn about raising and training pets. Fostering can provide a sense of purpose and fill a hole in your life that you may not have known even existed. As a foster you can enjoy the benefits of pet companionship without the usual price tag of dog ownership. Sometimes It can feel heartbreaking when it’s time to say goodbye and send your foster pet to their new home. While you know that the experience was beneficial for the dog’s welfare, it can be very upsetting to give them up at the end of the process. Sometimes this is why some foster families decide to adopt their pets. BUT if you are willing to take a chance, fostering a dog can change your life and theirs.