The rescued dogs are taken care of in
foster homes until the organization finds a permanent home for the animals.
Puppies are welcomed into
loving foster homes at 8 weeks old, where they learn basic obedience, house manners and how to be calm and confident in a wide variety of public settings.
Our dogs are placed
into foster homes where loving, training, and any necessary medical care can be provided to them while they wait for their forever homes.
We have been trying desperately to find her a
new foster home with no other cats, but it has proven to be extremely difficult.
We work as hard «matching» foster dogs with
foster homes as we do matching dogs to their forever home.
Usually, rescue groups
find foster homes where dogs stay for a week before being placed in permanent homes.
We rely on a dedicated network of
volunteer foster homes who care for their charges until an adoptive home is found.
Volunteers who wish to
become foster homes are asked to complete an application, provide references, and complete a home visit.
Rescue groups and shelters rely
on foster homes as a way to increase the number of pets they can save.
The number of animals that we can accept into our program is limited by the number of
foster homes available as well as funds available to feed and care for the animals.
We especially need
more foster homes for cats and dogs in order to save more adoptable pets from being killed.
We are always looking for new
foster homes so that we can rescue more animals or to give the cats that we have a break and experience a «real» home.
We will
use foster homes as needed and appropriate but do not anticipate the use of boarding facility.
We then match dogs to our available
foster homes based on the needs and preferences of both the dog and the foster parent.
They are housed
by foster homes where they are temperament tested and seen by a veterinarian for shots, heartworm testing, and spay or neuter.
Handling hundreds of different animals every year, Paws for thought has no shelter and operates through a network of
foster homes throughout the north - east counties.
Not to mention volunteers freely giving their time as well as
foster homes who bear the cost of ordinary expenses such as food, grooming, toys and so forth.
She is in one of our
private foster homes with other dogs and is already playing with the other 2 dogs and loving on her new foster family.
The adoption animals are placed with a
caring foster home while they are prepared for adoption.
Most of our other
foster homes do not, and we leave the decision up to the vet seeing any particular foster dog.
When foster homes are not available, rescued pets stay in boarding kennels or veterinary clinics.
We do not have a physical shelter, instead we operate primarily
through foster homes, online databases, and meet and greet events.
He's in a loving
foster home now, and getting the vet attention he's needed for quite some time, and has a clean health report.
There are hundreds of homeless dogs and cats within our community in need of foster care and there simply are not
enough foster homes available.
If you've ever considered fostering, please consider signing up now... simply click here to fill out our adopt /
foster home application.
When possible, we maintain long -
term foster homes for seniors, low income families, and those on disability.
Since these cats have medical problems, and many are seniors, we feel that it is best to keep them in their current
permanent foster home for the rest of their lives.
We have 100 + individuals and families volunteering their time and 50 +
foster homes opening their homes to so many dogs who need that extra TLC and time.
In fact, when we got them they had already been separated as each one went to a
different foster home until we could arrange for their transport.