"To foster an animal" means to temporarily care for and provide a safe and loving home for an animal that is not yet ready to be adopted or needs additional care before finding a permanent home.
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We will help you evaluate your ability to care
for foster animals in conjunction with your own pets.
We will be in contact with you shortly after you contact us to begin the process
of fostering an animal with us.
You will learn how to select and retain volunteers as well as match
foster animals with volunteers, along with other skills essential to maintaining a pet fostering program.
If you really want your child to see babies being born, consider renting videos on the topic, visiting a farm, or
fostering animals from a shelter.
In addition to providing the basics, foster homes may be asked to
transport foster animals to veterinary appointments and adoption events.
When foster animals come into the shelter, we will contact you via phone, email and / or text message.
We may
also foster animals that need socialization and are not thriving in the shelter environment.
Our medical staff will be available to
see foster animals that become sick or injured during their foster stay.
Children should be introduced slowly to determine the compatibility with the
new foster animal.
Also,
many foster animals will have regular medical appointments at our hospital for continued medical treatment during their stay with you, and you are responsible for keeping those appointments.
Rescue organization This is an animal rescue organization that is usually run out of an individual's home or by a network of
individuals fostering animals until they are adopted.
Your family or roommates need to be supportive of your decision to foster, and they should be willing to
treat foster animals as part of the family.
Then there are newbie foster homes — maybe this is their first or
second foster animal and their environment is a bit closer to an «average» pet home.
Q:
Since foster animals are in homes rather than the shelter, is it really necessary to do the boosters every two weeks?
Based on your previous experience fostering or owning a pet, we will do everything we can to match you up with the
right foster animal for you.
I realize that in the course of
fostering animals there is a risk of injury including, but not limited to, animal bites, scratches, personal injury, etc..
Before bringing home your
first foster animal, make sure your animals are up to date with their vaccinations.
To
protect foster animals in a new environment and to safeguard your belongings, it is necessary to animal - proof your entire house.
The foster program includes dogs and cats, and you can
foster animals even if you have pets of your own.
After you let us know your criteria (i.e. age, size, gender), we will do our best to match you with the
perfect foster animal.
You can also help
by fostering an animal, volunteering, adopting, and spreading the word to promote these organizations.