Sometimes, animals need a foster home for short or long term care. There are many reasons foster families are needed and becoming a foster parent is a simple 3-step process.
Reasons Animals Need Foster Homes
- Animals are too young or too old for adoption
- Fostering helps increase the adoptability of the pet
- Helps with capacity issues at the shelter
- Pet behavior modification or socialization
- Special medical treatment and recovery of the pet
Becoming a Foster Parent
The following is a step-by-step process to becoming a pet foster parent.
- Complete the foster Application - This agreement outlines your duties as a foster, including begin on an on-call list, providing a loving, structured environment for the pet, bringing the pet to adoption events, and providing valuable information to the shelter on animal’s health and progress.
- Receive approval by Foster Coordinator, Brooke Robbins.
- Make arrangements to pick up your foster pet.
Learn About our "Fospice" Program
Hospice + Foster = Fospice! Have you heard about our Fospice program? Our fospice program is an opportunity for you to give an older animal, or animal with special needs a chance to live out the rest of their live in a loving home.
Watch the video to learn more!