What is a foster home?
A foster home is a temporary living situation for a homeless dog. Our organization relies on foster homes to temporarily house our homeless pets who have been pulled for rescue and transport out of the state of Texas. The foster home provides for the physical and emotional needs of the pet until the scheduled day of transport. These needs include food, water, shelter and lots of TLC!
The number of dogs we are able to save, depends on the number of people who are able to open their homes and hearts to fostering.
What are the expectations of a foster family?
Our expectations for fostering a puppy or dog are no different than what we would provide for our own pet on a daily basis:
- Providing a clean and safe environment
- Providing fresh food, water and shelter
- Provide adequate socialization on a daily basis
- Closely watch for any new medical changes and immediately alert us of an concerning signs
- Transporting the puppy/dog to the veterinarian for scheduled medical appointments
- All dogs and puppies will be expected to remain in an indoor home during fostering
- All foster families will only use positive reinforcement to begin teaching manners, crate training, house training, etc.
The length of time for fostering a homeless dog or puppy depends on the scheduled transportation date and meeting particular medical requirements before transport across state lines.
- For a puppy, it will be until they have received their 2nd round of shots plus 10 days and receive a health certificate from a veterinarian
- For an adult dog, it will be until they have received their 2nd round of shots, plus 5 days; and receive a health certificate from a veterinarian
Please review the following information regarding foster expectations.
- Foster agrees to give the foster pet -- food, indoor shelter, and kind and loving care for a limited period of time.
- Foster agrees to notify Pets Going Places immediately if the pet escapes or becomes ill.
- Foster understands that Pets Going Places may not have prior knowledge of the pet's temperament, and will take due care to protect anyone who may come into contact with the pet from harm.
- Foster will not seek to hold Pets Going Places responsible for damage to property or injury to persons or other animals while foster pet(s) are in the care of Foster.
- Pets Going Places will be financially responsible for any veterinary care it deems necessary for the fostered pet at a veterinarian of Pets Going Places' choice, if PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL has been received from Pets Going Places, and if the Fosters' neglect or misconduct did not cause the needed care.
- Foster agrees that any pet fostered by him/her remains the property of the named rescue who has pulled the pet for rescue, and that Foster will not relocate the pet from the primary residence of Foster or dispose of it in any manner without PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE AND APPROVAL of Pets Going Places.
- Foster will return the pet to a Pets Going Places representative immediately upon request.
The first step (after reviewing the above information) toward becoming a foster home for Pets Going Places, is to fill out our foster application. Please click on the button below to fill out a Pets Going Places Foster Application through ShelterLuv. (ShelterLuv is the program we use to keep our volunteer and foster pet information safe and organized.) A Pets Going Places representative will contact you as soon as possible.