Fostering for All Dog Rescue

Thank you for your interest in fostering for All Dog Rescue! Because we do not have a shelter, we are limited in how many animals we can help. Becoming a foster parent brings hope to homeless animals. This page will provide you with some information on our foster program. If you think fostering for All Dog Rescue may be for you, please fill out our online Foster Home Application.

All Dog Rescue provides our foster homes with supplies, including high quality dog food and indoor crates. We pay for vet costs, which includes spays/neuters, vaccinations, heartworm tests, and treat any diagnosed health issues. The foster is responsible for getting the dog to vet appointments at our designated vet clinics and coming to our adoption events on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month. Most importantly, the foster is responsible for providing love and patience while the dog is waiting for a forever home.

Our foster coordinator will work with you to select a foster dog who will be a good fit in your home. Most of our dogs come from shelters, so we often know very little about a dog when we take him/her in. We can often learn information from the shelter about how the dog does with other animals, but that is often the extent of what we know. Some dogs are adopted very quickly, while some are with us for weeks, or even months. Typically, the younger and smaller a dog is, the faster he or she is adopted, but there are lots of exceptions.

When you are new, you will be assigned a mentor to guide you through the adoption process. Part of the job of foster parents is to discover valuable information about the temperament and needs of the dogs in their care, which will help ensure the dog is adopted into an appropriate home. The mentor will discuss applications with you, and together you will select a forever home. Adoptions are usually finalized at our adoption events – until we have a contract signed by the adoptive family, the foster dog remains in your home.

There are several rewards to helping homeless animals. You save precious lives, enjoy the company of lots of different breeds of dogs, hone your training skills, and learn the value of patience. Working with homeless dogs can be challenging and it is absolutely crucial that foster parents are prepared to problem solve and give these dogs the second chance they deserve. Some of these dogs have been abused, neglected, or simply never loved. All of them have been abandoned. It is very important that you stick with your foster until he or she is adopted, barring an emergency of some sort.

PLEASE NOTE: We cannot guarantee that any foster dog will be housebroken. While all of us are pleasantly surprised when we get a new foster who turns out to be potty trained, foster dogs that are housebroken from day one tend to be the exception rather than the rule. We require that our foster homes be willing to potty train when necessary, because we simply do not have the resources to move dogs into new foster homes if it turns out that a dog who is supposed to be housebroken is not.

If you think fostering for All Dog Rescue may be for you, please complete and submit our Foster Home Application.