- Have you been thinking about adding another
pet but just aren’t sure if you’re ready?
- Is a life-long commitment just not possible
for you right now?
- Do you want to get involved with pet rescue
but don’t know where to start?
Fostering a pet by opening your home and heart to
a pet in need is a great experience. By giving a
temporary home to a homeless dog or cat you shelter
to an animal that would otherwise go without. You
are helping to save lives. Foster care consists of
providing a safe, loving, temporary home for a dog
until a
permanent adoptive home can be found. We do our best
to screen for health and temperament before allowing
a pet to enter our program. We can rescue more pets
with foster homes!
If all this sounds good, then fostering a pet
might be just the thing for you!
Second Chance Animal Shelter needs loving homes
to care for some of our homeless pets while we
search for their permanent homes. By fostering a
pet, you have the opportunity to make a huge
difference in the life of that animal and eventually
its new family. Fostering can be hard work, but it
is also extremely gratifying! It can help you focus
on what’s really important in life. This pet will
provide you with love, joy, and the satisfaction of
having a saved a life.
Which pets need foster homes?
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For whatever reason, some pets are overlooked by
potential homes and the longer they sit in a cage
here, the more likely they are to become bored,
depressed, lose weight, etc. We like to get these
pets out to foster homes to help them as well as to
gain more information about their personality. This
is also a great opportunity to get a head start on
basic training (for dogs) and socialization. You
may be asked to bring the dog into the shelter for
public hours on occasion or to an adoption event.
Arrangements can usually be made that fit your
schedule.
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A pup, kitten or litter of pups or kittens, which
are too young or just would do better in a home.
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These little ones usually require a little extra
work since the puppies
may not be housebroken. The kittens are full of
energy and may
have a higher activity level than an older cat.
Depending on their
age, they may not have received their first set of
vaccines and
testing.
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A dog or cat that is sick or injured.
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These pets will need treatment if they are ill or on
bed rest/limited activity when they are injured.
Whether sick or injured, there is generally a set
time period where the dog goes into foster care
until they are cleared medically by our vet. Then
they are placed up for adoption. We have found that
these pets heal much faster if placed in a home
environment.
Here is how our foster program works:
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We provide all foster homes with food, crates
and any necessary medicine or medical care, and
guidance.
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We recommend crate training as well as using a
positive reinforcement training method for dogs.
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All pets that are in foster care remain the
property of the shelter until adopted.
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The time frame for a foster depends on the pet
and can range from a few days to months. We try
our best to give you an estimated time frame
when you begin the foster.
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