About Pet Foster Homes

Pet foster homes are provided by people who volunteer to help temporarily house pets who are abandoned, stray, or abused. Also, this service is important in ensuring that dogs and cats are cared for instead of being euthanized and for controlling the pet population with spay/neuter programs.

  1. No-Kill Facilities

    • Pets taken from animal shelters can sometimes be placed in no-kill pet facilities if there are not enough pet foster homes to accept them. Once a pet foster home becomes available, the pet is transferred to the temporary dwelling until a permanent residence can be found.

    Foster Pet Parents

    • Foster parents for pets are usually volunteers who provide a safe, caring, environment until the animal can be placed with a family. A part of the responsibility for the pet foster parent is to provide food, water, shelter and care plus transport the pet to the vet's office or to adoption events when needed.

    Pet Foster Network

    • Pet foster networks have been created to help animal rescue groups and shelters recruit volunteers for placing pets in a home. They also help raise funds to carry out this objective.

    Sick Animals

    • Another aspect of pet foster care involves the care for sick animals in shelters who would need too much specialized attention to become healthy. Pet foster parents can best serve these animals by providing them with personalized care and by working with the vet to ensure their well-being.

    Considerations

    • Pet foster homes are usually sponsored by nonprofit organizations that operate to reduce the number of animal deaths by placing them in foster homes. They also work to control the pet population, provide veterinarian care, and most important, implement the process of adoption for healthy pets to people with caring homes.