FOSTER

More Foster Parents = More Dogs Saved

Being a foster means bringing a homeless dog (or two) into your home, caring for them, and providing them with affection and socialization until a permanent family comes along who will love them forever. Fosters truly are the front line for our dogs and a critical step in saving more lives!

Open your heart.
Open your home.

A relieved dog lays it's head on the shoulder of a foster parent with Little Dog Rescue.

At Little Dog Rescue, we’re proud to offer comfortable foster homes to all of our dogs as they wait to find their Forever Home. Foster Care is critical to our rescue efforts, the more homes we have, the more animals we can save!

 Frequently Asked Foster Questions

  • Most importantly, providing a safe, clean and caring environment.

    Offering exercise and socialization as appropriate.

    If required, giving meds as directed.

    Transporting our rescue pups to adoption events, vet and grooming appointments.

  • A dog’s time in a foster home can range from a few days to a couple of months. Every rescue is different, so every foster experience will be different. Families can expect to keep the dog until they are adopted. We are able to give a better estimate for your specific foster dog(s) before you take them home.

  • Little Dog Rescue provides all items needed (food, beds, toys, chew bones, puppy pads), you provide the love!

  • If you have existing pets, introducing a dog can be a great experience for them as an additional companion, additional socialization, and an additional playmate! Children can benefit from fostering as a way to introduce responsibility, selflessness, a way to educate about animals, and it's also a great way to "test" the idea of a permanent dog into your home in the future.

  • When the day comes that your foster finds that perfect home, their new fur-ever family will be overjoyed that you took such good care of their pup. Knowing that a dog has found his happy ending and that another precious life awaits to be afforded your gifts, is as good of a feeling as there is!

More dogs coming soon: Fosters Always Needed

The dogs shown below are examples of our previous pups that have needed foster homes.

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