Are you thinking of offering your home and heart to foster and help rehabilitate discarded puppy mill dogs? Want to help dogs and puppies at risk of euthanasia with one of our southern rescue partners? …. You’ve come to the right place!
Our goal is to give these dogs a life worth living, help teach them that the world can be kind and ultimately find them wonderful forever homes. We hope volunteers find fostering a great experience. We are committed to working closely with our volunteers to support them in every way possible. We like to say: we provide the supplies and support, while you provide the love!
Fosters are expected to take their role very seriously. It takes a team to get each animal adopted, but we depend on the foster homes to give each one the love, care, and training they need to prepare them for their new homes.
Basic Supplies
Basic supplies that fosters should have include: crates, dog food, dog bowls, a slip leash, regular leash (no retractable leashes please) and various size harnesses/ collars. The geographic locations of our foster homes are far and wide. There is an opportunity to get donated items from other members of the team, but it might take some coordination and driving to make it happen. We have a network of fosters, and do our best to work together!
Responsibilities
Here are some responsibilities of being a foster home:
- Know your limits and stick to them.
- Stay committed to your foster pet from beginning to end; adoption of your foster could take anywhere from 2 weeks to several months.
- Take your adoptable animal to the veterinarian as directed.
- Work with your foster to make them feel safe and trusting of you and your family. Basic training will be very important for foster homes to accomplish. Puppy mill dogs come with little to no socialization and typically zero house skills. Work on trust first, then dog skills. More on rehabilitating a mill dog will be provided.
How do you receive a foster dog?
As a team member you will be invited to join our private Facebook page- Puppy Mill Rescue Team Foster Page. When we learn of dogs in need we will post to the page. Fosters can comment if they see a dog listed that is a good fit for their home. Most of the time we will only know breed, gender, age, and transport date. The dogs will typically still be in a puppy mill when we post them, so we will not have pictures. If a dog is coming from one of our southern rescue partners, we may have more information to help you make a decision of if they’re a good fit for you. We do not assign dogs to fosters;They get to select the dogs they want to help. We are asked to help dogs of all ages, sizes, breeds, and sociability.. we are sure to have a dog in need that is what you are looking for!
Interested in learning more or becoming a foster?
If you are ready to apply to be a foster home, please fill out our application form here.
If you have more questions, please email us at: puppymillrescueteamadoptions@gmail.com