Foster

Fostering a Golden makes all the difference for that dog. As a foster home, you provide a safe haven for a Golden in need.

You provide love, a safe place in an indoor home and we provide the rest.  You evaluate your foster dog to see what type of permanent home would be best.  You are responsible for taking your foster dog to the vet for any necessary routine veterinary care including shots, a heartworm test, and spaying or neutering if the dog has not already been altered.  Love a Golden Rescue will pay the vet  and for any other veterinary care which is pre-approved by the Foster Home Coordinator.

At Love a Golden Rescue, we all have our own dogs and understand the need for the foster dog to fit into your home with any other pets you may have. 

We actively support your fostering and at Love a Golden Rescue, we all have our own dogs and understand the need for the foster dog to fit into your home with any other pets you may have.   If you have any problems with your foster dog, we discuss it with you and determine what solutions are best. 

If a foster dog does not work out in your home, for any reason, we move it as soon as possible.

Many foster dogs enjoy playing with other dogs and often seem to learn the ropes faster if they have another dog to teach them. Some foster dogs come directly from loving homes and will often fit right into your household routine. 

Others may not be so lucky and may need to learn about what it’s like to be part of a family. Although these dogs may be more of a challenge to foster, they also provide huge rewards as you see their personalities unfold and their confidence grow.  You truly have the opportunity to teach them what love means.  

The Fears of Fostering

We Every single one of us deals with this reluctance in our own way. 

Some people (including all of us at one time or another) are reluctant to foster for fear that we will become so attached to our foster dog that letting the foster dog go to its permanent home will be very hard. 

 Rather than deciding not to foster though, please consider that fear to be a good sign–it shows how deeply you care about the dogs.  

Some people focus on how happy the dog will be in the adoptive home and how happy the adoptive family will be with the dog.  

Other people reason that when the foster dog goes to its adoptive home, another dog then has a desperately needed chance and can come to the foster home.   

Still other people think about their foster dog as belonging to an unnamed friend (who is identified at the time of adoption).  They look at fostering as similar to dog-sitting and care for and love their friend’s dog, but also look forward to the time when the friend and dog can be together as they are meant to be.  

Rest assured that if you try fostering and then find that you absolutely can’t let your foster dog go, there is a solution—you can adopt your foster dog. 

The process is very similar to adopting a dog from our rescue.  We set up a convenient time to come visit your home with one of our dogs and discuss fostering in great detail. You may also complete an application form on-line to apply as a foster home. There’s always an extra pair of dark brown eyes looking for love. 

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