Foster for CFA

Before you take in a foster animal, make sure you are prepared to do this. You may need to isolate the animal since it may be infected with a contagious disease. The last thing you want is for your own pets to end up ill or infected! Care must also be taken when placing animals together because of social issues - they need to work out dominancy in their own way. Let them get used to each other very slowly.

Remember also that you may develop a close bond with the foster animal. The question I am asked most often is, "How can you give them up and take them to their new homes? Isn't it hard?" Of course, it is! We often get very attached to our foster pets. But the real reward of fostering is helping the animals. They get a chance they might not have had - and though it is hard to give them up, by doing so, we can bring more home. This way the void in our hearts will be filled by the love for yet another suffering animal that will come into our home. And fostering animals in our homes frees up space for more animals in the shelters. By providing a needy animal with a loving home environment, you too can help an animal become more suitable for adoption into a responsible, lifelong home.

If you are interested in fostering animals in your home, please contact us at Ask Us or complete the  Foster Application and mail it to: