1) The dog will remain in foster care with you until adoption or until a new foster placement is found (if necessary).Please give your foster space and time to decompress over the first few weeks. If after this period, you feel the animal is unsuitable for any reason please contact your Foster Coordinator.
2) You are responsible for the day-to-day love and care of the dog, but the dog remains the legal property of HNE.
3) You cannot give away, sell, surrender to another organisation, or have a HNE dog in your care euthanised. Legal action will be taken if any of these things occur.
4) You agree to accept the animal in its current condition, health and behaviour and work with your Foster Coordinator to address any issues.
5) You must notify HNE within 7 days of any change to your contact details or other circumstances.
6) You must provide regular updates on the dog in your care, including information about health, wellbeing, training progress/needs, etc. These updates are to include photos/videos. At minimum, this contact must be fortnightly.Updates should be made to the Behind-the-Scenes Facebook group or if not on FB via email to your foster coordinator or via group chat.
7) When requested you must return the dog to HNE or hand the dog over to its approved adopter.
8) You indemnify HNE, its Executive Committee and other volunteers for any liability, costs or expenses which arise because of your actions or omissions (including negligence) or the animal’s condition, health, and behaviour while the animal is in you care.
9) It is important that you make yourself aware of local, state, and national domestic animal laws and obey those laws.
10) You must ensure that all animals and humans are kept safe from risk or injury and agree to not accept more animals than you can adequately care for.
11) You must ensure that you have plans and provisions for the animals in your care in the event of a disaster or emergency (bushfire, flood, or illness etc)