Foster Application

Thank you for being willing to help a shelter dog on its journey to find its forever home. Please complete the form below. As a foster we expect several things including compassion, patience, perseverance, reliability and dependability. This form is designed to provoke thought about whether or not you and your family are prepared to offer the best possible experience to an animal in need. Please give each question serious thought and answer as honestly and completely as possible. Sharing your home with an animal, even temporarily, is a responsibility to be treated with care and respect. Many of our dogs will require extra loving care as they recover from illness, face motherhood, or learn appropriate behaviors. Opening your home to a Sheltered Paws Dog will be a life changing experience.

Name

First NameLast Name

Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Area Of Town

Email

example@example.com

Home Number

Area CodePhone Number

Cell Number

Area CodePhone Number

Work Number (If you'd like us to call you there)

Area CodePhone Number

Please list all the people who live in your home with relationship and age:

Does anyone in your home have allergies to animals?

If so, please advise who and if receiving medication:

Has everyone in your home agreed to accept a dog into your family?

Please list all animals that live in your home with species, breed, age, if they are spayed or neutered and any peculiar characteristics they may have:

Please list the veterinarian you take your pets to:

Do you own your home?

If no, does your landlord allow pets?

Do you have a yard?

Is it fenced?

Do you have an area in your home to keep a pet while you are busy or away from home?

Please describe any major, unexpected changes in your life during the next 1-12 months?

Have you ever fostered an animal before?

If so, please describe: animal type, how long, if you still own or foster the animal/or if not, what happened to the animal.

Which dogs are you willing to foster? (Longtimers are dogs that have been at the shelter for an extended period of time)

Be advised that we sometimes have animals who are in need of medical attention who may require extra patience, medication, etc. Are you prepared to do what is necessary to care for the animal's needs under a verterinarian's supervision? Please note: All health care of fostered animals will be provided 100% by Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue through our participating verterinarians. Before leaving the shelter, excluding a few exceptions, the dogs are tested for heartworms, given a general dewormer and given Bordatella and Distemper vaccinations. They are not given a Rabies shot. If you choose to take your foster to a non-participating veterinarian, Sheltered Paws will reimburse you for up to 60% of your expenses with a receipt.

Are you willing to make an attempt to work through unexpected hardships with your foster pet within reason, IE: House training, chewing, moderate unruliness, fear and acclimation to other pets, etc.?

If no, please explain:

Are you willing to participate in obedience training with your foster? Please note that Sheltered Paws is willing to cover training expenses that are approved.

Please describe any prior obedience training experience or past personal experience with behavioral or medical issues:

Do you agree to work with Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue volunteers to get photos and a bio published on our websites, get your foster dog out in front of potential adopters and find him/her a forever home?

Do you agree to contact Sheltered Paws dog Rescue in the event that the dog must be removed from your home? Additionally, do you agree to keep the dog for a reasonable amount of time until another placement can be made?

Would you be willing to have a Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue volunteer visit your home, with appropriate notification, before and/or during the time you have a foster?

I agree and understand that should I choose to adopt my foster, I am responsible for the adoption fee in full, as outlined on the adoption application, unless otherwise stated and agreed to by a Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue director:

How did you hear about Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue?

Why Do you want to foster a dog?

Foster Contract and Affirmation

I am applying to foster a dog through Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue. In the case of fostering, the person(s) agreeing to foster an animal (the foster family) will follow all the relevant procedures and guidelines regarding the animal as stated in the Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue Foster Contract. If the animal cannot be kept by the foster family, the foster family shall notify a Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue director immediately.

The animal should not be sold, abandoned, relinquished to a pound or shelter or to a rescue group other than Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue, transferred, or given to any individual, or to any retail or wholesale establishment. We appreciate your desire to assist Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue by fostering one of our adoptable pets, but in order to ensure the safety of your foster we ask that you review and sign the following terms and conditions.

1. If for any reason you have to return your foster you must return him/her to a Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue representative. A Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue representative will be happy to take your foster if you cannot keep them but we will require an appropriate time to make proper arrangements based on the animal's needs.

2. Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue must approve all applications for adoptions. Because you have gotten to know your foster dog very well, you play a large part in selecting the right home for your foster dog. Please follow the adoption process guidelines: have the potential adopter fill out an application online, wait for application approval, schedule a visit and meet/great with potential adopter dogs (either at your home or in a public place ie: park), and then advise adopter of adoption paperwork and payment that needs to be completed, schedule a pick up date. You are not to give your foster to anyone without the approval of a Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue representative.

3. If you must take your foster to the vet, we ask that you take them to an approved veterinarian with Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue. These vets give us a discount and allow Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue to pay the bill. Sheltered Paws will pay 100% of the bill when taken to an approved veterinarian. Please let a Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue representative know of your plans to go to the vet. If you choose to use your own vet, Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue will only pay for 60% of your expenses.

4. I have received, read, and asked for clarification if needed, regarding foster documents provided by Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue.

5. In signing this foster agreement with Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue, I declare that I am aware that: animals are different from human beings in their responses to human actions; the actions of animals are often unpredictable; children and animals must be closely supervised when interacting; an animal's behavior may change after it leaves the shelter and accustoms itself to its new environment.

6. I am aware that the educated opinions of the shelter staff and volunteers of Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue do not constitute a claim or guarantee as to the temperament, health or mental disposition of any animal available for foster or adoption.

7. I hereby accept possession, legal guardianship and responsibility for the animal I am fostering and discharge Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue forever from liability for any injury or damage to any person or property caused in the future by said animal, and from any causes of action, claims, suits, or demands whatsoever that may arise as a result of such injury or damages.

8. All of the information I have provided is true and complete to the best of my knowledge.

9. Should a pet be placed with me it will reside in my home as a pet. I agree to provide the dog with adequate food, water, shelter, affection and medical care which will be paid for by Sheltered Paws Dog Rescue.

10. I am at least 18 years of age.

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