Fostering, Sponsoring and Volunteering
Serving as a foster parent. The City Dog Pound is the home or last resort for far too many unwanted dogs. A far better approach is to place a rescue or stray dog with a legitimate rescue group & in a loving foster home. This gives the dog a chance to lead a better, happier life, and greatly increases the chances that the dog will be placed – a happy, clean dog is far more likely to be adopted than a caged, unhappy dog. So find a rescue group in your area and sign up to be a foster parent.
Sponsoring a rescue dog. Sometimes, for whatever reason, fostering isn’t a good idea – your travel
schedule, your older dogs not playing well with others, space constraints. Most rescue dogs come from bad situations, where their health and well-being have been neglected. A good shelter or rescue group always takes to the time to “vet” a dog before placing it, insuring it has its shots and that it is in good shape. “Sponsoring” a rescue, helping out with its vet bills, is a nice way to take some of the burden off of the rescue shelter and give the dog a better chance of finding a happy home.
Volunteering at a shelter or event. Chances are there are many shelters in your area that take strays and rescue dogs and desperately need help.
These shelters are always short-staffed and looking for volunteers. And there are lots of ways to volunteer – helping with an adoption event, or manning the desk on the weekends, or even coming by to take the dogs for walks. Everything helps, everything contributes.
Sponsoring a rescue dog. Sometimes, for whatever reason, fostering isn’t a good idea – your travel
schedule, your older dogs not playing well with others, space constraints. Most rescue dogs come from bad situations, where their health and well-being have been neglected. A good shelter or rescue group always takes to the time to “vet” a dog before placing it, insuring it has its shots and that it is in good shape. “Sponsoring” a rescue, helping out with its vet bills, is a nice way to take some of the burden off of the rescue shelter and give the dog a better chance of finding a happy home.
Volunteering at a shelter or event. Chances are there are many shelters in your area that take strays and rescue dogs and desperately need help.
These shelters are always short-staffed and looking for volunteers. And there are lots of ways to volunteer – helping with an adoption event, or manning the desk on the weekends, or even coming by to take the dogs for walks. Everything helps, everything contributes.
