Fostering, Sponsoring and Volunteering
Serving as a foster parent. Our local shelters and rescue groups are packed to the brim with amazing dogs and cats that are desperate to get into a home. Offering to be a foster parent can be a Godsend to an animal. Every 501c3 rescue group and every shelter facility in our city are begging for fosters. This gives the stressed out dog or cat a chance to lead a better, happier life, and greatly increases the chances that the animal in need will be placed – a happy, socialized dog or cat is far more likely to be adopted than a caged, unhappy one. So please, PLEASE find a rescue group or shelter 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 don't play well with others, space constraints. Most rescue dogs and cats come from sad and oftentimes 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, is spayed or neutered, etc.. “Sponsoring” a rescue, helping out with its vet bills, is a nice way to take some of the burden off of the rescue or shelter and give the dog or cat a better chance of finding a happy home.
Volunteering at a shelter or event. Every shelter and rescue group in our area are desperately in need of help. 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. Taking a dog for a walk or field trip brings them so much incredible joy! It really helps their mental state, plus helps them get into a home faster, by providing them with human interaction. Or snuggling with cats. Everything helps, everything contributes to the betterment of animals in need.
Sponsoring a rescue dog. Sometimes, for whatever reason, fostering isn’t a good idea – your travel
schedule, your older dogs don't play well with others, space constraints. Most rescue dogs and cats come from sad and oftentimes 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, is spayed or neutered, etc.. “Sponsoring” a rescue, helping out with its vet bills, is a nice way to take some of the burden off of the rescue or shelter and give the dog or cat a better chance of finding a happy home.
Volunteering at a shelter or event. Every shelter and rescue group in our area are desperately in need of help. 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. Taking a dog for a walk or field trip brings them so much incredible joy! It really helps their mental state, plus helps them get into a home faster, by providing them with human interaction. Or snuggling with cats. Everything helps, everything contributes to the betterment of animals in need.
