Fostering

Thank you in advance for inquiring about fostering a rescue dog from Canine Guardians for Life!

If you’ll complete the brief foster application below, we’ll be happy to be in touch with you very soon! We’re very grateful for your offer of help!

Our Do’s and Don’ts

Canine Guardians for Life dogs need to be kept inside and treated as a member of the family. Please be patient with our dogs. Most of them have come from situations where they haven’t been able to depend on humans for love and comfort. They’ve now have been given a second chance at life, and they deserve to have a secure life filled with love and happiness. You will be helping us to assure this happens!

Canine Guardians for Life is solely responsible for finding a home for the dog, and the foster family must not place him/her in a home that has not been through our own adoption process! We do, however, appreciate all help you can give us to find an appropriate home. If you find a potential home, please have them contact us directly. If you find you might be interested in adopting your foster, you will then need to complete our normal adoption application as well.

Responsibilities of the Foster Parent:

  1. Provide a safe, loving environment for the dog. If no secure fencing is provided, there must be a total commitment to leash walking!
  2. Socialize the dog properly.
  3. Observe how the dog acts in different situations, and with different people and animals.
  4. Notify CGL of any concerns about health or behavior immediately. Dogs will be totally vetted before arrival. If a situation arises requiring additional vet visits while in your care, CGL will assume all financial responsibility.
  5. Although we realize that people work, the foster dog must be walked and have some attention at least once during the work day (we require this for our adopting homes as well). Our dogs cannot be left alone for a full day, nor can they be crated for periods longer than four hours.
  6. IMPORTANT: Please understand that we cannot predict how long or short a foster period might be. We’ve adopted out dogs in under a week….but we’ve also had dogs in foster for as long as three months (rarely longer, but occasionally). Once a dog is in your foster care, we need to be able to rely on you to commit to the dog. For instance, if you are going on vacation, once approved by CGL, you should make arrangements for the foster as you would for a dog of your own….i. e. kenneling, or taking him/her with you. We have no facility locally in which to kennel/hold the dog, nor have we funds to pay for kenneling.

Foster Family Application Form

Your Name (required)

Your Email (required)

Your Address (required)

City, State, Zip (required)

Phone (required)

What gender are you looking to foster?  male female

Is there a certain dog your are interested in fostering?

What age of do do you prefer? (required)

What is your occupation? (required)

Please provide the names, phone numbers, and emails (if applicable) of two personal references (not relatives)?

Name One (required)

Phone (required)

Email

Name Two (required)

Phone (required)

Email

What is the name of your vet (he/she will be contacted for reference)(required)

Your Vet phone number (required)

I hereby give permission to call my vet for reference. (required)

Is your yard fenced in? (required)

If not, will you commit to 100% leashing of your foster dog? (required)

Do you have children that live in or visit your home? (required)

(please note that we are generally and regrettably unable to consider fostering or adopting to homes with multiple youngsters)

Do you have any other pets? (required)

If so, please list all of their names, breeds, and ages

Are all of these pets spayed or neutered?

If not, why?

Does everyone in the family want to foster? (required)

How long will the dog be left alone at a time?(required)

What is your work schedule? (required)

Where will he/she be kept during such periods? (required)

Where will the dog sleep at night? (required)

What brand of food do you plan to feed the dog? (required)

Do you understand and accept that foster dogs may not be housebroken? (required)

I understand all of the questions and have completely read the application and understand that this Canine Guardians for Life dog MUST be indoors and this dog will NEVER be left unattended outside. I further understand that for any reason that this dog does not work out, I will return him/her to CGL.

I Accept

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