The Rewards of Fostering
We provide the pet and supplies, and you provide the love!
Foster families fulfill a critical component of our lifesaving work. By providing a temporary home to a shelter animal, you are offering a loving, restful and healing retreat to a pet in need.
You don’t need to have previous animal experience to become a foster, just compassion, a love of animals and a willingness to learn. It’s a deeply rewarding and fun opportunity for an individual or a family!
St. Hubert’s provides the supplies necessary to care for the animal, as well as ongoing support. Foster parents receive a schedule of dates when the animal is due back to the shelter for vaccinations, worming medications and health checks.
*All resident animals in the foster home must be up to date on vaccines.
current fosters: click here for fostering resources.
Foster homes are most often needed for:
Dogs over 40 lbs. who are stressed in the shelter
Animals who are sick or recovering from an illness
Animals who need behavior training or socialization
Animals who are shy or timid
Moms with nursing kittens or puppies
Animals too young to be spayed or neutered
Pets whose owners are victims of domestic violence, eviction or other emergency situation
What does a foster do?
Fosters are responsible for the daily care of the animal.
They transport the animal(s) to the shelter for routine check-ups and vaccinations.
When an animal becomes available for adoption, fosters will serve as adoption advocates, which includes the following:
Sending frequent photos and updates
Communicating with potential adopters and conducting virtual introductions using Zoom or another video conferencing platform.
Email OUR FOSTER TEAM with any questions at FOSTER@sthuberts.org.
