We are always looking for loving foster homes in Vermont and New Hampshire. If you would like to make a difference in a rescue dog's life by fostering PLEASE fill out the foster application.

Foster lengths vary from two days to eight weeks depending on the dog. Foster parents provide a safe environment with love, patience and food. NNEDR covers all Vet expenses.
Fostering a rescued dog is a big responsibility. You must be able to provide a safe, clean and caring environment for an animal that will require time for healing physically and/or emotionally. Medical expenses will be covered by NNEDR, foster families will be involved in transporting and scheduling of appointments.

It's not possible for us to predict how long a dog will be in foster care before its permanent home is found. We have had dogs in foster care for as short as a few days to up to a few months. How quickly we can place a dog depends on a number of factors, such as physical appeal, age, health and training. For many dogs, we've found that foster families who provide basic training (obedience and good manners) to their foster dogs make those dogs easier to place, and they tend to get adopted more quickly.  We run a weekly training class for our foster dogs and we encourage all foster families to participate.

When dogs are first rescued, they are generally untrained and exuberant, happy to finally be with someone who cares! Sometimes they are not housebroken, and have some minor behavioral problems (getting into garbage, getting into food from counters, jumping up, etc.) We are always happy to provide foster parents with advice and guidance on solving any behavioral problems that might surface. We use positive reinforcement training methods and do not condone violence against dogs or the use of pain in the name of "training."

It is hard, sometimes very hard, to say goodbye to a dog you've cared for, loved and trained. In the end, however, we all find that the rewards of knowing that your foster dog has a family of his very own is well worth the pain of saying goodbye. After all, the greatest gift we can give a dog is a forever family to love!

If you are able to provide the above, please read and complete this questionnaire.

 

For more information about our foster program email foster@nnedr.org