Because of the terrible shortage of foster homes and the abundance of dogs who are at risk of being killed, most often we cannot do this. All of the dogs on our 3rd Party Assisted Adoption page are either animals in this situation or animals in the care of other rescue organizations with which we are working. Most of our dogs come from shelters. When the shelter is unable to hold the dog any longer due to conditions of space, or because of the health of the dog, we will pull the animal as we can. Our ability to pull dogs from shelters rest entirely on whether or not we have a foster home in which to place the animal on an interim basis until he or she can be placed.
Foster homes are very hard to come by.
Foster homes buy the animals time, something they don't have in a shelter. For this reason, the availability of foster homes is an essential component of the rescue effort. If you would like to consider being a foster care provider, please get in touch with us to discuss the matter further. This might NOT be one of our most frequently asked questions, but we WISH it were. There is so much to do that our volunteers have a hard time getting it all done.