While it certainly helps to have experience with the type of animal you would like to foster, PAWS can help you gain experience through other volunteer opportunities before you take on your first foster pet. You do not need any professional experience to become a foster parent, just a loving heart, basic knowledge about the type of animal you will foster and a desire to help companion animals. Seeing an animal you've cared for enter into its permanent, loving home is amazing. It's still hard to say goodbye, but watching the new family and their new pet together is worth it. For dogs, that includes distemper, rabies, parvo and bordetella.
Foster homes provide a loving home for as long as it takes to find a permanent home.
This can be a week, a month, sometimes as long as a year. As a non-euthanasia shelter, PAWS keeps our animals indefinitely. Of course, if you are getting too attached or need a break, we will make arrangements for a new home. Basically, the time commitment is up to you. You can specify size, sex, breed basically you decide what type of animal your home and lifestyle can handle.