Just as with our adoptive homes, we require that a foster home provide the foster basset with adequate shelter during the day and indoor sleeping quarters at night. We ask that you feed your foster hound a good quality dog food. Iams, Science Diet, Eukanuba, and Nutro are good choices.
Many foster dogs come into our care very under nourished.
Occasionally you may need to drive your foster hound somewhere. We try to have the vet care handled by the time a basset is placed in foster care, but there are times that just can't happen - if weight needs to be gained, or if a dog needs to recover from previous care. In that case, transportation may be required to and from a vet. Bringing your foster hound to these events gives him exposure to potential adoptive families. When basset hounds come to us from a shelter or as strays, we have no idea whether they're house trained.