Foster Home

Great Divide Animal Rescue
APPLICATION TO FOSTER
PO Box 5002
Burlington, NC 27216
Greatdivide@yahoo.com

Please note: When you foster a dog for Great Divide Animal Rescue, we take your advice and opinions very seriously. A dog's foster home provides us with very important information. We greatly appreciate our foster families, and our foster families are always kept current as to how the dogs that they have fostered are doing, receive photos, etc. We also try to place the dogs in a prompt manner, and make sure that all of our homes are superior families or individuals.

When fostering for us, we agree that we will provide all of the medical care necessary for the dog, including transporting the dog to and from the veterinarian when possible. In the case that the dog is fostered a VERY long distance away from us, we would like to set up an account with a veterinarian in your area. What we expect is that you will treat your foster dog with total love, and we hope that you can provide food for your foster dog. If that is not possible, we will try to work with you if we can.

Again, we thank you very much for your desire to help us, we definitely appreciate it! We have a long waiting list of dogs, puppies, cats and kittens desperately needing homes. Please, if you have room in your home and room in your heart, consider fostering! It is one of the most rewarding experiences in life that you could ever have!

(Due to the volume of applications, we are only able to contact those applicants who seem best-suited for fostering the dogs we currently have on our waiting lists. Unless instructed otherwise, we will keep your application on file and contact you when and if a good match for fostering comes into our care.)

Ready to Foster?

Applicant's Name

Applicant's Occupation

Applicant's Age

Spouse’s/Partner’s Name (if applicable)

Spouse’s/Partner’s Occupation

Spouse’s/Partner’s Age

Address

City

State

Zip Code

Phone #

E-Mail

Do you or a family member(s) have a relationship with an animal rescue or shelter? If so please explain.

Dog/dogs being considered

Please tell us the name, address and telephone number of your current veterinarian or the one you plan to work with should your adoption application be approved.

Please supply us with two personal references

1. Do you currently own any animals?

Yes

If Yes, please tell us about them. We would like to know their age, gender, breed, size, and general temperament towards other animals.

2. Do you have children?

Yes

If so, what are their ages and genders?

Do you feel as though they are respectful of animals; are you willing to make sure that your children and your animals respect each other?

3. Do you own your own home?

Yes

If not, please give us the name and telephone number of the homeowner/land lord.

What type of home do you live in? (House, apartment, condominium, etc.) Please describe your home to us: do you have a yard -- if so, is it fenced? Does your family live in an urban, suburban, or rural setting? Most importantly, do you feel as though your situation is the best situation possible for the dog that you are applying for?

4. How many hours a day will the dog/cat be left home alone?

When you are not home, where will the foster be (outside in pen, outside in yard, inside free, inside enclosed in an area, or inside in a crate)?

5. Do you routinely walk your dogs on a leash? Where and how will the dog be exercised every day?

6. Do you feel as though you have time to spend with this dog and are able to give it love as one of yours until he/she is placed?

7. If you have previously owned pets, please tell us about them, and their current status (passed on, lost, given away, stolen, etc.).

8. Do you wish you discuss potential homes with your adoption coordinator?

9. Are you comfortable with the responsibility of administering medication or treatment?

10. Are you willing to commit to work on socializing your foster dog, to use ONLY positive training techniques, and to never employ physical discipline?

11. While we make every effort to evaluate every foster dog and to place them in appropriate homes, we cannot guarantee each dog's behavior in any conceivable situation. Are you willing to accept these conditions and to work with your foster dog on any behavioral issues which may arise (we will, of course, support you in every way we can)?

12. Do you have any breed-specific, gender-specific, size or other requirements for the dog/dogs that you can foster? If so, please list.

13. Do you feel as though you would be capable of fostering a mother with a litter? Do you feel as though you would be capable of fostering a litter without a mother (bottle feeding, etc.)?

14. In the event that the foster pet does not get along with your other pets, are you willing/will you be able to keep them in separate areas?

15. Have you ever fostered an animal before? If so for what organization? Please share anything you'd like about those experiences.

16. Have you ever had issues with your own lets that you felt unable to work through?

Comments or questions?