Foster

Foster

Foster homes are a crucial part of rescue. The dogs that require medical care, including quarantine and many small dogs are in need of a foster home. This is a huge benefit to the animal as they rest and recover as well as crate training, house training and leash training to get the dog ready to transition into their forever homes.

Being a foster home, you offer a safe haven as well as some of the first experiences of love, warmth and trust our dog will have. We will try and match a foster and animal based on what would create the most rewarding experience!

Fostering is extremely emotionally rewarding and it will give you many priceless memories. If you have extra love to give and a passion for making a difference, please consider being a foster home for a homeless animal today!

Short-Term Fostering

Short-term fostering can be anywhere from a week to two months. We provide everything you need: food, dishes, toys, crates, towels, etc. You provide a safe home and plenty of love and socialization. Some examples of short-term foster care:

• Nursing moms with litters who need a quiet environment to raise their babies.

• Bottle babies who need constant feeding and care.

• Puppies and kittens who are old enough to eat on their own but haven’t fully developed their immune systems and are susceptible to illness in the kennel.

• Sick or injured animals that need a calm space to recuperate until they are ready for adoption.

Forever Foster Program

Loving a dog is forever, and this innovative program will allow loving fosters to do just that.

Welcome to our “Forever Foster” program. These loving foster homes are meant for our senior dogs, our bully breeds, and those dogs whose physical or medical issues may keep them from being formally adopted. We are looking for people over 65 who live independently and would like the companionship of a pet but whose finances won’t stretch to pet ownership. Or who just feel it is not responsible to adopt at their time of life when they would worry what might happen to the dog if they pass away. ADNL will retain ownership and pay for food, preventative care, and vet visits.

This program is only available in the Bay of Banderas area.

Interested in becoming a foster parent?

Fostering is work.

Being a foster parent can be emotionally difficult – ask any of our foster parents when their fosters are ready for adoption and they have to bring them back to us. Animals can be messy, especially babies. We may need you to medicate your foster animals. Puppies in particular almost always need oral antibiotics. Some foster animals need to be taken to regular vet appointments.

Fostering is incredibly rewarding.

There’s nothing sweeter than kissing a puppy belly or more fun than watching a street dog discover the world of a couch and a safe haven. If you are prepared for the reality of fostering we need you. We depend on foster parents to help us save even more animals. And while you are not required to adopt your foster animal, we recognize that falling in love is sometimes inevitable. Foster parents have the first right to adopt their foster animals.

We are always available to our foster parents.

If you have questions or need anything while fostering, just let us know. We encourage foster parents to keep in touch with us.