Do you want to become a foster carer and prepare yourself well in advance?
Or are you already a foster carer and facing new challenges or difficult situations?

 

Working as a foster home for dogs is a central component of animal welfare.

 

Foster homes offer dogs from animal shelters or international animal rescue organizations a loving temporary home. During this transition period, the dogs can recover, settle in, and gain new experiences before being placed in their forever homes.

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Requirements:

• Experience in handling dogs

• Enough time to take intensive care of the foster dog.

• Written permission from the employer is required if the dog is taken to work.

• Sufficient financial resources to cover feed costs
  (Veterinary costs are covered by Dog Rescue)

• Keeping a maximum of four of your own dogs

  • For more than five dogs, training as an animal caretaker or the FBA is required.

• Valid personal liability insurance

• Written permission from the landlord that keeping a dog is allowed

• Willingness to receive interested adopters, introduce the foster dog and provide information about its nature

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Your role as a foster parent:

Foster homes do indispensable preliminary work for dogs who have had little opportunity to experience life or who bring in insecurities.

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You help the dog with this:

• to settle into a home environment

• Building trust and gaining security

• to learn about and process new situations

 

Experienced foster homes can:

• Observe the dog's needs, behaviors, and health status closely.

• Gather valuable information for later placement

• to train the dog in a targeted way and at its own pace

 

In addition, you will teach your foster dog basic rules of living together and begin training – adapted to the dog.

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Procedure - how to become a foster carer:

1. Write us an email or fill out the contact form.

   • Tell us why you are suitable as a foster carer.

   • Leave your phone number

2. We will contact you by phone to answer any initial questions.

3. You will participate in our free individual online seminar.

   • Getting to know each other via Zoom

   • Important information about the foster home

   • Space for your questions

4. You will receive feedback after the online seminar.

   whether you are a suitable foster home for us

5. Before a dog moves in, a home visit will take place.

6. Suitable foster dogs will be presented to you.

7. The foster dog is moving in with you

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​As a thank you for the free training, you have the opportunity to voluntarily leave a small donation for Dog Rescue Auktsjaur – of course without obligation.