Do you want to bring home some magic this holiday season? Want to experience the joy you remember from your childhood — and save a pet’s life at the same time? Here’s how: Foster a homeless pet! Fostering doesn’t just give pets a place to lay their heads. Spending time in a home, with a… Learn More
Want to share the peanut butter love with your favorite dog during Peanut Butter Lovers Month? The dog lovers at Maddie’s Fund® have you covered! The first two come from Kim, our Maddie’s® Adoption Program Manager. “Kongs stuffed with peanut butter and plain Cheerios are a delicious treat for dogs,” she said. “If they get… Learn More
Does your animal organization want to save more cats? You don’t need a bigger shelter or more money, but you do need foster homes. How do you get them? How do you train them? How do you keep the ones you have, and get more? Austin Pets Alive! cat foster manager Ashley Ferry has answers… Learn More
As part of our commitment to lifesaving, we want to help shelters and rescue groups grow, sustain, and improve their foster care programs. We also want to make pet fostering more rewarding and successful for the community members who participate in it. To do that, we need your help! Humane Network is conducting two surveys… Learn More
It seems everyone wants to learn the secrets of pet foster program success! The turnout for our live webcast with the wizards of fostering at San Francisco's Muttville Senior Dog Rescue was huge — and now you can relive the glory, or check it out for the first time, in our on-demand presentation. And if… Learn More
Foster programs are critical if we want to help more pets who are facing treatable medical conditions, and to expand the capacity of a community to care for its homeless pets. Does your shelter or rescue group have medical protocols in place to care for your fostered dogs and cats?
Does your shelter or rescue group have medical protocols in place to care for your pets and for your fostered dogs and cats?
Foster homes are the best way to get pets out of a stressful shelter environment and expand a community’s capacity to care for its homeless pets. How can foster homes protect their foster pets and their own dogs and cats, too, from canine parvovirus and feline panleukopenia?
Foster homes love, house, and care for homeless pets while they're looking for a new home. Doesn't that make them the perfect Adoption Ambassadors (AA), too? That's the view of ASPCAPro, which recently presented a free webinar on "Engaging Foster Parents to be Adoption Ambassadors," with Meg Allison, currently GIS data manager for the ASPCA… Learn More