Remember the 3-3-3 rule for dogs when coming into any new home environment:
- 3 days of feeling overwhelmed and nervous
- 3 weeks of settling in
- 3 months of building trust and bonding with you
REMEMBER: ALL DOGS NEED TIME TO DECOMPRESS
Most of our dogs came from different stressful and scary situations. Some dogs were neglected, abused, not socialized around any humans or other dogs, some never shown love in their lives. As foster parents, you will be their guardian angel to provide them with patience, guidance, and love. Please allow your new foster to settle into their new environment with ease by respecting their boundaries and allowing the adequate time to decompress before being adopted into their forever homes. Remember, it can take over 3 months for dogs to adjust to any new environments!
Our rescue will provide you with everything you need to foster one of our dogs. This will include food, a crate, blankets, a collar, and necessary vetting costs. If you'd like to supply any other items to support our rescue, we would be very grateful! Since we are a small rescue, we won't be able to reimburse foster parents with any other supplies he/she decides to purchase without our consent.
Please keep in mind that the foster on-boarding process can take about 2-4 days. This allows our team to carefully review foster applications to ensure the best possible fit for both our foster applicants and our foster dogs. We want to do our best to ensure a foster family is willing to provide the best living situation for our foster dogs.
Please only apply if you are serious about making this commitment. We greatly appreciate devoting your time to save a life! We can't wait to welcome you to our Ohana!
