Thank you for your interest in fostering a Ukrainian dog/cat. 

Foster families help us ensure all of our animals have a place to arrive to when they get to Berlin and they get the animals the vet care that they need.

What does it mean to be a foster family?
Foster families pick up their fostered animal when they arrive to Berlin. We ask that anyone arriving from more than a 1km distance from the pickup location be prepared to take a car/taxi/car share home as many of our animals are very traumatised when they arrive. We sometimes have some extra leashes/harnesses/crates, but we ask that the foster family bring these if they have them available.

All of our animals need to go to the vet within 24-hours of arriving to Berlin for an initial check-up, this is a condition of the Berlin Vet Department. Our foster families pay for the vet and are later reimbursed by the adopter. We are private individuals and not an organization (yet), so we rely on this help from the foster families to be able to pay for the initial vet costs of the animals. We have a list of recommended vets who speak English and take walk-in appointments.

Although the animals are fully vaccinated and chipped, the vet department may require a 21-day quarantine for your fostered animal. For this reason, the foster families should not have other animals or at least be able to separate the fostered animal from their own.

Please take into consideration that the animals will likely be in a state of shock when they arrive. They will need some time and space to decompress and some may show signs of extreme anxiety. For this reason, we would like to find foster families who can foster until the animal finds their forever home. This avoids us having to move the animals multiple times, which can further traumatise them.

Lastly, we will need support from the foster families to help us with the adoption process. We will ask you for pictures and updates about the animal you are fostering so we can try to find them the best fitting permanent family. We would also do a home visit with the potential adopter so they can meet your fostered animal.

What happens if you want to adopt your fostered animal?
Of course, this is possible! Foster families always receive priority in adopting.