Become a Planned Pethood dog or cat foster parent!
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Planned Pethood Foster Program You need no formal obedience or vet tech training--just plenty of love! We need you! Fostering gives many homeless animals the extra time they need to heal or, in the case of very young puppies and kittens, time to simply grow old enough to be adopted out. If becoming a dog foster pet parent sounds like your cup of tea, fill out our on line foster application now by clicking here! If you would like to foster cats and kittens, please contact us here.
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1. Our fosters care for our dogs and cats between our weekly adoption events. 2. You are provided veterinary care for our animals in your care. We sometimes can provide food too! 3. Foster parents provide love, food, water, shelter and a loving environment. Your job is to better prepare a dog or cat for their new home. We also would like our fosters to help train their visiting dogs when ever possible. 4. Foster parents provide us valuable information to better place an animal in a new home. 5. You can foster one night--or until your dog or cat gets adopted. It's up to you! Interested? Fill out our on line dog foster application here! If you would like to foster cats and/or kittens, please contact us here. |
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Fostering gives a dog or cat a wonderful, life-affirming project for the entire family. Fostering might better give your family the opportunity to see if you are ready for the commitment of a dog or cat. Fostering is fun, REWARDING and teaches responsibility and costs virtually nothing. Fostering can be done anywhere--in a house or apartment. when you are ready.
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How fostering changes lives...
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Fostering plays a BIG part in the success of our organization. We ALWAYS NEED MORE FOSTERS! The more foster moms and dads we have, the more dogs and cats we can save! Kids love helping and learn how care and
responsibility in the process. 
Fostering gives a dog or cat a second chance at life. 
My involvement as a foster mom with Planned Pethood has enriched my life. I enjoy being a part of an organization that helps so many cats and dogs in Northwest OH. I am a retired TPS teacher after 37 years. Now I enjoy a different type of teaching. I spend my days teaching and socializing my furry friends to better prepare them for their new home.
Karen A.,
foster mom
We LOVE being fosters! Now that our own boys have grown and moved out on their own, we needed something rewarding to do with ourselves! We LOVE these dogs! We play "Doggy School" with the dogs for about 5 minutes at a time-- twice a day, which is when we teach them basics such as sit, shake, stay & so on. The hardest thing about being fosters is parting with the dogs, even when we know they are going to wonderful homes. The truth is we do fall in love with each and every foster! We like to think we really DO make a difference. By giving them at least some basic training, these dogs will go on to become better family members for their new families! Fostering is so rewarding! Kirk and Julie, Planned Pethood foster parents
"All of my children were in college and my wife came home from work two hours after me. I was spending most of my time alone. Now I foster dogs, one at a time. First they get a bath and a good brushing. Then we start working on manners and obedience. Before they get adopted, I try to make them a better house pet. On average, every 18 days I have a new dog. In the last two years, I have fostered 35
dogs. Exercise is boring, but taking the dog for a walk is not. But the most important thing is that I am not nearly as lonely"...Ted D, Planned Pethood foster dad.
Fostering for Planned Pethood has shown me that I can still do something I love and enjoy, which is helping animals regardless of a work related injury I received. Watching a dog or puppy who was once scared, turn into a wonderful pet for someone is extremely heartwarming. Letting go of a foster is very, very hard, but there are always more animals out there that need to be saved from somewhere--whether it be the pound, an abusive home
or from the streets. Fostering is an extremely rewarding feeling knowing that I am part of an organization that saves helpless animals...Kathy L,- Planned Pethood foster mom.