Open Your Home, Save a Life

Open your home and heart to a dog in need! Fosters provide a temporary home for puppies, moms, seniors, or medical cases until they’re ready for adoption. We supply everything—food, medical care, and ongoing support—so you can focus on giving love and care.

How does fostering work?

All types of dogs come into our care that need a foster family. Puppies, mom and pups, senior dogs, large dogs, and even medical dogs routinely need a place to thrive, outside of the excitement of the shelter environment. As a foster, you open your home and provide care for your new furry friend, getting to know them and helping them find find the perfect forever home.

You aren’t on your own, though! Arizona Small Dog Rescue pays for all medical expenses for your foster dog. We also provide you with everything you would need, such as a kennel, food, toys, dishes, etc. We will accommodate as much as resources allow. We have dedicated Foster Coordinator to partner with your every step of the way.

A rewarding experience

Fostering is an incredibly rewarding experience. You’re not just opening your home, you’re saving a life. What should you expect? The good news is, it’s not complicated. As a foster for Arizona Small Dog Rescue you’ll care for your foster dog just like you would a permanent pet. This includes:

• providing a safe space for your foster to unwind and relax
• getting to know your new friend and providing regular status updates to AZSDR
• transporting your foster to medical appointments as needed
• participating in adoption events to help find your foster their forever home

Want to learn more? Sign up to become a foster for Arizona Small Dog Rescue today!

“…the best decision I ever made.”

I had been interested in fostering for quite some time but was nervous about moving forward because I didn’t feel I had enough experience with dogs. One day I logged into the foster page for Arizona Small Dog and I saw a photo of this tiny moppet of a dog with hair covering her face and several large open wounds on her back. The post said she was at the Yuma Humane Society and AZSDR could only pull her if she had a committed foster home. I waited 5 minutes. 10 minutes. 20 minutes. Thinking someone else would comment and say that they would take her…after half an hour of watching the post with no responses I raised my hand.

Misty came into our home as this quiet, tentative, shy little dog. She had a broken jaw that required surgery, the wounds on her back needed daily cleaning and treatment. When Misty was healed and ready for adoption I approached the process of finding her new family very seriously. I finally found a wonderful couple and was set to tearfully send them the email letting them know they had been selected when my husband text me from work and said “don’t give Misty up- she’s ours”. They were the words I’d been waiting to hear. Permission to be a foster failure!

We’ve had Misty for 3 years now and we can’t imagine life without her. She brings us so much joy with her funny little personality. Fostering was the best decision I have ever made.”

Susan, AZSDR Foster since 2022

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