Foster Care Dog Melbourne
If you find a pet you d like to enquire about and offer your services as a foster carer click the enquire about this pet button on the pet s profile or contact the group using the contact details.
Foster care dog melbourne. We re always in need of people who are experienced dog owners to foster some of our special residents. Our foster care program provides these animals a temporary home where they can rehabilitate and recover in a safe and relaxing environment. At the lost dogs home we often have animals in need of a little extra attention and care. We save and rehome hundreds of dogs and cats every year.
Training dog foster carers melbourne look after a seeing eye dog while they undergo the 4 6 months of advanced training at school at our training facilities in kensington victoria. The rspca victoria foster program gives animals who are not yet ready for adoption a chance to live and be loved in foster homes. We hope to resume applications in mid september. Please note we have suspended all new applications to register as a foster carer at burwood and peninsula while we work through a backlog of applications.
A leader of the no kill movement since 1985 we work steadfastly for change from a culture of killing companion animals. Every new foster family means another pet rescued from our over burdened public shelters. They may be under weight recovering from surgery under age participating in our behaviour program or simply just need a holiday from the busy shelter. Step 1 please request information on our foster program by emailing.
Step 2 complete the volunteer application and upon acceptance our foster application. The only cost is food and your time and care. You can directly save the life of a cat or dog kitten or puppy by becoming a foster parent. Our dogs often need to be transported from vets to their foster carers.
While receiving training our dogs need to be dropped off at the seeing eye dog training facilities in kensington each morning and then collected each afternoon monday to friday. A seat belt harness or a lead. Dogs with behavioral issues. Become a foster carer for rspca victoria.
Foster caring can be an incredibly rewarding experience to see the look of trust and growing confidence in a dog that has been rescued from death row and to watch them go to a family who will love and care for them knowing that they are now part of the vicdrg family and we will always be there for them. Rspca victoria dog cat guinea pig horse rabbit bird mouse. Assisting with transport is a huge help to us and our foster carers as sometimes we can t make it to transport the dogs. Volunteer application step.
We recommend that you have restraints in your car i e. Medical conditions palliative care and surgery dogs. We are continuing to receive large numbers of applications for each animal on the foster portal so we ask that you remain. Save a dog scheme is a community based not for profit animal welfare organisation based in melbourne australia.
As a community fostercare network we cannot exist without our foster carers. Our medical foster dogs can need anywhere from short term foster for minor medical conditions to long term palliative care for dogs who need a loving and nurturing home for the last period of their life. If you would like to assist with transport please call caroline on 0432 585 484 or email us at email protected.