Working to Re-Home Companion Animals in Sussex
The
Sussex Pet Rescue Charitable Trust
Registered Charity
No.1048731
Fostering
Fostering
We don’t
have kennel facilities. All
our dogs are placed in ‘foster homes’
whilst they wait to be re-homed. These are people who are
prepared to look after a dog
in their own home for as long as it takes us to
find permanent and loving homes. This
could be a
matter of days, weeks or even a
few months but it gives us a chance to assess the needs
of the particular dog e.g. can he/she live with another dog, older
children, cats, etc. It also provides us with an
opportunity to check the health of the dog and
to vaccinate, micro-chip and neuter.
These wonderful ‘foster homes’ give the
dog love, time and exercise etc freely. However, Sussex Pet Rescue
always pays for expenses such as
petrol and all food and veterinary bills.
We are
always in need of such wonderful people and we would be happy to meet
you in your home to give further information.
As with adoption, we also carry out home checks for
new fosterers and we ask you to sign a form indemnifying Sussex Pet Rescue from
any damage that may becaused to the
foster home, although in reality, only on a very few occasions has
any damage
been caused.
The
requirements necessary for ‘fostering’ are given below:
Some experience of taking care of a dog is
needed.
Someone at home most of the day as dogs may be insecure if they
have lost their
homes.
A secure garden.
Have no very young
children who may not understand that insecure dogs need
their
own space and time to adapt.
Most of all you need a love of dogs and patience with their
behaviour when it
isn’t quite up to scratch. They occasionally need help with house training and
learning not to chew etc!!
Before we take a dog into our
care, he/she is assessed and we do not
take
in
fighters or biters.