What are the responsibilities of volunteers who foster Labs?
Our volunteers who foster our Labs provide a loving, but temporary (usually anywhere from a few days to a few weeks), home to dogs who would otherwise be in shelters or have run out of time in the shelter. (Many shelters euthanize dogs if they are not adopted within a certain period of time at the shelter.) Our fosters also provide vaulable feedback about their foster dog’s personality, socialization, and level of training. This information helps our adoption coordinators make better matches between our dogs and our adopters. Our fosters work with dogs on behavioral basics such as housetraining, cratetraining, leash walking, and sitting on cue. Foster dogs are matched to the lifestyle and needs of the foster home. If, for example, you have children, we ask you to foster dogs who are approved for placement with children. If you’re not experienced in dog training, that’s not a problem. You just need to be willing to learn! Training is provided, and our experienced volunteers are availabl
