Read Open Letter to Prospective Foster Families
To be a foster home you need:
DESIRE, to help a Great Dane in need. To bring it into your home and make a difference.
PATIENCE! is big one. It takes time for a shelter Dane to learn the rules of the house and for many Danes being inside at your house will be the first time.
LOVE, you need LOVE. This unloved and unwanted Great Dane is going to need LOTS of love and attention. We promise you will get it all back 10 times from this grateful Dane. This dane is going to love you unconditionally whether you want it to or not!
TRAINING, if you do not know how to potty train, or teach a Great Dane the rules of your house, crate train, or teach basic commands like sit, stay, leave it, or wait...we can help make you an expert. Just ask.
FOOD, Foster homes buy food, toys, bowls, etc. Read Feeding Your Great Dane and Why we don't feed puppy food to learn how to feed and how to buy food.
CRATE, If we have one to loan, you are welcome to it. If we have the money to buy one to loan to you, we will. But if we are hard up for cash and have no crates, we ask our foster homes to buy a crate. We get a price break on them and can arrange to have one for you to pick up if you can put up the $100.00.
STRENGTH, When the time comes for this now loved, washed, well fed, and trained Great Dane to leave, you will need to be strong and let it go. You will have turned him/her into the most wonderful Dane ever. Knowing this will have to be enough for you to say Good-bye.
What Rescue provides:
VET CARE. We provide funds for spay and neuter, vaccinations, heartworm preventative and incidental vet care as needed. Please call us before you take your foster Dane to the vet. We have some vet connections that provide us care at a better rate than most other vets and sometimes we have learned a vet visit is not needed. We have learned to take care of small wounds, diarrhea, tummy upset, or other little things ourselves and we can teach you how as well.
TRAINING. We have trained a bunch of Great Danes. We know how to help. Call us before you get frustrated. We have articles, handouts, and we will even show up and help hands on if needed.
CRATES. if we have them or the money to buy them, we will loan them to you.
ADOPTIVE HOMES. We work to find your foster dog a permanent home. We accept applications and do background checks. We promise to send only approved adopters to your home to meet your foster dane. You do not have to meet prospective adopters at your home if you are uncomfortable. A neutral location like a local Petsmart or Petco is also a good place to meet. We promise to work with your schedule. You can often set the date and time for a viewing.
Before Fostering HGDR you must prove you are over 21, have taken responsibility for the pets in your household through proper vet care, and are willing to do the same for your Foster Great Dane. To care for a Great Dane you must know the basics please read the following articles.
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Step 1. Application
Complete and send Foster Application in. The more complete you answers and less blanks to faster we can complete your application.
Step 2. Home Visit
Once your application is completed on our end you will be contacted for a home visit. This is not the big deal that is sounds like. Its not a white glove test. Its a time to share dog proofing ideas, tell you what we have learned about living with Great Danes and how to avoid the pitfalls we all went through. Also share some stumbling blocks foster family often have and our solutions so your can have a smoother transition thank most of us did.
Once the home visit is complete, your will be contacted about Danes in need for you to begin fostering. HGDR will make every effort to place a Dane compatible with your lifestyle based on the information we have about a Dane in need at the time of intake.
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