How to Foster a Rescue Dog - Large Print by Wendy Blanda (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Fostering a rescue dog can be rewarding both to the volunteer and to the dog. It is a way to help dogs in need, reduce the pet overpopulation problem, and have a loving four legged house guest on a short-term basis.

But how do you get started in dog fostering?

How do you pick a good rescue to work with? What do you need to do to begin?How do you select the right dog and the right adoption application? Isn't it too hard to let them go? Don't you want to keep them all?

"How to Foster a Rescue Dog" answers all of these questions, and more. What's included in this rescue primer:

• Why foster? The benefits of fostering
• Evaluating what kind of dog you'd like to foster and what you can give
• Selecting a rescue
• Bringing home and caring for your foster
• The adoption-ready dog
• Meet and greets with potential adopters
• After the adoption
• Other ways to give back besides fostering

This book goes into detail and gives advice far beyond what you will find on websites or what you will find in typical foster training.

Review Quotes

"This is an awesome, carefully researched, well-footnoted treasure of a book! The author covers the subject extremely well. As a fellow animal lover (with four cats and a dog), I think she does a great job of explaining everything about this hugely important topic. It includes everything you may need to know about fostering dogs, and why the role of offering your home as a foster home to shelter dogs is essential to help reduce euthanasia. My favorite part is the wealth of fictional stories used to illuminate the facts, and the dog photos presented apparently to light up our hearts. This is written by a dog fostering veteran, and she does not sugar coat the downsides, including perhaps the main one -- how hard it is to give your fostered dogs up to their forever home." - G.A. Kindle Customer

"I Rescued and Adopted a dog nearly six years ago, and she's still a part of our family to this day, I wish I had had a book like this six years ago, this book is truly a hidden treasure for those who are just bringing a new animal into their homes. Highly Recommended!!" -Stacy