FOSTER HOME AGREEMENT

You are an extraordinary person. It’s easy to say you want to help, but by taking a needy animal into your home, you are making a HUGE difference. Your commitment to help gives your foster pet a chance to experience real home life. A foster home provides our animals with a safe, positive, and loving environment where they can at last feel like a valued, family member. This home experience gives our animals a chance to develop confidence and learn house rules AND it provides Ruff Riders Rescue a better knowledge of their personalities and their true nature. Thank you!

  1. Foster parent must fill out our adoption application so we can obtain appropriate background information.

  2. Ruff Riders Rescue provides medical care for the foster pet through our rescue veterinary. Expenditures other than emergency care and treatment must be pre-approved by Ruff Riders Rescue.

  3. Foster pet will not be left off leash in an unfenced area at any time.

  4. Foster parent will keep the provided collar and tags on their foster pet at all times. Foster pet will be kept indoors or in a fenced area on the grounds of the foster home. The foster pet will sleep indoors.

  5. The foster parent will take proper care of the foster pet. Including providing pet with adequate food, water, and shelter, and exercised appropriately. If medical problems arise, foster parent will contact Ruff Riders Rescue immediately. Except for emergency treatment, the foster parent will make arrangements with Ruff Riders Rescue to get the foster dog to the rescue veterinary clinic.

  6. Foster puppies must not visit public areas other than our adoption center and our veterinarian unless they are over 4 months old and have had their 3 sets of vaccinations. (This is because at this age they are very susceptible to parvo and distemper so we try to limit their possible exposure). Puppies may not visit dog parks or other highly trafficked pedestrian/dog walkways.

  7. Unless previously agreed upon by a Ruff Riders Rescue representative, the foster parent will not be compensated for expenses incurred in the normal daily care of the animal (i.e., food, toys, grooming, etc.).

  8. Ruff Riders Rescue is not responsible for any unforeseen events and/or damages that may occur as a result of fostering the pet. (i.e. things like soiled carpets, eaten shoes, and chewed furniture.).

  9. The foster pet remains the property of Ruff Riders Rescue. The foster pet will be returned to Ruff Riders Rescue immediately upon request.

  10. The foster pet cannot be transferred to another party or location without approval from Ruff Riders Rescue.

  11. The foster pet is to be adopted to its permanent home only through the screening process and standard adoption policy of Ruff Riders Rescue. The foster parent is welcome to refer candidate adopters directly to Ruff Riders Rescue.

  12. If the foster parent is interested in adopting their foster pet, the standard adoption policies apply; this includes completing an adoption contact as well as paying the adoption fee.

    Foster Parent's Name: _______________________________________ Foster Pet: ____________________
    Signature: _________________________________________________ Date: ___________________

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