Long Term Foster Care
Long term fostering is needed for those animals who are not reserved and who do not have a travel date, but who we feel confident will find a home either in Portugal or abroad if given a little time and proper care.
Long term fostering is not forever fostering. Usually, it will be two or three months. During this time, if you need to travel or if you have an unplanned for departure or problem, we will make arrangements to find the animal another foster family or a placement at a boarding kennel.
Many of the dogs and puppies that we are asked to help urgently need a place to stay. If we cannot find them a temporary home then we are unable to help. They often end up either being left on the streets or taken to a municipal camara. Their situations are urgent. Sadly, there will always be more dogs in this situation than we are able to help, but if we can even save just a special few it makes it all worthwhile. Only by finding these dogs a temporary placement can we give them a chance to find a home.
Babs was one such dog. When contacted about her we found her a foster family and within one week she was wanted by 4 different people. If we had not found her a foster family she would have sadly ended up being just any other homeless dog among hundreds.
https://picasaweb.google.com/rehomed.sosalgarveanimals/BabsRehomedGinieHolland#
Or Special, just a little boy, found curled up on the roadside, he was taken into foster care and very quickly he found a new home.
https://picasaweb.google.com/rehomed.sosalgarveanimals/SpecialRehomedMichaelaBerlin#
There are also special dogs at the shelters that we know we will be able to find homes for if they are given a little time with a foster family and a bit of extra love.
Haley, from Goldra, was one such special case. She had a wonderful nature inside of the shelter, but as the shelter was the only life she knew when ever anyone thought about adopting her it was impossible, as she simply curled up in a ball outside of the shelter gates and refused to move. Haley went to a special long term foster family, where she was given the time and love she needed to gain her confidence. In three months time, when she was ready, she was rehomed to Holland and was able to go straight to a home with children and cats, and she is now the most wonderful and beloved family pet. Without her Portuguese foster family this would never have been possible and she would probably never have found a permanent home.
the Goldra gates!
Foster mummy
in Holland.
Contact Us if you would like to be a long term foster carer.