Calgary Animal Rescue Society

Interested In Fostering?

Why Should You Foster?

Our network of volunteer foster homes is of paramount importance to Calgary Animal Rescue success. Animals are placed in appropriate foster homes where they receive necessary veterinary care, socialization with people and other animals, training, and most importantly – LOVE . Our foster homes have the opportunity to discover each animal’s unique personality and help us to match the animal to the perfect forever home.

If you have love to spare, consider becoming a foster home. It is the most rewarding experience in life to know that you have given HOPE and LOVE to an animal in their hour of need.

What’s involved in fostering?

What CARS relies on its foster homes to provide:
  • support, love and guidance for the foster animal in preparation for future adoptions
  • transport of the foster animal to arranged veterinary appointments for health checks and procedures, also potential medication administration as needed
  • transport of the foster animal to adoption events and frequent updates with pictures to CARS regarding the foster’s unique personality
  • liaise with pre screened potential adopters and arrange mutually agreed upon meetings with potential adopters and the foster animal

What CARS provides its foster homes with:
  • all animal care items for each individual foster animal such as: crates, bowls, kennels, food, litter, litter box, leash, collar, treats, beds, toys, puppy pads
  • around the clock support to foster home coordinator via phone or email and training as required
  • veterinary care/costs of foster animal under the express guidance of the CARS foster coordinator

Types of foster homes

Adult Dog – Normal care, possibly minor medical treatments, basic or advanced obedience training. General placements are from a few weeks to a couple of months.
Puppy – Normal care, possibly minor medical treatments. Obedience training, housebreaking, crate training. Generally placements are for a few weeks.
Adult Cat – Normal care, possibly minor medical treatments. Generally placements are for a few weeks to a Couple of months. Kittens – Normal care, possibly minor medical treatments, basic training. Generally placements are for a few weeks.
Medical Care (Canine or Feline) – Moderate medical treatments, supportive care (tasks may include applying warm compresses, administrating pills, administrating drops or ointments, monitoring incisions, etc.) Medical Care fosters may require a room separate from foster household animals. Generally placements are 2-6 weeks.
Neonatal (Canine or Feline) – Pregnant and after-birth care. Generally placements are for 8 to 16 weeks. Quarantine (Canine or Feline) – Normal care, possibly minor to moderate medical treatments.
Quarantine foster homes either have no other animals in the home, or they have a separate room that can be sanitized and used to quarantine animals who have uncertain histories, weakened immune systems, or who are contagious. Generally placements are 2 -4 weeks.

If you have love to spare, consider becoming a foster home. It is the most rewarding experience in life to know that you have given HOPE and LOVE to an animal in their hour of need.

How We Support Fosters

Our foster homes are very important to us. We fully supply them with everything that they need to care for the animals they foster. 

  • * crates         
  • * bowls                
  • * kennels     
  • * food                    
  • * litter          
  • * litter box
  • * leash        
  • * collar                  
  • * treats       
  • * beds            
  •   *toys           
  • *puppy pads

We are available to our foster homes 24/7. 

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We supply any training/support that they feel they may need to helping the foster animal in their care. 

Foster Home Application