The do not have enough immunity to protect them from diseases.Īre you ready to foster? We want to make fostering an easy, fun thing for everyone. Puppies under four months old MAY NOT go outside.Young animals will need to be vaccinated every two weeks. It is imperative that animals be re-vaccinated and receive medical follow ups on the date they are due. JHS will provide all veterinary care that is needed, but it will be up to you to keep scheduled appointments.In most cases, it is necessary at least for the first ten days to prevent exposure to to other pets. Animals will be exposed to kennel cough, upper respiratory infections and assorted others medical conditions.Maybe you don't have enough hours in the day for puppies, but could foster an adult dog. Consider if you have adequate time to foster. JHS will provide food and supplies, but day to day care and health monitoring is up to you.Here are some things to think about before fostering. It takes some patience but is very rewarding. Puppies can create lots of "poo" and can be a lot of work, kittens can climb curtains and scratch couches. Your responsibilities are a foster parentįostering is lots of fun, but it is not for everybody. These pets may just need a few days or a week, but by leaving the shelter, they open up their cage so we can help another animal. They have a place to go, but are just waiting on their transport.
We will provide the medications prescribed by our veterinarian, and any training tips you need…you just add the love…and the TIME they need to heal!įoster animals are pets that have been ‘tagged” or chosen by a rescue group. Sometime we have a dog that is recuperating from a surgery, or a litter of kittens who just aren’t quite sure if they can really trust people. The shelter sees many pets that would be highly adoptable, if they could just have a few weeks to recover from common ailments, like kennel cough or puppy mange. Pets with medically treatable conditions often would benefit from some TLC in the comfort of a home, or may need some help with socialization or training. All of these animals would make wonderful, loving pets, but they just don’t show well in the shelter next to cute fluffy speckled puppies or fuzzy, playful kittens. Happy Hearts fosters could be little black puppies, or the awkward, long legged 9 month old shepherd mix, or maybe the tubby tortoiseshell cat that hides in the corner. Some pets are healthy and adoptable, but just get overlooked. Fostering not only saves the life of the animal which is placed in a foster home, but also the one that can take his or her empty cage.Īlmost any animal in the shelter would benefit from foster care, and we have programs for all of them. We work very hard to find new homes for our animals for adoption and rescue, but the numbers being adopted or rescued never exceed (or even come close to meeting!) the number we receive.
We recognized the need for a foster program as we continued to watch our numbers of incoming animals climb while our number of cages clearly remains static! Our goal is to end the euthanasia (putting to sleep) of any animal for space but we cannot do it alone. Pets that are in foster care truly benefit from some "TLC” and get the added benefit of being "marketed” by their foster family to potential adopters! It also provides an option for animals that are in need of medical treatment that would be difficult to provide in the shelter environment. Fostering can open up spaces and cages in the shelter allowing us to help more animals. This is a great way to say Happy Holidays, while making a difference as well. If you would like to sponsor an animal, please click here for a list of dogs click here for a list of cats or call me at 41 x109 for more information.Welcome to the Joplin Humane Society's "UNLEASH THEIR HOPE" Foster Program! Our foster care program is designed to get the community involved in saving lives by inviting them to provide temporary care for animals in need. You can also sponsor the adoption of one of our pets in honor of friends and family. Any amount, big or small will make a real difference in the lives of the thousands that enter our doors each year.
You can choose as many $10 donations as you would like to give. Your donation is a gift you will remember and feel proud of all throughout the year.
I hope that as you work on your gift list this year, you will remember the orphaned animals at the Joplin Humane Society, and give a gift to our animal shelter. We do not ever want to turn away any animal in need, but with this commitment to area families and pets, there is a cost involved. As the area’s only open-admission shelter, Joplin Humane Society does not pick and choose the animals we receive.
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