Volunteering: Fostering

Acting as a foster family for an Airedale in need is a great way to help without providing the lifelong commitment needed to adopt an Airedale.

Can you Provide Foster Care?

We are always looking for experienced Airedale homes to foster a dog. If you would like to foster an Airedale in need, request more information or an application by clicking here.

Foster Families Sometimes Need Some Help

Here is how you can assist:

• Bake some homemade doggie biscuits.
• Give the foster a break for a few hours or days.
• Be the one to take the dog to its obedience class.
• Conduct a home visit or accompany a Rescue person on the home visit.
• Drive a dog to and from vet appointments.
• Go with a Rescue person if a dog needs to be euthanized.
• Go with Rescue person to help if there is more than one dog.
• Take dog for treatments or vaccinations if Rescue person can not go.
• Get some friends together to build/repair pens for a foster home.
• Go to the foster home once a week with your children and dogs to help socialize the dog.
• Let Rescue know when you'll be flying and that you'd be willing to be a Rescued dog's escort.
• Loan your carpet steam cleaner to someone who has fostered a dog that was sick or marked in the house.
• Loan your cell phone (and cover costs for any calls) to someone driving a Rescued dog.
• Make yourself available on an emergency basis to do whatever is needed.
• Provide a shoulder to cry on when the Rescue person is overwhelmed.
• Transport a dog.
• Walk a dog.