Full-Time Foster
We are looking for full-time fosterers for our dogs in advanced training. The puppies will have lived with their Puppy Parents until they are around 14 months old and then they move onto their full-time foster homes. The dog would live with you full-time and we ask that you keep up their basic training. The advanced training team at Hounds for Heroes will arrange several training sessions each week where they either collect the dog from you or you drop the dog at the training centre. To find out more about the stages of training click here.
During this stage of their training, we start to look at matching them with a potential Partner. Usually, the dogs will stay in their foster home until they then go out to live with their Partner. The length of time that a dog is with you could be anything up to 6 months and there may be occasions when we move dogs around so that they experience different lifestyles such as living with cats, other dogs, young children.
Full time foster volunteers’ criteria:
- Be prepared to keep up basic Hounds for Heroes training
- Preferably live within a 25-mile radius of Petersfield – reasonable travelling expenses can be claimed.
- Be at home most of the day, our dogs should be able to be left for a maximum of 4 hours per day.
- Be able to either a drop off and/or pick up from the centre for their training (approximately twice a week).
- Have access to a car to attend vets visits
- Have time to provide socialisation activities, exercise and training as advised by a trainer
- Have no more than 2 dogs that live with you or visit on a regular basis
- Have a fully fenced/secure dog friendly garden
- Be prepared to fence off an area of your garden for a toilet area for the dog
- Keep up the photo album of the dog’s time with you to give to their future Partner.
Hounds for Heroes provide food and equipment for each puppy and cover the cost of veterinary bills and pet insurance.
Fill out this form to begin your journey to becoming a fosterer for our amazing dogs.