We adore ALL of our foster homes, and love getting new ones. If you have ever wondered what fostering is like, please enjoy this write up from one of our Noah's Ark Foster Homes that fosters both dogs and horses:
"We love fostering for Noah's Ark Society. The Noah's Ark Team is so supportive. We get help and advice on training, animal welfare, and Noah's Ark Society offered to cover all costs for our foster animals--both dogs and horses, so we get to love them and enjoy them without the outlay of cost that we have for our own pets. Seeing an animal that has come from a shelter or neglect environment respond once they are in our home is like watching a miracle take place before your eyes. First it is a tail wag or a nicker and neigh, then you see the faded light return to the eyes. An animal that was hopeless finds hope again, and soon realizes that love is not a one way street. Fostering is not a sacrifice. Fostering is an opportunity and a reward. Fostering is knowing that we have saved a life. I would say single handedly, but that wouldn't be true. The life saving effort is a team effort, and we know we have never been alone in it that effort. Between work, family obligations, and life in general it can be so challenging to feel you are making a difference in the world. Fostering makes an enormous difference, and we are all better for it. We can't recommend a better organization that Noah's Ark Society, or a more noble cause!"
We now have a foster applicaton on our website here:
FOSTER APPLICATION. This application takes about 5 minutes to fill out, and goes straight to our foster coordinator who heads up our foster team. Because we are an all species all breed rescue, the sky is the limit on what you can foster. We have families that just want to foster pigs, or just lab type breeds, or just dogs under 10 pounds. As a foster home, you set the rules, and all your rules are ok.
So, now you may be asking, who needs foster now? Well...we have a few babies who need foster now:
Shadow - Shadow is a 1 year old, house trained, pure bred black lab. His original family went through a divorce, and Shadow became a rescue. He's great with all other animals and little kids!
Darcy: Darcy is an 18 month old pure bred Beagle. She is 22 pounds, loves people and other animals, and is a complete doll.
Bosco: Bosco is a 16 year old Quarterhorse Gelding who would like to be with all geldings, and no mares...well technically he'd like all mares and no geldings, but we think he'll do better with a group of boys, since he can't seem to stop thinking about girls all the time.
Brianna - Brianna is a 9 year old Pocket Beagle, which is a registered designer breed. She is about 8 pounds, and was used as a breeder girl by a backyard breeder. This poor girl has not really known love in her life and needs TLC to be shown how special she is. She really wants to give and receive love.
Lily: Lily is 90% Lab, and is very shy. She would love her foster and forever home to be quiet and calm, probably without noisy young children. She loves other dogs, so a canine foster brother or sister will be great for her. If her foster home has a quiet place she can go when strangers are around, she will really benefit from that. Lily is under 2 years old, and just learning about how great life really is.
Ozzy: This big guy is still all puppy. He is a White German Shepherd goofball. Ozzy is loving and active. If you want a running companion, Ozzy would love to go jogging with you. He is about 10 months old, and full of happiness.
Hazel: Are herding dogs more your preference? Then ask us about fostering Hazel! This cattle dog sweetheart is a good girl who likes to be active and given a job. Cats and little dogs aren't for her, but she adores dogs her own size, and having mental stimulation. Hazel is housetrained, and a snuggler when inside.
Whether you want a 6 pound dog or a 1200 pound horse, we have animals in ALL shapes and sizes looking for someone to give them a loving stopover on the way to forever. We hope to hear from you today, and once again, the foster application can be found here:
FOSTER APPLICATION.
