Molly's Mutts & Meows needs foster homes for the dogs and cats we rescue. By making a commitment for a few weeks (sometimes months), you can save the life of a homeless pet. Fostering is an integral part of this organization, as it will allow us to place dogs and cats into loving homes while they wait for a permanent adoptive family. Due to the large number of homeless animals arriving at Los Angeles area shelters on a daily basis, it is not always financially possible to find the boarding facilities for all of them. It is through foster homes that these animals are given the chance at life they deserve.

But What Does It enTAIL?
Being a foster parent entails taking a homeless animal into your home and providing him/her with food, water and love. MM&M will provide ALL medical care and continue to show them at our adoptions, display them on the blog, send customized e-mails blasts on the animal and do all of the leg work to ensure that we can find the animal a great home. We only ask that the foster family be available to bring their animal to our various adoption events. (We even can help with that by providing transport if necessary!)

Taking a homeless animal into your home facilitates successful adoptions in extraordinary ways. Most important is the love and attention you can offer a pet in foster care. Many animals need to learn to rebuild trust in people after going through the trauma of being "dumped" by their prior families. By socializing and offering some basic training to these animals, YOU will make this dog or cat a more attractive candidate to a potential adopter...THUS MAKING IT EASY FOR THOSE TO MAKE ADOPTION THEIR FIRST OPTION! Some homeless animals have fended for themselves on the street and will greatly benefit from a routine. Others have spent too much time confined in a shelter and will need lots of opportunity to play. Many animals have been abused....badly abused...and just need some tender loving care from a warm heart and a kind hand. All animals who will enter foster care through Molly's Mutts & Meows program will be behavior-tested to ensure adoptability.

I promise that we will do our best to meet YOUR needs, should you want to open up your home to be a foster. We will take into consideration your current pets, kids, work schedules, time commitment, yard constraints, etc. YOU WILL NOT BE WITHOUT SUPPORT!

What do I get if I do this?
Your reward is a wagging tail, a nuzzle, sweet and soft purrs and the knowledge that YOU helped save a life. The more foster homes we have, the more animals we can save. If you would like the challenging yet heartwarming and rewarding experience of being a foster home, please download our foster home application. You can fax it to Molly at 310-280-0470. Feel free to call us at 310-837-MUTT if you have any questions or concerns about fostering.

Foster Home Application (pdf)       (Fax it to Molly at 310-280-0470)