Foster

Animal Friends Humane Society often cares for animals who are recovering, rehabilitating, or simply too young for adoption. These animals benefit greatly from the comfort and stability of a home environment while they grow, heal, and prepare for their forever families.

Foster volunteers provide temporary, loving homes where animals can receive individualized attention, rest, and socialization. By fostering, you not only help a pet thrive, but also allow the shelter to continue welcoming other animals in need.

Providing foster care is a deeply rewarding and personal way to make a meaningful difference in the lives of homeless pets.

Animals may need foster care for many reasons:

• Newborn animals who require bottle feeding, as well as mothers caring for nursing litters. Young animals that are weaned but not yet ready for adoption also thrive in foster homes.
• Dogs needing extra support, including those who are shy, adjusting, or working through mild to moderate behavioral challenges. Long-term shelter residents often benefit from time in a home environment.
• Animals recovering from illness or injury who need focused care, rest, and a quieter setting than the shelter can provide.
• Short-term placements for animals preparing to transfer to rescue partners.

Whatever the circumstance, these animals simply need additional time, comfort, and attention before finding their permanent homes. Opening your home for a week, a month, or longer can make a meaningful, and often life-saving, difference.

Foster Program Requirements:

• 18 years of age or older
• Must fill out and submit a foster application and be approved.
  • Cat/Kitten Foster Application
  • Dog/Puppy Foster Form

For more information on fostering an AFHS animal, email afhsfosters@bcohio.gov

Help support our Cat Foster Program by donating items from our Amazon Wish List!

Dog Dates Program

We offer a program to active volunteers called Dog Dates. Give a dog a change of scenery for an hour or the whole afternoon - a walk in the park, to get a pup cup treat or even just a car ride!

Dog Dates are currently limited to AFHS volunteers and only for dogs specifically approved as good candidates.  Dog Dates will only take place during shelter operating hours - sorry, no overnights.

To take a shelter dog on a date, please stop into the shelter during our operating hours and fill out an application. 

Dog/Puppy Foster Form