• We do not pre-assign fosters to specific animals unless it’s a special case such as a behavior issue, medical need, or foster transfer. You will be matched at the shelter. 

• If you’re fostering young kitties, we ask that you foster a minimum of 2 together. If you absolutely cannot, that is ok as long as you have another cat (for kittens) in the home. We do not like to send littles to foster solo. It’s nice to have a friend to cuddle with, and the animals window of socialization and learning is important at such a young age. 

• We ask that you commit to holding the foster animal anywhere from 4-8 weeks, or until we can get all vetting accomplished and the animal is adopted. Unless you are fostering kittens. Kittens stay to move on to adoptions on their surgery day. If you only have a few weeks available to foster, please be sure to remind the foster team of your time commitment so that we can support you in finding a replacement foster. If you are time limited or travel for work, you may choose to be a coverage foster -- this is a very important position where you cover for other fosters as they go on vacations or trips. 

• All of our animals already have preassigned names. It is very important to use the animals preassigned name when referring to the animal. The moment we say we will help a rez animal, that animal is assigned a name and placed on a transport log. If the transport log doesn’t match the name of the animals we have in our care, we can get into pretty big trouble. You can call a foster animal whatever you’d like in your home, but in communication with the shelter, please be sure to use their assigned name. 

• You should never take your foster animal to a veterinarian or clinic on your own without approval first from Soul Dog staff. You will not be reimbursed. We have veterinary services at our facility and can’t afford regular vet prices except in the most rare emergency cases, any of which must first be approved by Soul Dog.As a rule, all animals will be directed to our shelter for care. 

• If you can no longer keep your foster, please give us 48 hours advance notice so that we can line up an alternative foster and avoid the animal going back into the shelter. 
  

We do not have the funding to reimburse for supplies purchased. If you need supplies, please come to the shelter, but check first to ensure we have the items in stock. If you need a donations receipt email admin@souldog.org. When you are picking up your foster, let us know what supplies you will need. We can provide the following, providing we have it in stock: 

• Pet taxi 
• Cat/kitten hard food 
• Cat/kitten soft food 
• Kitten formula
• Potty pads
• Cat litter