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GALTx eNews: Special Foster Homes Needed For Special Hounds!

Our foster team works hard to move our newly arriving hounds out of boarding and into foster homes quickly so that they can move on to finding forever families. Some of our hounds have special needs though, and the wait for the right foster home can take longer than we would like.

For example, Pumpkin (pictured) needs to move to a quiet foster home so that he can start his heartworm treatment. He is a bit of an alpha dog and will do best in a foster home without other dogs or with only female dogs. Pumpkin loves people and longs for cuddles. He will blossom with confidence once he is in a stable home environment. As you can probably imagine, foster homes without other dogs or with only female dogs that can also manage heartworm treatments are hard to find. Tripod Shyanne and Iris are in a similar situations, both needing foster homes without cats or small dogs until their forever families come along.

If you’re in the Dallas or Fort Worth areas and sometimes wonder if fostering would work for you, please reach out to our foster team at fostering@galtx.org with any questions. Fostering doesn’t have to be a long term commitment. You can start out offering your home to a foster dog whose foster family will be away on a short summer vacation. Dogs needing a vacation foster home will be with you for a short, defined period of time and have already lived in a home. If you find the experience rewarding (and we think you will), you can move on to offering a place to stay for a hound like Pumpkin or Shyanne that needs a special place until their forever families find them. Read more about our foster program and complete an on-line application here. Thank you!

6/9/2022

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