When you Foster, You provide a long or short term home for a dog who is waiting for adoption or is not yet available for adoption.

They become a part of your family and benefit from the love, care, training and socialization you provide for them. This gives them the opportunity to heal or to learn the rules of being a family pet.

Not only that, you free up a slot at the rescue you are fostering for and the shelter they pulled the dog from!

If you are interested in Fostering for Goodfellas Rescue fill out a

Foster Home Application *Coming Soon!* (contact Danielle at 503-897-2426)

Without Foster Homes, many rescues (including ours), can not pull any more animals due to a lack of space.

How to Foster

Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail. ~ Josh Billings

What our Rescue provides:

• A Dog Crate of appropriate size. (unless you have a suitable crate available to use)
  

• Dog Food (unless you are willing and able to provide feed)
  

• Vetting *all dogs will receive age appropriate routine vetting as well as all other vet needs*
  

• Monthly Flea Treatments
  

• Properly fitted Collar and leash
  

• Training aids such as a Halti or a front clip harness should these be needed
  

• Support and tips on how to get your new foster adjusted to your foster home
  

• Opportunities for you to showcase your foster dog at adoption events or other events
  

What you provide as a Foster Home

• Love
  

• Attention
  

• General Care
  

• Appropriate training
  

• Socialization
  

• Safe Environment
  

• Bringing your foster to events to be showcased for potential adoptions
  

• Transporting your Foster Dog to and from scheduled Vet appointments
  

• Adequate exercise
  

All of our dogs are to be Indoor Foster Pets. All dogs considered for fostering must be assessed by GoodFellas Rescue for temperament as well as potential health or behavior concerns that may limit what type of foster home they can be placed with. We do not allow dogs with human directed aggression to be placed for foster or adoption. We do not place dogs with extreme dog aggression in foster however,  Bully Savvy Foster Homes will be considered for harder to place dogs. We try to match our foster homes with our dogs to ensure the best possible fit based on our knowledge of the dog's history or known behaviors.