Behavior Foster
Our behavior foster volunteers will work alongside our foster team and wellness team to provide behavior support to animals in need. In most cases, the time commitment is longer, averaging 4-6 weeks. Behavior fosters provide critical support to pets that often have a harder time getting adopted due to their behavior concerns. Often just having a calm environment and a more consistent routine helps our pets to overcome these issues and become wonderful adoption candidates.
The most common behavior concerns are:
- Under socialized cats/kittens
- Under socialized dogs
- Pets experiencing severe kennel stress that need a safe space to decompress
- Dogs that need more consistent training on leash behavior, jumpy/mouthy behavior, fearfulness, reactivity, etc.
Our wellness team can provide our behavior fosters with ongoing support via phone, email, and one-on-one appointments when needed. Basic animal handling skills will be required. Some behavior dogs will require a more experienced dog handler or someone familiar with a particular breed/behavior issue.
