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I wasn't going to do this because I don't do very much in rescue, but what the hey...

Name: Emma

Age (optional): 28

Location: Canberra

Rescue Group: CGAS (Canberra Greyhound Adoption Service)

Time in Rescue: about 1 year

Who can vouch for: Paula_Canberra, olly, Daisy. Paula, Daisy and olly's OH have been to my house.

Who I can vouch for: As above, plus BMP, who I've met a few times but not at each other's houses. I've been to Paula's and olly's houses.

Preferred Breed: Greyhounds

Experience (if any): Fostered 4 dogs including my ff, Tommy. Have had Tommy for two weeks shy of 1 year. Tommy is our only dog and we only take on one foster at a time. Fosters must be cat safe and I must have back up in case things don't work out with our cats, so that severely limits my fostering. Have also donated to various rescue orgs around the place and helped fund raise in a small way for CGAS.

Microchip: Yes

Vaccination: Yes

Desexing: Yes

Heartworm test: Yes

worming: Yes

flea treatment: Yes

vet work if required: Yes - and have looked after a young greyhound in the weeks following his orthopaedic surgery

basic training/teach manners: Yes - fosters are taught 'mealtime manners' and we attempt to adhere to NILIF as much as possible. BUT they are definitely allowed on the furniture!!

house train dogs: Yes, have never had a problem house training a greyhound

Dogs inside the home or outside: Outside with my dog when we are out, inside most of the time when we're home. Sleep inside. They also get some 'alone time' training.

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog: Yes, and have done so in the past, however, I quote from Paula's response: "Special needs dogs are taken on a case by case basis, it depends on the situation, resources required, whether we have a suitable carer available, and likelihood that the dog can be responsibly cared for and rehomed. We do not rehome aggressive dogs or those with a high prey drive."

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Name: Anne

Age As old as the hills

Location: Albion Park Rail, NSW

Rescue Group: DCH

Time in Rescue: 3 years in Oz and many more in England

Who can vouch for: Most DCH Carers, Liberty, Jemappelle, have helped ARF and ACD Rescue in the past, Schnauzer,have also met Dogmad, Toots and Olly

Preferred Breed: Puppies of any kind, Staffy's with Demodex ( :) ) and cats, specialise in Siamese and Orientals but help all if I can

Experience (if any): Owned dogs for many years, cat breeder since 1978

Microchip Always

Vaccination Always

Desexing Always

Heartworm test Always

worming Always

flea treatment Always

vet work if required Always

basic training/teach manners Always

house train dogs Always

Dogs inside the home or outside. Puppies always inside at night, adults depends on the dog, cats outside in heated, large cattery with runs

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog. Yes

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Name: Marina

Age (optional): 26

Location: Penrtih, Sydney

Rescue Group: DCH animal adoptions

Time in Rescue: 18 months

Who can vouch for: Almost everyone involved with DCH, have met and helped transport for Daisy, Nicole76 & Rhonda from Temora.

Preferred Breed: Labradors & big boofas,

Experience (if any): Have owned dogs all my life but nothing compares to what I have learnt from my fellow rescueres and these last 18 months in rescue.

Microchip: Always

Vaccination: Always

Desexing: Always

Heartworm test: If older than 6 months

Worming: Always

Flea treatment: Always

Vet work if required: Up to DCH co-ordinators.

Basic training/teach manners: Always

House train dogs: No

Dogs inside the home or outside: Outside

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog: Submissve yes but nervous submissive probably not, due to time restrictions and not having the extra time to work with the dog.

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Name: Janelle

Age (optional):34

Location: Sebastian, near Bendigo vic

Rescue Group:N/A yet, but helping with the foxy clubs rescues.

Time in Rescue: Not long 6 mths, but have been helping dogs for many years, in one way or another.

Who can vouch for:Pikespooches, ummm not sure about DOL people, but have been training dogs for 20 odd years.

Preferred Breed:Fox Terriers

Experience (if any):I have as i said been training dogs in just about every discipline for 20 odd years and have shown very few times, have bred 3 litters in that time.

Microchip: Yes

Vaccination: Yes

Desexing:Yes

Heartworm test: depends on the dogs likelyhood of having it, like a dog that came from interstate definately, but my area isnt a high heartworm area, although saying that i dont rescue in this area often.

worming: definately

flea treatment: Yes

vet work if required: Usually is required, ie desexing.

basic training/teach manners:Always, also teach the dog to respond to humans, and to listen and to know there name.

house train dogs: try to.

Dogs inside the home or outside: Both but i treat them as one of my own, and if they have a short coat then mine are inside at night so so will the foster be.

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog: I would not really come across this much in fox terriers, but i give extra time to so called aggressive dogs and will use a behaviourist when needed, and i will have many problems with fox terriers coming from a pound situtation, they are wild.

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Due to the fact of keeping my last foster dog, i can't foster anymore as there is "no room at the inn!" Our foster turned permanant is a X wolfhound so him and my bullmastiff now make up 80% of the household, 5% the chihuhuas and 15% us humans! lol :)

i'd be able to do home checks and transport requests, if needed though.

Name: Sabrina

Age (optional): 28

Location: Minto Heights, Sydney

Rescue Group: i have rescued through 4Paws Rescue And Helping Paw Rescue.

Time in Rescue: I have formally fostered three dogs over the past year through rescue but before that (because i'm such a sucker! :hug: ) had taken in a few dumped :rofl: neighbours dogs (at different times!), desexed etc and rehomed them. So i guess i've been involved in rescue in one way or another for two years

Who can vouch for: i've spoken to Moondog and Wizard1 a fair bit.

Preferred Breed: If i still had the room, it would be the quiet ones who would get along with my chis!

Experience (if any): I worked as a kennel attendant at AWL, volunteered at the RSPCA, vet nursed for a while, worked as a dog trainer for a few years, now as an attendant at boarding kennels. i've had dogs all my life and have four of them now!

I would love to foster again but we do need to upgrade to a bigger house (and beg the OH :hug: ) i've put in the following info just in case....

Microchip: Yes

Vaccination: Yes

Desexing:Yes

Heartworm test: Yes

worming: Yes

flea treatment: Yes

vet work if required: Usually is required, ie desexing.

basic training/teach manners: definately. Sitting, no jumping

house train dogs: yes

Dogs inside the home or outside: outside/inside during the day. inside at night, as all of mine are inside.

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog: i do work four days a week so i don't think i'm able to give that extra time to them as well as four of my own!

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Name: Sarah

Age (optional): 23

Location: Melbourne, Vic

Rescue Group: Currently fostering for Victorian Dog Rescue

Time in Rescue: 2-3 months

Who can vouch for: new to the forum, but those who know me will tell you i've been doggy-mad all my life!

Preferred Breed: small - medium dogs or pups are best for our household.

Experience (if any): Have had dogs all my life... I've also done work experience at a vet in my teen years

Microchip Yes

Vaccination Yes

Desexing Yes

Heartworm test Yes

worming Yes

flea treatment Yes

vet work if required Yes

basic training/teach manners. Yes

house train dogs Yes

Dogs inside the home or outside: Both. Sleep inside at night time. Our courtyard is extremely secure & safe. Plenty of toys, bedding, and also have a pet loo. I have a 9 month old pug x, Ben, who is very friendly and playful and has experience with a variety of dogs of different ages, sizes and temperament's.

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog: Yes, will do absolutely anything i can to help any doggy in need!!

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Name: Lee & Jarred (AKA Pet Search Detectives)

Age (optional):27 & 28

Location: Western Sydney - NSW

Rescue Group:Pawsnhooves

Time in Rescue: since 2004

Who can vouch for:Narelle & Paul, Schmoo, most pawsnhooves peoples

Preferred Breed:CATS!!! (we started with fostering dogs, but moved into cats when we saw a pregnant cat calling out to us from her cage at Renbury).

Experience (if any):I definitely say we still wear L plates. But we have learnt alot about how to train cats (yes you read that right, we train our cats).

Microchip: Yes

Vaccination: Yes

Desexing:Yes

Heartworm test: Depends on the animal

worming: definately

flea treatment: Yes

vet work if required: Yes

basic training/teach manners:We test our cats with other cats, dogs and children, they are litter box and scratching post trained and we teach them to play with toys, not people's hands or ankles.

house train dogs: I guess we can say yes to this as we house train our cats.

Dogs inside the home or outside: Both we have a non cat friendly dog, so her and her best friend are outside a majority of the time, but we also have a dog inside as well.

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog: We have personally found this very difficult, and have gone along a big and heartbreaking learning curve for both dogs and cats. We have realised our limitations in this area, so we would have to say we would not be able to accept an animal like this into our current environment.

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Name: Maddy

Age (optional): 28

Location: Launceston, Tasmania

Rescue Group: Co-ordinator and foster carer for Greyhound Haven Tasmania Inc.

Time in Rescue: since 2007

Who can vouch for: At this point, a pile of people. PM for names :p

Preferred Breed: Greyhounds

Experience (if any): Some volunteer work at the RSPCA a few years back, previously co-ordinator of GAP Tas, currently running GHT Inc. (which has been going since 2010)

Microchip: Yes.

Vaccination: Yes C5

Desexing: Yes.

Heartworm test: No test (as heartworm is very rare here) but treat anyway with Advocate.

Worming: Yes

Flea treatment: Yes

Vet work if required: Yes

Basic training/teach manners: Yes

House train dogs: Yes

Dogs inside the home or outside: Inside most of the day, daily walks

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog: Yes

We can provide temp care for greyhounds although need at least 48 hours notice and dogs must have been C5 vacc'd and be free of parasites. Can also provide transport in the Northern Tas area, same restrictions.

Updated, finally :D

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Name: Layka

Age (optional): 28

Location: Brisbane northside

Rescue Group: brisbane coordinator of Friends of the Hound

Time in Rescue: 6 years (not all with FOTH)

Who can vouch for: Varicool, Mita, Fiona, New Age Outlaw, probably others I can't recall atm.

Preferred Breed: Greyhounds, but have helped all and sundry

Experience (if any): I Work in the animal welfare industry and veterinary industry. Owned, rescued, transported animals since I can remember(and yes, I have a bad memory!)

Microchip: Always

Vaccination: Always

Desexing: Always

Heartworm test: If older than 6 months and no proof of treatment(virtually impossible tho)

Worming: Always

Flea treatment: Always

Vet work if required: Through FOTH

Basic training/teach manners: Always

House train dogs: Yes

Dogs inside the home or outside: Both

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog: Yes, depending on dog. Try not foster so much myself these days and tend to have the "in betweens" on their way to a carer or some such. FOTH will work with any dog they can, to try and assess its suitability for rehoming. We will also rescue from pounds and shelters (waiting list and foster carer permitting)

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Name: Tegan

Age (optional):22

Location: Perth WA

Rescue Group: Have helped with SAFE (Saving Animals From Euthanasia)

Time in Rescue: 2 years (1 year with SAFE, 1 year on my own)

Who can vouch for:Loopy Lola , pilbarasafe

Preferred Breed:none

Experience (if any): Vet nurse work and kennel work

Microchip: Yes

Vaccination: Yes

Desexing:Yes

Heartworm test: yes

worming: of course

flea treatment: Yes

vet work if required: Usually is required, ie desexing.

basic training/teach manners: Teach the animal to enjoy human contact and basic commands as best i can

house train dogs: Try my best :thumbsup:

Dogs inside the home or outside: Both, have options inside the house along with a downstairs area made up for rescues

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog: For sure every animal deserves a shot and i try my best to help as best i can

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I don't think I have ever done this so here it goes :D

Name: Jessica

Age (optional): 24

Location: Kilsyth Vic

Rescue Group: Melbourne Dog Rescue

Time in Rescue: 1 year (about)

Who can vouch for: ^^PIP^^

Preferred Breed: Will consider anything really. Love whippets, greys (must be cat safe), gundogs and those ones that just get to you! (I am a softie just ask pip)

Experience (if any): Vet nurse 5 years, lifetime dog owner!

Microchip Yes

Vaccination Yes

Desexing Yes except male show dog (currently 6 months)

Heartworm test Monthly heartworm treatment

worming Yes

flea treatment Yes

vet work if required Yes, 500m from local vet

basic training/teach manners. Definetly! I have the oppotunity to take dogs to work if needed so i can provide constant supervision.

house train dogs Yes

Dogs inside the home or outside. Both. They have the choice of sleeping in or out and are inside most of the time when we are home

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog. Deffinetly.

We have three seperate yard areas where the dogs can be seperated if needed. Good fences and we own our home. :p

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Name: Em And Phil (no really)

Age (optional):25 and 26 respectively

Location: melbourne

Rescue Group: new Vic Dog Rescue member

Time in Rescue: Adopted first rescue dog in apr '07

Who can vouch for: Still getting to know people

Preferred Breed: Any really. Prefer bigger dogs though i guess. Big fan of working breeds, especially Kelpies and Blue Heelers.

Experience (if any): Hoping to be fostering some pups soon, and helping out with transport. Otherwise none, unless being proud owners of four lovely mixed breed dogs counts! (1 rescue dog, or 3 if you count pet shop pups past their "sell-by" date).

Microchip yes

Vaccination yes

Desexing yes

Heartworm test yes

worming always

flea treatment where necessary. we use sentinel wormer so not usually required.

vet work if required yes

basic training/teach manners. yes

house train dogs yes

Dogs inside the home or outside. our dogs have their own special outdoor area, and although they sleep outside they are allowed in during extreme weather conditions, if they aren't well (or just been spayed!) and mostly just for cuddles.

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog.yes, of course.

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Name:Vanessa

Age (optional):in my 30's

Location:Cranbourne Vic

Rescue Group:Vic DRG, Melbourne Dog Rescue

Time in Rescue: abour 9 months officially, before that just good deeds as able from work

Who can vouch for:^^pip^^, vicdrg

Preferred Breed:no preferred breed but friendly helps! Usually keen on pups +/- mothers and those needing some 'physical rehab' such as the emaciated or post surgicals.

Experience (if any):Vet Nurse for 11 1/2 years with special interest in breeding/neonates. Most recently working shift work at an Animal Emergency Ctr. Long experience in hand rearing.

Microchip yes

Vaccination Yes, C5

Desexing Yes

Heartworm test No

worming Yes

flea treatment Yes

vet work if required Yes

basic training/teach manners. Yes, as appropriate

house train dogs Yes

Dogs inside the home or outside. Inside or crated as appropriate

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog. Yes

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I wasn't going to do this because I don't do very much in rescue, but what the hey...

Name: Sallie

Age (optional):

Location: Newcastle

Rescue Group: Was 4paws but now private!

Time in Rescue: DOL 12months or so Rescue 5years about

Who can vouch for: Angeldust, boomba, bellaoz, laika

Who I can vouch for: As above

Preferred Breed: Any

Experience (if any): Cert II Animal Studies Cert IV vet nursing Cert III animal services, Cert III Captive animals, Cert II Companion Animal Behaviour Management, Statment of Attainment Animal Grooming. 5 years at RSPCA, 10 years in captive animals. Over 100 rescues including puppies/kittens that need handraising, older dogs and training escape artists not to escape all successful rehomings!

Microchip: Yes

Vaccination: Yes

Desexing: Yes

Heartworm test: Yes

worming: Yes- DRONTAL

flea treatment: ADVANTIX

vet work if required: Yes

house train dogs: Yes, have never had a problem house training. When having excessive litters of puppies they are not house trained but are spot trained to wee or poo in the one spot. LOVE clicker training.

Dogs inside the home or outside: Both depending on age. Litters of puppies with mum get the verandah because they are so messy. Older dogs and single dogs get inside and out.

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog: Yes, and have done so in the past successfully. Is not easy with the kids and wont take ones that i think may fear bite. attached is a pic of ally i trained up to run behind the quad on the beach and have fun. She was the best pet ever she was blind never ran away and listened to everything for the last years of her life. She was 12 when we got her and still full of energy she needed her long runs!

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Most people know me by now, but what the hey, I've a few minutes free

Name: Andrea

Age (optional): 33 at initial time of posting (2008)

Location: Canberra

UPDATED: Rescue Group: ACT Animal Rescue (AAR) - have also been in ARF, RAR and CPR, also advocate for Riverina Pounds

UPDATED Time in Rescue: Since 2003, almost a decade now!

Who can vouch for: Several people in ARF, CPR and CARA locally as well as various other groups around ACT/NSW

Preferred Breed: Bull breeds and boofers (staffies, mastiffs, bullmastiffs, ridgebacks, bullterriers, danes, hounds etc) but can't responsibly manage lots as adults, so I often have a few older pups and/or adolescents which is what I am best suited to foster

Experience (if any): Animal Toxicologist (no, that is not a pathologist or histologist), Dog and cat owner, some dog training experience, years of rescue experience already

Microchip - YES

Vaccination - YES (C3 pups, C5 adults)

Desexing - YES

Heartworm test - depends on where dog comes from, age and condition, given the age of most of my fosters, seldom required

flea treatment - YES

vet work if required - YES

basic training/teach manners - YES (most of mine require it, coming in as adolescents, older pups)

house train dogs - depends on dog

Dogs inside the home or outside - predominantly outside, but depends on age and weather, obviously young pups inside

Are you prepared to give extra care for a dog with problems - yes, but this decision depends on what the problem is and whether I feel I can competently work on it to make the dog rehomable and I certainly wouldn't have several at once.

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Name: Kylie

Age (optional): 30

Location: Brisbane Area

Rescue Group: Save a pound Dog QLD

Time in Rescue: 1 year

Who can vouch for: Varicool

Preferred Breed: Neapolitan Mastiffs, anything that drools.

Experience (if any):Breeder and Exhibitor

Microchip Yes

Vaccination Yes

Desexing Yes

Heartworm test Yes

worming Yes

flea treatment Yes

vet work if required Yes

basic training/teach manners. Yes

house train dogs If needed

Dogs inside the home or outside. Mostly outside but have facilities/kennels/whelping room etc...

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog. Yes

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Name: Alexandra

Age (optional):

Location: Brisbane

Rescue Group: None at the moment. When I am able to start fostering I hope to be with Save a pound dog QLD if Varicool will take me!

Time in Rescue: Not long.

Who can vouch for: No one yet.

Preferred Breed: Pomeranian, but I'm not fussy. I'll take big dogs too.

Experience (if any): Just a big love of animals.

Microchip: Yes

Vaccination: Yes

Desexing: Yes

Heartworm test: Yes

worming: Yes

flea treatment: Yes

vet work if required: Yes

basic training/teach manners: I try to but wouldn't exactly call myself an expert.

house train dogs: As much as I can

Dogs inside the home or outside. Both

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog? Provided it poses no threat to my current animals, yes

I will be able to foster in September, no earlier. Prior to this I can do transport & house checks in & around Brisbane.

I will foster dogs, cats and birds

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Name: Karen

Age (optional):

Location: Denman- Upper Hunter Valley NSW

Rescue Group: Aussie Bulldog

Time in Rescue:

Who can vouch for: Members of the Aussie Bulldog Club of Australia

Preferred Breed:Aussie Bulldog

Experience (if any):

Haven't rescued before but have a lot of knowledge with my breed of Choice.

Please contact me if an Aussie comes into a shelter so I can find it a forever home.

Microchip yes

Vaccination yes

Desexing yes

Heartworm test yes

worming yes

flea treatment yes

vet work if required yes

basic training/teach manners. yes

house train dogs yes

Dogs inside the home or outside. both

Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog. Yes

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