The Plunge Into Foster Care?

[kelpiecuddles]

I'm umming and ahhing over whether to take on fostering. I have a kelpie and a basset hound so like my working breeds and my heart melts when I look at little guys like Broken Hill 377 who is desperate for a spot at the moment but I worry about how easy working breeds are to rehome once they are in a foster home? So I'd love to hear from others who take on breeds who are lets face it fairly common in rescue and aren't the cute fluffies to help me decide if this is something I am willing to do. I only work sporadically at the moment so I'm home a lot and I have a vacant fenced half an acre where I take my girls to run.

[Aphra]

We often take Heelers, Border Collies and Kelpies or Kelpie Xs and my experience has been that they rehome well. They can take a couple of weeks more to find a home than a cute fluffy, and you generally won't get the number of applications to choose from. But the upside is that people who are looking for the working breeds tend to have some knowledge and experience, so the quality of applications is often better. Sweet little dogs like 377 rehome really easily.

If you're worried about taking the plunge perhaps sign on as a foster carer with Australian Cattle Dog Rescue or SLK Rescue who both specialise in working breeds. ACDR are great outfit and always desperate for carers for the cattle dogs.

I'm umming and ahhing over whether to take on fostering. I have a kelpie and a basset hound so like my working breeds and my heart melts when I look at little guys like Broken Hill 377 who is desperate for a spot at the moment but I worry about how easy working breeds are to rehome once they are in a foster home? So I'd love to hear from others who take on breeds who are lets face it fairly common in rescue and aren't the cute fluffies to help me decide if this is something I am willing to do. I only work sporadically at the moment so I'm home a lot and I have a vacant fenced half an acre where I take my girls to run.

[Everythings Shiny]

I foster kelpies myself (am currently not fostering due to work and health issues) and have found that rehoming them hasn't been too difficult, you've just got to find the right fit. If you train them well it also helps to entice potential adopters.

[jemappelle]

When I fostered I often took the working breeds. Yes they took longer to rehome but only a few weeks more. I only ever took dogs under 12 months though as I felt that age fitted better with my pack.

Here's a gorgeous kelpie girl I wish I'd kept (and so did my cattle dog I think)!

Edited May 3, 2013 by jemappelle

[Loving my Oldies]

LOL - talk about a picture of "this is the life"

[Perry's Mum]

I foster with Koolie Rescue and we generally don't have dogs too long before they are rehomed. We don't have age limits and we also take crosses if we have room.