Foster

If you are interested in becoming a foster parent, click here to submit a foster application form.

For every new home that signs up to foster with SALT, it allows us to rescue another animal in need. Foster families are such an important part of completing our mission.

We’ve tailored our foster program to make it as easy as possible for our foster families. We’ll work with you to find the best match for your home and lifestyle. We’ll also take into consideration if you have other pets in the home and if you have the capacity to keep animals separated. You’ll have our support all along the way.

Discover how incredibly fulfilling and fun it can be to foster an animal!

Support Provided

In exchange for providing a safe, comfortable “place to crash”, our foster homes recieve:

  • Pet food
  • Litter
  • Initial training as needed to provide the best care possible.
  • Veterinary appointments as required (not that all SALT animals must be seen at a designated vet office).
  • Ongoing advice and support from the SALT team until the animal is adopted into their forever home.
  • Immense satisfaction and all of the good feelings that come from helping an animal in need!

How Fostering Works

Foster families help us to learn more about each animal’s individual personality. We’ll know how they adjust to home life outside of a typical shelter environment. This is valuable information to interested adopters! 

We assign and match your home with one of our pets in need of a temporary place to stay. Have a particular cat or dog in mind that you saw on our website or on our Facebook page? Make sure to let us know and we will do our best to determine if its a good match!

Foster homes provide the ideal temporary home for animals that need that little bit of extra time to be ready for their forever home. Some of the animals that come into our care have been through less-than-perfect circumstances. They may need time to trust again and recover. What better way to do this than in a home with lots of socialization opportunities, attention, care and cuddles!

Fostering can be a great option if you are unsure you would like to become a “full-time” pet parent just yet or cannot commit for the long-term for a pet.

Once a furry friend in foster care is deemed ready by S.A.L.T. – we get to work on adoption “marketing” to find their forever home!

Special Needs

Are you able to provide extra care for a pet with special needs? We have medical or special needs animals who are in need of a foster home. Cases range from animals in surgical or orthopedic recovery needing 4-8 weeks of in-home rest to animals in need of a hospice home. Training to provide the best support and care is provided.

Fostering Policy

Those interested must also submit a completed application form below. A PDF version can be made available upon request. Once reviewed and approved, we start the assignment process as described above. Thank you so much for you interest in our foster program!

Please note that all animals remain under the overall care of S.A.L.T. while in foster care, and may be taken out of the foster care home at anytime.

Foster animals may need to attend veterinary appointments or other medical needs while they are in your care; we would advise you ahead of time of any required appointment. While it is ideal for the foster family to personally take them to appointments, in the event this isn’t possible we will arrange to transport them to and from the appointment.

If you are interested in becoming a foster parent, click here to submit a foster application form.