Open up your home.

Fostering Saves Lives

Many of the animals that come into our care will benefit enormously if they can be looked after in a domestic setting rather than the shelter environment. This may be due to the age or characteristics of a particular animal—it is crucial to the healthy development of most young animals for example that they are well socialized. Other animals, used to living on their own, may find the shelter environment too stressful. Pets belong in caring homes.

As a fosterer, you open your home to a shelter animal. It may be for a very short time—young animals typically take only between two weeks and a month to be rehomed, but older animals or those with specific rehoming requirements may take longer to place. Some pets are not looking for new homes, but they may require temporary care, and this is the foundation of our “Pet Retreat” offering. Sadly, for some animals, adoption is unlikely to be a realistic prospect. A fosterer, though, can allow that animal to live out the rest of his or her life in a home.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴?

Providing a temporary, loving home for an animal in need.
𝗗𝗼 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴?

NiSHA provides all supplies including crates, beds, food, bowls, medical care and staff support.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿?

However long you like, even a few days out of the shelter will help an animal. Obviously, the longer the better, but we'll work with you.

Foster families provide invaluable insight into how the animal feels about kids and other animals so that we can match them with their perfect forever home. Shelter animals get to have experiences they wouldn't get in the shelter to prepare them for the "real world." For those who are unable to adopt a dog or cat right now, but want to open your space (and heart) to a shelter animal, look no further than fostering.

Fostering is a temporary commitment with permanent rewards.