Transportation and Fostering

Transportation: This can be running dogs from one to home to the next, part of a railroad to get a bulldog to the kennel in Midhurst or collecting dogs to go into foster care

You are required to travel each dog safely, by way of either a dog crate measuring approximately 30" x 20" x 24"  or a secure harness specifically designed to attach to the seatbelt. You must not allow any dog you have collected to sit lose in your car. This is for both the safety of you and the dog. DEFRAs guidelines for the transpiration of domestic animals can be found HERE (PDF document)

A green collar tag must be placed on the dog as soon as he is collected in order that the office can be contacted in the case of an accident.

Fostering: Most foster cases are short term. All dogs that have been gifted into the rescue must stay in foster care for a minimum of 7 days, this allows us time to get to know the dog and also ensures that no new home has been promised the dog should the previous owner suddenly decide that they have made a terrible mistake. At the end of the 7 day period the dog will be listed for rehoming on our web site and efforts will begin to find that dog a new home. In some cases the fostering could be long term because they are either difficult to rehome or they have arrived in rescue with serious medical issues that require treatment before the dog can be rehomed. In cases where it's impossible for you to keep the dog long term alternative arrangements can be made to either move the dog to another foster home or to the main kennel in Midhurst.

Occasionally getting a dog into foster care is urgent, in these cases it is imperative that you are contactable within a 24 hour period of the initial call being taken by the office.

It is important that all foster dogs, are where possible, kept in a separate area from your own dogs. In the case of a long term foster you may in time integrate the dog with your own as long as you are sure they have nothing contagious and that they are not dog aggressive. It is also important that the dog is checked over as soon as possible and the intake form completed and forwarded to Tania. Each dog must also be booked in so Tania is aware that they have safely arrived in foster care.

There are occasions when a dog will require his temperament assessing. We will NOT rehome a known biter and we will not rehome any dog that has displayed aggression to humans whilst in foster care. Before completing an application to become a foster home you must be aware that not only is euthanasia part of the job for dogs that are deemed too dangerous to rehome, but you will also be required to stay with the dog at the vets until he has passed. This a very difficult part of the job and you will be asked to do this at some point during your time as a volunteer.

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