Adoption & Fostering
What Does Fostering Entail?We love to have a 2-week minimum foster commitment. If you can give us 2 weeks, we can give you a foster dog who needs a safe place to live until we can find their forever home. If you’re able to foster longer – great! You are never “stuck” with a dog. We ask that you do give the dog time to adjust to your home, their whole world recently changed and there is always an adjustment period for them to settle in and feel comfortable. That said, if the particular dog isn’t working in your home and you can’t keep them, we ask that you drive the dog back to our vet’s office or another foster home that is more suitable.
Fostering is FREE! We will give you everything – bowls, toys, food, meds and any veterinary care your foster dog may need, and you even get to pick which dog you foster! Many of our fosters provide their own supplies and use their own food, but if you prefer that PPR supply these items, we got you covered!
You will be assigned your own, personal Foster Coordinator (FC) who can answer any questions you may have about the fostering process or any concerns you have while fostering. Your FC will be your point of contact for anything you may need, be it food, meds, behavioral or medical concerns, monthly heartworm and flea prevention, you simply communicate with them and we’ll make sure your getting questions answered. We want your foster experience to be as seamless and enjoyable as possible and we are here to support you in any way that we can. All we ask is for frequent, quality pictures of your foster dog, a short bio once you get to know the dog, a little bit of patience and whole lot of love! To volunteer, please fill out an application here https://poodleandpoochrescue.org/apply_to_foster
Where Do Your Dogs Come From?Our dogs come from county shelters, breeders who are going out of business and looking to dump their dogs and from owners that can no longer care for their pets (the details of surrendering pets varies from senior citizen owners passing away to loss of job, to families having children and no longer having time or space for their pets). Our intake team is in daily communications with shelters throughout the state of Florida. In fact, our local shelters contact Poodle and Pooch Rescue directly when they have a sick or injured dog because they know that we offer the best treatment and care around. When there is a call for help, we make arrangements with a transport volunteer to pick the dog (or dogs) up and get them to our vet’s office immediately. We act fast and as long as we have the foster support and the donations to care for the dogs, we continue to say “Yes!” to those that need us most.
How Long Do You Keep a Dog?PPR’s dogs stay in care until they are adopted. Be it 2 days, 2 months, 2 years or longer – we commit to them and care for them as long as they need us. If one of our dogs is only given a short time frame to live (weeks or months), these dogs become Permanent Residents (PR’s) and stay with a loving PPR foster family, where they are spoiled rotten, until it’s time to say goodbye. As long as our dogs are healthy enough to be adopted, we will wait, giving them the best care possible until their forever family is found!
What About Dogs That Are Too Sick for Adoption?Our mission is to help Florida’s “left-over” dogs. We rescue any breed and any case, from abandoned seniors to puppies that are just hours old. We rescue dogs who have been hit by cars, abused, suffered from years of neglect and torture, those that are heart worm positive, incontinent, paralyzed or those that are full of tumors or bladder stones. Usually with time and medical intervention, these dogs can be on their way to a new and better life. Sometimes, no matter how much we try, a dog doesn’t have any options and isn’t going to get better, or the medical cost to care for them is too high for them to be adopted into a home. When that happens, we make them as comfortable as possible in one of our hospice homes as a Permanent Resident. We have a special group of volunteers who will care for these dogs and provide whatever medical intervention they need to live life to the fullest. To learn more about PPR’s Fur-ever Fosters, click here https://poodleandpoochrescue.org/furever_fosters.
How Can I Meet a Dog?If you’re interested in meeting a dog, please complete our adoption application, https://poodleandpoochrescue.org/apply_to_adopt. Once your application has been approved, we’ll be in touch to arrange a meet. Our foster families are spread throughout Central Florida, from Brevard, Lake, Volusia, Orange, Osceola, Citrus, Marion and Seminole Counties. Please note, not every dog is the right fit for every family. Some dogs require a home with no children, some require another playful pup around, each dog’s situation and placement vary. Please keep this in mind, as our goal is to find the best, most appropriate fit for each dog in our care.
I Want to Surrender My Dog, Can You Help?If you found a dog, you must report the found dog to your local county shelter. PPR is not legally allowed to accept dogs into care unless all attempts to find an owner have been made and the dog is placed on a stray hold. Please make sure you have the dog scanned for a microchip and report the dog to your county shelter. We cannot accept strays, if their owner is looking for them, the first place they’ll look is the shelter and that is where they need to go. We are in contact with all local shelters daily and if no owner comes forward and we can help, we most certainly will.
If you’re looking to surrender your personal dog, please email us at Intake@PoodleandPoochRescue.org – please include photos and as much detail as possible when emailing. One of our volunteers will respond to your request just as quickly as they can. No request is guaranteed – if we have the capacity and the means to help, we will help.