The so-called “dog family foster care” is to pay some labor fees to keep your dog in someone else’s home, and let them look after and take care of it.
Let your dog live a free and safe life in your absence.
Compared to living in a cage in a pet store, it seems that “family fostering” can give dogs a more comfortable fostering experience.
But even so, owners should pay more attention to avoid encountering unscrupulous businesses and hurting their dogs.
So what are the precautions for family foster care?
We have compiled the following seven points for your reference:
Choose a professional foster family
Don’t choose a foster shop with substandard hygiene conditions for the sake of cheapness and effort. This is a hidden danger to the health of the dog.
So it is very important to take your dog to a professional and formal foster family!
Before deciding on a foster care shop, it is recommended to inspect the foster care environment and how the foster owner usually takes care of the dog.
Seeing is believing. The owner is at ease.
Field Trips
As mentioned above, it is best for owners who have time to go to a pet boarding point On-the-spot inspections,
See if the dog-raising facilities are solid, if the dogs that are being fostered are living well, and if they are managed scientifically and rationally.
If you encounter a pet store where small dogs, large dogs, and bulldogs are mixed together, you should be vigilant,
Because such a chaotic dog raising is prone to problems, the Fights can easily occur.
Prepare rations and daily necessities in advance
Before sending the dog to foster care, if you are going to bring your own dog food, you need to prepare all the rations and nutritional products during the dog’s fostering time in advance.
Some dogs with sensitive intestines can also prepare probiotics bacteria, preventing emergency response due to sudden changes in the environment, resulting in diarrhea.
At the same time, you should also prepare the dog’s food bowl, water bowl
, kennel, blanket, toilet, urine pad and other daily necessities.
Inform the owner of the dog’s living habits and temperament in advance
When sending the dog to foster care, it should be accurate Inform the owner about the dog’s basic situation, character, etc.
For example, what special hobbies does the dog have, eating habits, whether it is ferocious, whether it likes to play,
what needs special care during the feeding process, these situations are all Carefully explain to the owner of the foster care shop so that the owner can take better care of the dog.
Signing a foster care agreement
When sending a dog to foster care, it should be accurate Informing the owner about the basics of dogs
Generally regular stores will have a foster care agreement, and the owner needs to read some terms carefully before signing the agreement,
Because dogs are most likely to cause contagion when fostering Diseases and other issues need to be made clear before foster care.
Check whether the dog’s vaccinations have expired
It is recommended that owners check before fostering Whether the dog’s vaccination time has expired,
If the dog has expired, you can take the dog to get the vaccine first, and then send it to foster care one week after the vaccination.
Because there are many dogs in foster care, vaccination can be more effective to prevent dogs from being infected and sick.
The fostering time should not be too long
It is best not to foster the first time For more than 5 days, foster care has more or less psychological effects on dogs.
Because dogs live in groups, they are more human, and they have been in contact with their owners for a long time.
Suddenly in an unfamiliar environment, in addition to some uncomfortable reactions, they will think they are being If the owner abandons it, it will become unhappy after a long time, which will seriously affect the dog’s character and physical health.
