5 Insider Secrets Only Foster Dog Parents Know

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Shelters and rescues are always in need of foster parents for homeless pets. There are some lessons that can only be learned by someone who’s already been there and done that.

I’ve always been a pet lover. I grew up with cats and dogs, even though allergic as all get out, because the quality of life is so much greater with fur-babies.

As an adult, knowing that there are so many pets who need fostering and adoption to live their best lives, my husband and I decided we’d be foster parents within rescue organizations. Sounds great, right? Charitable and noble… and it totally, totally is.

But we learned some things as ‘foster parents,’ and they’re things that no one told us about before we began fostering within rescue organizations. Maybe they’re some things you didn’t know either.

For all of you potential dog foster parents out there, I’d like to share a few insider tips I had to learn the hard way:

1. There is so much abuse of animals in this world.

Related:Adventures In Fostering: A Day In the Life Of A Dog Foster Dad

2. Not all rescue organizations are created equally.

3. How expensive it is to be a pet owner.

Related:

Why You Should Consider Fostering A Dog

4. How Much You Love Them.

5. How easy it is to give them to their forever families.

And let me tell you… no one can possibly tell you how great that feels!

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