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we need foster homes and we need them now!

What does it take to be a foster parent for a Camp Cocker doggie? Well it requires a lot of patience, a bit of dog experience, someone who might be around a lot to help get a new dog adjusted, and most of all, it requires someone willing to be inconvenienced in every way imaginable. And yet, in the end, after a foster home goes through all of this inconvenience, it can become a very rewarding experience when that dog eventually gets adopted and you know that you had a large part to do with their rescue journey to get them ready for their future home. Every shelter dog brings with him/her new surprises because we rarely if ever know the history on the dog. We often don't know if a dog is potty trained until the dog is able to get into a home environment. We often don't know if a dog is a barker or if a dog has separation anxiety or if a dog is an escape artist - all of these things we simply just don't know. Getting a dog out of boarding and into a foster home helps to give us new information about that particular dog. The more new information we get, the better able we are to try to match that dog up to an adoptive home that will be the most compatible. As of right now today, Camp Cocker has thirteen dogs in boarding ALL on a waiting list to get out. Either to a forever home, or at the very least they need to get out and go into a foster home environment. If you think you might be up for fostering a dog for Camp Cocker and you are ready for whatever inconveniences that might bring into your life, then we want YOU to sign up for fostering! Please fill out the online application HERE. We have less than a handful of amazing foster homes but we need to either clone them or get another dozen or so more! If you can't foster, maybe spread the word and ask your friends, your neighbors, your co-workers. It takes a special kind of person to foster, someone who understands that it is about being of service to that dog during their rescue journey. When we find a good foster home, it is like winning the doggie lottery for some lucky Camp Cocker dog!

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[Kim Reeder]

I highly recommend the experience and look forward to doing it again for a little doggie when I have the room. I just fell in love with my foster dog, Crosby, and had to adopt him! It is so rewarding. Let's see, we had barking, howling, an escape, illness and separation anxiety and that was the first week. Now less than a month later; he is happy, healthy, active and well adjusted with lots of new people and dog friends. The transformation was remarkable.

[Fran M]

I have been fostering for Camp Cocker for almost 2 years and have fostered 11 dogs so far. And every one of them has been wonderful! They are all loving and grateful, and all have gotten along well with my own dogs. There is not one of my foster dogs that I would not have adopted myself. It is a wonderful experience and I recommend it highlly.