About Our Foster program

What is Fostering?

Fostering is temporarily opening your home to one of our residents, providing relief from the shelter environment and opening a space at our facilities. Fostering can be long or short-term, for medical/age reasons, for transport preparation, or just to give one of our dogs or cats a break. Our fosters make a real difference in the lives of our animals, as well as in our ability to find homes for the animals in our care.

How do I become a Foster Parent?

Complete our online foster questionnaire and our staff will contact you within 48 hours.

Foster Program Contact Information

The best way to reach the Foster Team is via email ([email protected]) and phone (956-686-1141 x33).

After-Hours Foster Emergency: Please call 956-278-0702. When contacting us, please provide your name, your foster animal’s name and/or ID number, and a description of the reason for contact. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

To schedule your foster animal(s) for offsite foster-adoption events, please contact us with animal ID numbers and your availability for offsite events. We typically have at least 3 events per month.