Providing care for a rescued Weimaraner comes with substantial cost. Many Weimaraners stay with Wolf Creek for months before finding their forever homes. To keep adoption fees reasonable, Wolf Creek Weimaraner Rescue relies heavily upon generous contributions from donors. To make it easy to contribute to the ongoing care of rescued Weimaraners, Wolf Creek Weimaraner Rescue can now use PayPal to securely process subscription sponsorship donations. Select one of the options below to setup a recurring payment option that meets your budget abilities!

Provide food for one dog - $25 per month

What does a pet foster parent do?

Pet fosters open their hearts and homes to provide temporary care for animals in need. They provide basic care such as food, water, shelter and medicine (if needed), along with copious amounts of much-needed love. Foster parents may be required to potty train young dogs. If you foster an adult dog that has yet to be taught basic house manners, you might be asked to start this training. If the foster animal becomes ill or injured and needs veterinary care, you're usually required to transport them to a designated vet for care.

Why are pet foster parents needed?

Rescue groups often receive dogs that need special attention. Feeding nurturing, socializing and training these creatures into adoptable animals is best accomplished in a home environment.

Sometimes, adult dogs need a break from the high-stress environment of a shelter. Placing them in a temporary foster home can help calm them down, improve their temperament, and increase their odds of becoming adopted. Adult animals recovering from surgery or an illness also benefit from being in a loving home environment, and usually get well much quicker.

Pet foster parents also care for animals that would be difficult to nurture in a kennel environment, such as puppies with weakened immune systems, and dogs needing one-on-one behavior rehabilitation.

How much does it cost to foster a pet?

Rescue groups generally provide all the food, supplies and medical treatment while the pet is in foster care. All you have to provide is time, energy, and a safe, loving home that gives needy animals a better chance for adoption. However, most rescues are nonprofit, cash-strapped organizations. If a pet foster parent is financially able, and wants to provide supplies for the animal in their care, it is always greatly appreciated.

How long do animals stay in foster care?

Most foster pets typically require a commitment of between 2 to 12 weeks. Occasionally, situations arise where a longer foster period is needed.

If you think you have what it takes to be a good pet foster parent, why not give it a try? Yes, you will probably get attached to your foster animal, and yes, it will likely be very hard to let them go. But the happiness of knowing you helped an animal survive and become a cherished family pet is priceless.

PET SITTING PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS YOU AND WOLF CREEK WEIMARANER RESCUE

Dear members, volunteers, and animal lovers,

During the month of January 2009, Wolf Creek rescued one third of the total number of Weimaraners surrendered in the entire year of 2008. During that time, the adoption applications came to a slowing halt. The rescue was beyond capacity with an all time high of nearly 30 dogs. We had only a few foster homes at the time. Although WCWR was at capacity, the phone calls and emails continued to pour into the rescue of homeless Weimaraners needing refuge.

After having to turn many Weimaraners away, several members got together and discussed a strategy to better handle the overflow of homeless Weimaraners that need our help. We recognized that this is not an isolated case, or only a WCWR problem, but rather one that is plaguing our animal communities across the country right now. Upon being told from other organizations and out-of-state prospective adopters, that some rescue/club organizations up north and possibly to our west, may be able to help by taking the overload population of homeless weims in the south and place them in safe havens within their organizations. WCWR began working on a process to help facilitate the plan.

Amanda Jacobson is a volunteer with WCWR and has agreed to take on the challenge of networking with other Weimaraner organizations across the country to organize a transport of dogs to safe havens when WCWR can no longer accept dogs. Amanda will be reaching out to volunteers across the state of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and many other states, to coordinate geographically, the persons/members/volunteers, whom would be willing to provide a leg of transportation when called upon in order to take the Weimaraner to safe havens. Legs of transport have been arranged in the past in cases of out of state adoptions. The transporting process we described above will be time sensitive and the need dire, as many of the dogs are in kill shelters and without a coordinated, collaborated effort, cannot be transported to safe havens. If you can help by being a volunteer for transport, please contact Amanda at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or a WCWR representative by clicking the link below and complete the requested information.

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