Long-Term Foster Dogs

Why do some dogs wait in foster care for a year or longer before they find their forever home?

I work with a rescue group and sometimes we have dogs in rescue for more than a year. The first question people ask is -- what is wrong with them?

Pictured here is Caley -- a long-term foster we had several years back. We had her so long that she was trick-trained and agility trained.

People shied away from her because she was five years old.

She eventually found a home with a family who couldn't believe their good fortune in finding such a friendly, fun-loving, well-trained dog.