Volunteering for ARWOB
**We are urgently looking for FOSTER HOMES. Please go to the bottom of the page for more information about this opportunity.
ARWOB is a non-proft organization and thrives fromthe time and effort our volunteers put into making this group runsmoothly. Here are some roles Volunteers can become involved in:
- Fostering
- Event Dog Handlers
- Scheduling appointments
- Performing Homechecks
- Managing/updating website
- Reviewing applications
- Transporting to and from events
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- Advertising
- Newsletters/Publication Writers
- Photography
- Fundraising
- Designing web graphics
- Reviewing applications
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Ifyou believe you can help in other areas, we're happy to take you on the team! Just let us know what you can do to help! We welcome allvolunteers! If you have any questions about any of our volunteer opportunities, please email volunteer@arwob.org.
*Animals that need a foster home have a note in RED below their picture on their profile. Or browse the list for animals that NEED A FOSTER.
Fostering FAQS
Q: What are foster homes for?
Foster homes are temporary homes for our rescues prior to adoption. If you foster for ARWOB, it means opening up your home for one of our rescues to provide them with day-to-day care. This includes feeding them, giving them exercise, love, and possibly rehabilitation. ARWOB will provide our foster homes with all the daily essentials needed for keeping an animal in their home. We give all our foster homes food, toy, litter, and any other donations that are required for complete care of our rescues.
Q: How do I become a foster?
Fill out a Dog Foster Application or a Cat Foster Application located at our Forms/Applications page. An ARWOB volunteer will reviewyour application and schedule a home check with you prior to placing an animal in your home. Please be aware that we are tryin to ensure the safety of animals and require the completion of this visit in order to foster an animal.
Q: What are my responsibilities as a foster?
We ask that you provide food bowls, water bowls, leashes, safe toys,healthy treats, litter boxes, etc. We will provide you with food and litter donations. However, we ask that youprovide as much as possible for your foster animal as we have limitedfunds and welcome your donations to the rescue.
In addition to daily care, you are also responsible for evaluating your foster to see if its needs are met when placing them into a home. For instance, a home with young children or cats may not be suitable for some dogs. This is apart of your foster animal's temperament and along with their personality, you will be responsible for letting adopters know about your foster's common behaviors.
These cats and dogs may have come from stressful or abusive situations in the streetsof Baja or at their previous homes, so they may feel scared or somewhatcautious. Rehabilitation may be apart of your job for fosters that come in with behavorial problems. That means socializing your foster dog or cat around humans and its own kind. You may also need to house-train or leash-train a dog. You may even need to litter box train a cat. Most of these animals need your help and your dedication to their needs will help them find a home.
Q: Why should I foster?
Whenyou foster one of our dogs or cats, it enables us to save even moreanimals! Did you know that you can potentially save 6-8 pets each year or more by fostering an animal in your home? And even if you only want to foster one pet, you actually save two pets! How? You might ask. Now that you are fostering, another animal can take that animal's place in the shelter. In additionto this, foster homes find out the personality and temperament of theanimal so that interested families can decide whether or not the animalis the perfect match from those qualities.
Q: How long will I need to foster?
Depends! Until your foster animal gets adopted. The greatest experience with fostering is keepingyour foster animal until the day it finds its permanent home. Dependingon the age and the breed of the animal, some animals find homesimmediately while others take longer.
Q: What kind of veterinary care will my foster need?
Wedo not expect our fosters to take care of such expenses. Before weplace an animal into foster care, we usually have our animalsup-to-date on all their shots and vaccinations. For puppies and dogs on medications, veterinary hospitals visits may be needed, so you must be able to take your foster animals to their scheduled appointment. All expenses will be covered by the group. In addition, most ofour animals have flea and tick medications before placement.
Q:In the event that my foster dog becomes lost while under my care, whatkind of safety measures will be taken to ensure its safe return?
Mostof our animals are usually microchipped upon placement into a fosterhome. However, we ask that you keep an eye on your foster dog or cat atall times by checking to make sure all doors are closed and all escaperoutes blocked. For safety measures, we ask that you give your fosteranimal a temporary ID tag with your name, address and phone number on it, so that theanimal may be returned if it does happen to get lose from its foster home.
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Sara Mangosing handling Tiffany at our Adoption Event
Jessica Schramm in the back yard with her foster dog, Bebe.
Joanna Pietrzyk bathing Uno during an adoption event.
Marty and this little kitten were rescued from the shelter, but now enjoy their days in the comfort of a foster home.
Hank and Uno getting some R&R in their foster homes.
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