Is the animal you’re interested in listed as ‘foster-to-adopt’? Here’s what you need to know:
Ruff Start Rescue is a foster-based rescue, meaning that all animals in Ruff Start’s care stay in foster homes.
Animals in the FTA program (foster-to-adopt) don’t have everything they need to be adopted yet, such as spay/neuter surgery and medical treatment.
Most foster-to-adopt animals have an arrival date in their name and bio as they are not in the Rescue yet—for example, Fluffy arriving 1/27/21. Foster-to-adopt animals need to be picked up by their foster at the office in Princeton, MN, on this specified transport date.
Ruff Start’s foster-to-adopt program helps the animal acclimate faster when they are already in their adoptive home while they finish up what they need before officially being adopted.
If the foster decides the animal is not a good fit for their household, we require that they continue to foster them and work with Ruff Start’s application team to review and approve applications to help their foster find a great home.
Fosters need to drop-off and pick-up their foster animals to any necessary general vetting appointments and surgical procedures on specified dates at the Rescue office in Princeton, MN.
Fosters need renters insurance if they rent their home.
Can’t find an animal to adopt? Sign up to foster! Here are the perks:
You’ll complete a virtual training to ensure you have everything you need to successfully foster an animal.
You’ll join a community of other fosters to share tips and tricks, ask questions, and post pictures and videos of your foster (our favorite part).
Supplies are covered by the Rescue through supply houses across Minnesota.
Fosters get to see all the animals that can join the Rescue in a closed Facebook group, so foster families always get to pick the animal they foster.
Foster-to-Adopt (FTA) Program
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Posted: September 17, 2020 by Kayla Knudsen
Is the animal you’re interested in listed as ‘foster-to-adopt’? Here’s what you need to know:
Can’t find an animal to adopt? Sign up to foster! Here are the perks:
Foster-to-Adopt Process
Watch Ruff Start Founder + Executive Director, Azure Davis, explain the foster-to-adopt process.
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