Foster or Adopt
Every dog here needs a place to land. Adopt one for good, or foster one for a while and open up the space that saves the next life. Both change everything for a dog who is running out of time.
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Fostering saves lives
What fostering is, and why it matters
Fostering means opening your home to a shelter dog for a while, from a single weekend to a couple of months, until that dog is adopted. Here is the part most people miss.
You become the extra space
Under the national Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters, a shelter's housing capacity officially includes foster homes, not only the kennels inside the building. When you foster, you become a housing unit the shelter did not have.
That space saves the next dog
Shelters that stay within their capacity for care are linked to shorter stays, less disease, and lower euthanasia rates. Every foster placement moves one dog out and frees a kennel for the next one who walks in.
A home shows the real dog
A foster who has watched a dog eat, sleep, and play can tell an adopter what a kennel never could, and better information means matches that last.
Dogs euthanized in United States shelters in 2023, driven by shelters filling faster than they emptied. Many shelters are still full.
In a study of 207 shelter dogs, even a one or two night foster stay significantly lowered the dogs' stress hormones.
Live outcome rate for dogs in Florida shelters in 2024, up from the year before. Foster homes are part of how that number keeps climbing.
You are never on your own. Keep Pets Alive sets the plan for each dog and stays with you the whole way, and filling out the application below is not a commitment.
Sources: Association of Shelter Veterinarians, Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters, 2nd edition (2022); Shelter Animals Count national data (2023 to 2025); Gunter et al., PeerJ (2019); Best Friends Animal Society Lifesaving Data (2024); University of Florida Shelter Medicine Program (2024). These figures reflect national and statewide data. The research describes capacity for care as linked to lower euthanasia and shorter stays, not as a guaranteed cause.
Ready when you are
Apply to foster or adopt
One short form covers both. Tell us a little about your home and we will follow up to help you meet the right dog.
Thank you for your interest in fostering or adopting! Filling this out is NOT a commitment. It just helps us learn more about you so we can match you with the right pet.
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