Welcome to A Dog's Life Rescue! ADLR's long term goals are to continue to find loving families for homeless dogs and assist people in the community with their personal animals. In addition, we continue to educate the public on the importance of spaying and neutering their pets as well as proper pet care. We will continue to work with other shelters to reduce the amount of animals killed in overcrowded shelters each day. We look forward to a day when no animal will be without a loving family!
What does it mean to be a foster?
VET CARE
ADLR covers all vetting expenses for your foster - we work with several local vets, all of whom give us discounts on services. Your responsibility is simply to get your foster to and from appointments.
SUPPLIES
ADLR can help with food, treats, toys, collars, leashes and most other supplies needed. Our goal is to ensure that our fosters have the right tools and supplies to best support their pup.
ADOPTION MATCHING
ADLR screens all applications for your foster dog, and makes a final decision of placement. When it's time for your pup to go to their forever home, our team will organize the adoption contract and fees.
Wish List
ADLR is always in the need for something! 110 precent is given to the dogs! If you feel you would like to help please click the link below to take you to our ever changing wish list!
As a foster-based rescue, we do not have a shelter facility for our dogs - rather, we rely on our team of fosters to house our pups until they find their forever homes. As a foster, you'll welcome your rescue baby *temporarily* into your pack - not just housing, feeding a caring for them, but also helping them develop the trust, love and socialization they'll need in their forever home. It may sound like a big responsibility (and it is!) but you're not in it alone. When you become a foster, you'll immediately have access to all this: ​
Fostering With ADLR
A Dogs Life Rescue-Michigan is a foster based dog rescue that relies on people just like you to help save lives. Our fosters are key to the success of our mission - and we're always seeking passionate new fosters to add to our crew!
What makes a great foster
There is no greater feelings than watching a homeless & unwanted shelter dog transition from a scared and unloved member of a forever family. Our fosters firmly believe in this mission and live it out with their rescue dogs.
Fostering can't be done in a bubble. Consider who makes up your "pack" a partner, a family dog, a family cat, children. Make sure everyone is on board to support this new rescue animal you'll welcome into your lives.
Shelter dogs come with diverse backgrounds, which require unique care plans. From medication routines, to socialization, etc., they'll need your help decompressing from a scary shelter environment so they can blossom into a loved family dog.
When you open your home to a foster dog, you are becoming their temporary family. Fosters help us get their animals to scheduled vet appointments, work on social and emotional skills, and spend time withtheir dogs to help them learn about family life.
At ADLR, we believe in matching our rescued animals with a foster who can best meet their needs - some dogs need a home that's quiet, with no other animals, others may want the comfort that only another family dog can provide, and some love a rowdy pack with kids, dogs, cats and everything in between. So naturally, we look for fosters with diverse home environments and experiences levels. Whether you're a seasoned pet owner and/or foster, or if you're just getting started, we invite you to learn more about joining our foster team.
Here are a few considerations as you begin this journey.
Become a ADLR foster
Are you ready to begin your journey fostering with ADLR? We are so excited to connect you with a shelter dog in need! To get started, you'll need to complete the following:
foster application
Your application helps us assess your home environment, your current pets, and other key details we'll use to match you to the right foster dog.