{"product_id":"how-to-foster-dogs-from-homeless-to-homeward-bound","title":"How to Foster Dogs: From Homeless to Homeward Bound","description":"Pat Miller’s How to Foster Dogs is the first book on the market to deal specifically with the care and training needs of foster dogs and how the fostering process works when done through a formal arrangement with an organization like a shelter or breed rescue group. Fostering dogs involves caring on a temporary basis for puppies and dogs who for whatever reason cannot be housed with their owners, shelters or breed rescue organizations. Many shelters now have formal fostering programs for dogs who are too young, unhealthy or have behavioral issues and therefore have to be housed with a foster family or face euthanasia. The book also covers informal fostering situations when families move or have some disruption and a friend or relative agrees to care for the dog temporarily.\n\nYou will learn\n-About the various organizations that seek the services of foster families for dogs.\n-What a typical formal arrangement between a shelter and a foster parent involves including expectations of care and training, and the support you can expect from the shelter including covering expenses and other legal issues.\n-About the most common behavioral issues facing foster dogs and puppies including fear and separation anxiety, a likely undeserved reputation for what may have been perceived as “dominance,” and irritating but usually solvable problems such as house soiling, chewing and barking.\n-How to successfully integrate a foster dog into your home if you own other dogs.\n-While it is possible that you will end up adopting the dog yourself, learn how to prepare to say goodbye to your foster best friend knowing that you have done your best to build a bridge to a better future for him or her.\n\nWhat experts are saying about How to Foster Dogs\nOpening your heart to a foster dog is easy; opening your home is much more challenging. In How to Foster Dogs From Homeless to Homeward Bound, Pat Miller shares her secrets for success. She covers it all, from training techniques to management tips to support when it's time to say goodbye. It's like having a good friend in your corner providing help and guidance along the way.\nColleen Pelar, author Living with Kids and Dogs\n\nWhere has this book been? Pat Miller's How to Foster Dogs is an important book that should be on the shelf of every trainer, shelter and rescue organization in the country. This clear and thoughtful book will do a lot to help dogs find their forever homes. Here here Pat!\nPatricia McConnell, PhD, author, Love Has No Age Limit: Welcoming an Adopted Dog into Your Home\n\nThis clearly written, comprehensive guide covers everything from how to find a shelter or rescue to partner with, to how to decide which dogs you can take on, to the heartachy joy of saying goodbye at adoption. Of course, all that is just what I'd expect, given Pat's decades of experience in sheltering and rescue.\nJolanta Benal, CPDT-KA, CBCC-KA Author of The Dog Trainer's Complete Guide to a Happy, Well-Behaved Pet and host of \"The Dog Trainer's Quick and Dirty Tips for Teaching and Caring for Your Pet\"\n\nPat Miller does an excellent, comprehensive job of teaching readers how to go about fostering intelligently and successfully. Invaluable information and support is plentiful on every step of the journey, beginning with finding a foster dog, making preparations and conducting introductions, through training and socialization and, finally, the adoption process. How to Foster Dogs is a vital resource that should be required reading for every foster home!\nNicole Wilde, author Help for Your Fearful Dog and Don't Leave Me! Step by Step Help for Your Dog's Separation Anxiety\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1617811343\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1617811343.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Miller, Pat\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41599401328698,"sku":"DBV.1617811343.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1617811343-0.jpg?v=1786936856","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/how-to-foster-dogs-from-homeless-to-homeward-bound","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}