GLAR and Foster Responsibilities 

 

GLAR Responsibilities

 

• Paying for medical care. All medical care will be covered by GLAR if provided by an approved GLAR hospital or clinic.

• Basic necessities, if needed. GLAR can provide food, bed, collars, leashes, belly bands, diapers.

• (Prior approval of any purchases made for your GLAR foster will be needed in order for reimbursement. Please contact a GLAR mentor.

 

Foster Responsibilities

 

• Providing daily mental and physical exercise suitable to the needs of your foster dog.

• Providing a safe, quiet environment free of stress.

• Administering any medications prescribed by a veterinarian.

• Transporting your dog to veterinarian appointments if necessary. Assistance will be provided for those that do not have transportation.

• Transporting your dog to at least two GLAR Outreach events each month. Assistance will be provided for those who do not have transportation.

• Meeting with potential adopters and providing them with information about your current foster dog.

• Completing a 48-hour post-adoption follow-up with new adopters.

• Weekly check-in with GLAR regarding the status of your current foster dog.

• Promoting your GLAR dog in a positive manner to the public and providing honest information to those who inquire about your GLAR dog.

• If medical treatment is needed, going to one of GLAR’s approved veterinarian clinics and hospitals. Other arrangements can be made if approved by GLAR prior to treatment.

• Communicating any behavior or medical problems to a GLAR mentor immediately and providing weekly status updates.

• If at any time, you feel that you cannot properly care for your GLAR dog, you must give GLAR at least 5 days notice before returning the dog.

• The foster agrees that the dog remains under the jurisdiction of GLAR and can not be abandoned, sold or given to a shelter, retail establishment or research institution.

• The foster understands that GLAR has the right to remove the foster dog from the foster home at any time.

• The foster understands they cannot foster any dogs that are not a GLAR dog.  It is GLAR's the responsibility to ensure the safety and health of all foster dogs belonging to GLAR and cannot ensure their safety if strays or other non-GLAR fosters are brought into the foster home.