Fostering a homeless dog can be an immensely rewarding experience, but is also a significant responsibility to be treated with care and respect. Potential foster parents need be up to the challenge?and ready to reap the rewards?of helping to save the life of an animal in need. This complete guide to fostering a homeless/shelter dog will help determine that fostering is right for you, and that you are prepared to offer the best possible experience to your foster pet. Fostering A Dog Handbook covers all the benefits and pitfalls of temporarily taking an animal in need into your home. It offers comprehensive and practical advice, including selection, arrival preparation, precautions, care, training, and letting go when your dog is finally adopted. Sidebars offer handy lists and fascinating real-life stories. Make sure that the fostering experience turns out well for you, the rescue organization, and the dog. If you are thinking about fostering, you need this book. Inside Fostering A Dog Handbook Complete guide to fostering a homeless/shelter dog, covering all the benefits and pitfalls of temporarily taking an animal in need into your home. How to make sure that the experience turns out well for the foster parent, the rescue organization, and the dog. Comprehensive and practical advice includes getting started, preparing for arrival, setting limits, feeding and exercising, training and behavior, socializing the foster dog, and more. How to get ready to face the challenges of letting go when your dog is finally adopted. Sidebars offer handy lists and fascinating real-life stories.