A WORD ABOUT FOSTER HOMES FOR RESCUE DOGS So many people today want to rescue instead of shop for a dog - I think that is a fantastic trend. But what many people don\"t realize is that the pups on our page are safe - they have already been pulled from the kill shelter and are in loving foster homes. (That\"s how we are able to tell you so much about their personalities.) Foster homes offer a bridge between the horrific conditions of a kill shelter and a new loving forever home. Without foster homes, we would have nowhere to put the dogs we rescue. A foster is much more than that. Fosters love each pup that comes through the door as if it were their own, and then are happy to see them move on to their happily ever after, much the way parents feel when their children get married and move away. It is bittersweet. But their loving work helps each animal to forget those horrors and to adjust to the life of a happy, domestic pet. It\"s not always easy, but it is so worthwhile.