The purpose of a foster family within the Heart of
Texas Greyhound Adoption, Inc. organization is to assist a newly-retired
racing Greyhound in becoming acclimated to home life. A foster
home is a temporary placement for the Greyhound, until its
"forever" home is found. It is a very rewarding
experience to see a retired racing Greyhound make the transition from
"track hound" to "45 M.P.H. Couch Potato!"
Greyhounds are wonderful companions who crave love and
attention. Through fostering, your family will have the
opportunity to learn more about Greyhounds and, perhaps find the perfect
Greyhound to adopt into your family!
No H.O.T. Hound is ever placed in a kennel situation. All H.O.T. Hounds are
fostered in loving, caring homes prior to adoption.
Fostering through H.O.T. is done a little differently than with other adoption/
rescue groups. To help make the fostering experience through H.O.T. pleasant and successful
for both H.O.T. Hound and H.O.T. foster family, upon entering our program, all H.O.T. Hounds stay
in one foster home to be
initially personality profiled prior to their pre-adoption vetting. After the pre-adoption vetting is
completed and the initial foster family has a
pretty good idea of the personality of a particular H.O.T. Hound, then and only then is that dog
moved into another foster home. We are especially careful to match up hound with home to ensure
a successful fostering exerience. Everything except food is provided for your foster hound, because
we find most foster families would rather just dish up two bowls of the same food rather than deal with
two separate types of food. At the very least, a crate, muzzle, belly band (if the foster is
a male) and unconditionally support is provided to you during your fostering experience.
Monthly heartworm medication, worming medicine, and all
vetting cost (unless it is due to the negligence of the foster family) is also provided by H.O.T.
All we ask of our foster homes is that the bring their H.O.T. Foster Hound to the weekly Show 'n
Tails, and that they treat their H.O.T. Hound with the love and care that they would their own
Greyhound.
H.O.T. Foster Families are one of the most important parts of
H.O.T. Family. During your fostering experiences, we
are committed to assisting you in every way possible. If you and
your family are interested in helping Heart of Texas Greyhound Adoption by
becoming one of our special foster families, please take a moment to
read the
Foster Information, Foster Application and Foster
Agreement. The Application and Agreement form should be printed out,
completed in full, and sent to:
Heart of Texas Greyhound Adoption, Inc.
24430 Camp Site
San Antonio, TX 78264
FAX: (210) 621-0360
or you can e-mail H.O.T.'s Foster Coordinator for more info.
Thank you for your interest in becoming a H.O.T. Foster Family!
Foster Families are the  of our organization!
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