We Need
Foster Parents!

The life of every animal on this page was saved by someone like you who took a shelter animal into their home to give him or her a little extra time to find a forever home.

We are in desperate need of foster parents to foster one or more dogs, cats, or a litter of puppies or kittens.

If you would like to help save animal lives by becoming a foster parent, please print a foster parent application and guidelines sheet.

For more information, please call our Foster Coordinator at 951-674-0618.

A Poem to My Foster Dog

I am the bridge
between what was and what
can be. I am the pathway
to a new life.

I am made of mush
because my heart melted
when I saw you, matted and sore,
limping, depressed, lonely,
unwanted, afraid to love.

For one little time you are mine.
I will feed you with my own hand,
I will love you with my whole heart,
I will make you whole.
I am made of steel.

Because, when the time comes,
when you are well, and sleek,
when your eyes shine
and your tail wags with joy,
then comes the hard part.

I will let you go--
not without a tear,
but without a regret.
For you are safe forever . . .
A new dog needs me now.

                    --Diane Morgan, 1999