If you can’t adopt, fostering is the next best thing!

Fostering is the heart of Austin’s no-kill mission. Every time someone opens their home, they give a dog the chance to heal, learn, and show who they really are outside of the shelter. Foster families make room for more dogs to be saved, and there’s a fit for everyone—whether it’s a quick overnight or emergency stay, a week or two of recovery care, or longer-term fostering until adoption. However you’re able to help, every foster home matters, and together they make Austin’s no-kill promise possible.