The Joy of Fostering: Here are dogs that are on our waiting list and need a foster home right now!!

Sunday, April 8, 2007

Here are dogs that are on our waiting list and need a foster home right now!!

Please check out the pups that are urgently in need of a foster home on our petfinder list.

If you'd consider fostering a dog, please email Lisa, IBR president at:

and also complete the IBR foster application (see link on the right-hand side). IBR appreciates your help---the dogs will repay you endlessly with sloppy kisses. We promise!!

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Anonymous said...: It is sad that I have tried to contact someone from this website about adopting one of these dogs, but I have never received a response. If you want people to contact you about some of the dogs you should make it very easy for someone to do so. There should be an easier way to get in touch.; February 19, 2008 at 12:15 AM

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Since many of our rescue dogs come from homes where they have been neglected for years, proper vetting is a crucial part of the process our dogs go through before they go to their new forever homes. While we ask for a $325 adoption donation for adult dogs and $375 for puppies, our average medical expense for each dog is often much more than that- especially for the dogs that may have severe injuries and medical problems. . In the 6-plus years of IBR’s existence, we have seen many emaciated and malnourished dogs. Most of these dogs have been fed a poor quality diet and are full of intestinal parasites (including hookworm, round worm, whipworm, lungworm or tapeworm) or other microscopic parasites known as Coccidia and Giardia. Many dogs come to us that have not been given preventatives against Heartworm disease, and thus test positive for this mosquito-borne disease. Treatment for Heartworm requires two injections of a Cyanide-based drug called Immiticide. Dogs that undergo Heartworm treatment also need several months of rest so that the dying worms can be reabsorbed into their systems. All of these parasites can make a rescue dog very ill and can be expensive to treat on average about $300 per dog. Heartworm disease does not discriminate. In 2006, IBR successfully treated 11 dogs

The Joy of Fostering

Sunday, April 8, 2007

Here are dogs that are on our waiting list and need a foster home right now!!

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