How to set up a foster home and start a placement
Capacity, preferences and a home check, then a real movement.
- Add the foster home. Under Foster, add the person, their capacity, and any preferences - species, size, medical comfort level.
- Record the home check. Once you have done one, mark the date - it shows on the home’s record for anyone reviewing it later.
- Start a placement. From the animal’s record or the foster home’s page, start a placement and pick the animal and home.
- End it when the animal returns. Say why - a return home, an adoption from foster, or a move to another placement.
Worth knowing: A placement is a real movement, the same kind the kennel board uses, so an animal in foster shows up as genuinely in foster in your census rather than a note that someone has to remember.
Your shelter can be running this by the end of the day.
Create your account, verify your organization, and start entering animals. No sales call, no quote, no card. The part of Rescuely that runs a shelter is free and stays free.