Foster Homes and Foster Opportunities

[jaybird]

Since SAFE does not currently have a central facility to call home, we rely on a network of foster homes to house the horses we rescue. We never ever have enough foster homes, so if you would be interested in becoming a SAFE Foster Parent, read on!

SAFE horses awaiting adoption are typically in foster care for 6-8 months. While we are certainly open to shorter term foster homes, or emergency only foster homes, it is the long-term stable homes we need the most. We are very supportive of our foster homes, and will work hard to ensure a beneficial relationship all around.

What SAFE Provides:

1) SAFE pays for all routine and emergency veterinarian care, and all farrier care.

2) SAFE offers Foster Homes three options for feeding horses in their care

a) The foster home pays for and provides all necessary hay and grain, and can claim an income tax deduction for any unreimbursed expenses incurred.
b) SAFE can purchase and provide hay and grain to the Foster Home.
or c) SAFE will pay a monthly stipend to the foster home for each horse

What the Foster Home Provides:

1) Adequate shelter for each horse and safe fencing (no barbed wire!)

2) Clean water and feeding of sufficient amounts of hay and grain to maintain good body weight for each horse

3) Close supervision to ensure that the horse remains healthy and injury-free, and willingness to contact SAFE promptly if a problem arises

4) Regular updates to SAFE about the horse. Also must agree to a visit by a SAFE member at least once per month. This means that foster homes need to be within reasonable driving distance of a SAFE member.

5) Love, attention, pats, scritches, and hopefully, carrots.


If you would like to get involved with SAFE as a Foster Home, please go to the website, review the foster contract, and then fill out and return the Foster Application. SAFE will arrange a site visit prior to approving a foster home.

Foster contract and application can be found here: www.safehorses.org/about/policies.html

[jaybird]

FOSTER OPPORTUNITY: A pair of elderly gentlemen seek pasture to share!

Pie and Dobbin both need new foster homes, and since Pie is more or less blind, we'd like to find a place that the two of them could go together!

This is Dobbin:

And this is Pie:

They're rather a matched set, aren't they?

These two horses need a pasture to hang out in together during the day, and stalls to sleep in at night. They are both probably 25+ years old, and they can't be ridden or worked, but they need a place where they will be loved and appreciated and pampered. Visit their threads for some insight into their histories and personalities. They each have a lot of both.

If you'd like to be considered as a SAFE foster home for these horses, or any others, please review the foster contract and submit a foster application by visiting www.safehorses.org/about/policies.html, or contact [e-mail] if you have any questions!

[jaybird]

FOSTER OPPORTUNITY: Lexi the pony mare needs a new foster home!

Lexi is a 6 year old pony mare who is not yet started under saddle due to some conformational faults in her hooves. SAFE is still trying to determine if she is sound enough to start training. In the meantime, she needs a foster home, preferably one with someone who can pay close attention to her feet and treat her white line disease when necessary. Dry footing, preferably a gravel paddock, is a must.



If you are interested in fostering Lexi, please email [e-mail]

[mrbakermiss]

Who else can be fostered at this time? I'm not set up for a gravel paddock, or two geriatric fellows (although they are beautiful and deserve homes just as much as anyone other horse in SAFE's care) ?

[schwung]

Oops, missed this. Where are you at? What kind of horse can you foster?

[Buena]

Lexi moved to a great new foster home in Snohomish yesterday. She is now keeping an older gelding company.

[cat67]

Apr 28, 2008 11:11:43 GMT -5 Buena said:

Lexi moved to a great new foster home in Snohomish yesterday. She is now keeping an older gelding company.

Cool! Hope they will post and let us all know how she is doing.

[mrbakermiss]

Well, I can foster pretty much anything, but am actually somewhat in the process of getting a mare in my area, but if it doesn't work out, I'll let you know.

[Kea's Crest]

We are available for fostering in the hopes of adopting when their status legally allows. Hope, Emma, Phoenix, Kokomo, Willow, or Lily are horses we are mostly drawn to. We have a TB and Arab so would like to have a Saddlebred. Mama with baby is great but otherwise it is probably best to share and adopt only one rather than take the whole bunch. (Not that I've never been up-sold by a good salesperson ;D)

Occasional trail riding and mostly just member of the family is all we are looking for. Pedigree and papers are not important for that although fun to use to guess how the horse may turn out.

Our set up is perfect for a youngster and the challenges of a green horse would be a welcome change to those of the elder horse care we have worked thru the last two years.

Please let us know if that is a possibility with any of these horses.

David and Janis of Kea's Crest

[schwung]

Hey David and Janis -
None of the Elledge horses are currently in need of fostering. All need to stay within a 20 mile radius due to County restrictions as well as need to be close to our vet. And, as we've talked about, none will be available for adoption for at least a couple more months. But certainly, when they are, we will be talking to you, and I have your application ready to start processing.

Our need for foster homes right now would be primarily for any new horses we took in, and would need to be kept within the local Snohomish/King county area so that our vet can treat them, until they are in a stable enough condition to be adopted out.

[Kea's Crest]

That makes sense. I guess that gives me more time to finish the second barn.

You had mentioned something along those lines but I was just getting excited and was checking if I had not understood correctly and perhaps legally fostering was an "option-til-adoption."

Looks like you have plenty to keep you busy with the new colt. Hurray and congratulations for Hope and baby.

We'll stay tuned.

David and Janis