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How to make your animal shelter lose foster parents!
Dear Animal Shelters:
Like most shelters out there, you probably have too few rescued animals and far too many foster homes eager to take them. You're probably turning off your phone because of all the foster parents begging to take on another animal. You even considered taking out newspaper space imploring the foster parents to just go away. So, here are a few simple methods to make those pesky volunteers take a hike for good: 1) Constantly pressure them to foster animals outside the categories they've listed that they would rather foster. For example, if you have a volunteer who only wants to foster large adult dogs, call her at least once a week to pressure her to take a litter of bottle-fed orphaned kittens. Bonus points if you dupe a foster who you know is uncomfortable with ferals into taking home a carrier of "sweet" kittens and not bothering to mention they're feral. 2) When the foster parents warn you before they take an animal that they are going on vacation in a few weeks, tell them you'll easily arrange for another home to take the animals during the vacation. When the time comes for that temporary transfer to take place, tell them there's no home and the foster parents will need to find their own pet-sitters or the animals, who aren't ready to be adopted, will have to stay in a carrier at the shelter. 3) Pressure them to permanently adopt their hard-to-place fosters, just to add the difficulty they already encounter at separation time. If you're a kill shelter, mention the animal in her present state will probably be declared unadoptable, and we all know what that means. 4) Get upset when the foster parent tries to independently find good homes for her foster animals, thus saving you work and the animals the time in a shelter cage. She can't possibly have the sound judgment to recognize a good home for them, given that you've trusted her with their care for months. Who do these volunteers think they are, caring about the animals they've been housing for months? 5) Make them apprehensive to return the animals to you by making the return process as depressing as possible. Given the difficult nature of returning animals in even the best conditions, this will just add to the dread! When a foster parent returns her animals at a pre-arranged time, tell her "Just leave them in the carrier in the corner, we're busy and full. They'll have to stay in the back for a few days, bye." Disregard the names the foster parent has given them. Opt instead for the warmth of using only numbers for identification. Follow these simple steps and you're bound to make those annoying foster parents just go away. Signed, A Former Foster Parent |
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This has got to be a troll since many shelters rely on fosters to open space
for other needed animals. Shelters will also not force fosters to take an animal if they are already fostering enough animals. it is clear this OP has no idea how to run a shelter if he/she is willing to burn bridges with volunteers. -- Cat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of Your Computer Needs! www.panthertekit.com "American" wrote in message om... Dear Animal Shelters: Like most shelters out there, you probably have too few rescued animals and far too many foster homes eager to take them. You're probably turning off your phone because of all the foster parents begging to take on another animal. You even considered taking out newspaper space imploring the foster parents to just go away. So, here are a few simple methods to make those pesky volunteers take a hike for good: 1) Constantly pressure them to foster animals outside the categories they've listed that they would rather foster. For example, if you have a volunteer who only wants to foster large adult dogs, call her at least once a week to pressure her to take a litter of bottle-fed orphaned kittens. Bonus points if you dupe a foster who you know is uncomfortable with ferals into taking home a carrier of "sweet" kittens and not bothering to mention they're feral. 2) When the foster parents warn you before they take an animal that they are going on vacation in a few weeks, tell them you'll easily arrange for another home to take the animals during the vacation. When the time comes for that temporary transfer to take place, tell them there's no home and the foster parents will need to find their own pet-sitters or the animals, who aren't ready to be adopted, will have to stay in a carrier at the shelter. 3) Pressure them to permanently adopt their hard-to-place fosters, just to add the difficulty they already encounter at separation time. If you're a kill shelter, mention the animal in her present state will probably be declared unadoptable, and we all know what that means. 4) Get upset when the foster parent tries to independently find good homes for her foster animals, thus saving you work and the animals the time in a shelter cage. She can't possibly have the sound judgment to recognize a good home for them, given that you've trusted her with their care for months. Who do these volunteers think they are, caring about the animals they've been housing for months? 5) Make them apprehensive to return the animals to you by making the return process as depressing as possible. Given the difficult nature of returning animals in even the best conditions, this will just add to the dread! When a foster parent returns her animals at a pre-arranged time, tell her "Just leave them in the carrier in the corner, we're busy and full. They'll have to stay in the back for a few days, bye." Disregard the names the foster parent has given them. Opt instead for the warmth of using only numbers for identification. Follow these simple steps and you're bound to make those annoying foster parents just go away. Signed, A Former Foster Parent |
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This has got to be a troll since many shelters rely on fosters to open space
for other needed animals. Shelters will also not force fosters to take an animal if they are already fostering enough animals. it is clear this OP has no idea how to run a shelter if he/she is willing to burn bridges with volunteers. -- Cat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of Your Computer Needs! www.panthertekit.com "American" wrote in message om... Dear Animal Shelters: Like most shelters out there, you probably have too few rescued animals and far too many foster homes eager to take them. You're probably turning off your phone because of all the foster parents begging to take on another animal. You even considered taking out newspaper space imploring the foster parents to just go away. So, here are a few simple methods to make those pesky volunteers take a hike for good: 1) Constantly pressure them to foster animals outside the categories they've listed that they would rather foster. For example, if you have a volunteer who only wants to foster large adult dogs, call her at least once a week to pressure her to take a litter of bottle-fed orphaned kittens. Bonus points if you dupe a foster who you know is uncomfortable with ferals into taking home a carrier of "sweet" kittens and not bothering to mention they're feral. 2) When the foster parents warn you before they take an animal that they are going on vacation in a few weeks, tell them you'll easily arrange for another home to take the animals during the vacation. When the time comes for that temporary transfer to take place, tell them there's no home and the foster parents will need to find their own pet-sitters or the animals, who aren't ready to be adopted, will have to stay in a carrier at the shelter. 3) Pressure them to permanently adopt their hard-to-place fosters, just to add the difficulty they already encounter at separation time. If you're a kill shelter, mention the animal in her present state will probably be declared unadoptable, and we all know what that means. 4) Get upset when the foster parent tries to independently find good homes for her foster animals, thus saving you work and the animals the time in a shelter cage. She can't possibly have the sound judgment to recognize a good home for them, given that you've trusted her with their care for months. Who do these volunteers think they are, caring about the animals they've been housing for months? 5) Make them apprehensive to return the animals to you by making the return process as depressing as possible. Given the difficult nature of returning animals in even the best conditions, this will just add to the dread! When a foster parent returns her animals at a pre-arranged time, tell her "Just leave them in the carrier in the corner, we're busy and full. They'll have to stay in the back for a few days, bye." Disregard the names the foster parent has given them. Opt instead for the warmth of using only numbers for identification. Follow these simple steps and you're bound to make those annoying foster parents just go away. Signed, A Former Foster Parent |
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Cat Protector wrote:
This has got to be a troll since many shelters rely on fosters to open space for other needed animals. Shelters will also not force fosters to take an animal if they are already fostering enough animals. it is clear this OP has no idea how to run a shelter if he/she is willing to burn bridges with volunteers. Actually, it sounds to me that the OP was treated that way as a Foster - hence the sarcasm/resentment dripping in his/her pos, and the signing of OP with "A Former Foster Parent" --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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Cat Protector wrote:
This has got to be a troll since many shelters rely on fosters to open space for other needed animals. Shelters will also not force fosters to take an animal if they are already fostering enough animals. it is clear this OP has no idea how to run a shelter if he/she is willing to burn bridges with volunteers. Actually, it sounds to me that the OP was treated that way as a Foster - hence the sarcasm/resentment dripping in his/her pos, and the signing of OP with "A Former Foster Parent" --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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