Animal Welfare Professionals

#AdoptionsandAdoptionPrograms
#FosterPrograms

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Anna
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Good morning! While we don't use shelterluv, we used to offer foster to adopt, especially for those cats who might   take extra time to settle in. It was popular and successful, from our perspective.  However, our new liability insurance carrier was very uncomfortable with that program and we did have to do away with it.  Their rational was that ownership of the cat became murky, should something catastrophic or at least serious happen to the cat.  So, while none of this is what you asked, you might consider checking with your carrier!

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Diane Metz
Board of Directors, Volunteer, and Foster Mom
Orange Street Cats, Inc.
Albany NY
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Wow. That is hard to believe. They are ok with Fostering?

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Melissa Hunter
Director of Development
Middleburg Humane Foundation
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-10-2026 04:12 AM
From: Diane Metz
Subject: Foster To Adopt Program?

Good morning! While we don't use shelterluv, we used to offer foster to adopt, especially for those cats who might   take extra time to settle in. It was popular and successful, from our perspective.  However, our new liability insurance carrier was very uncomfortable with that program and we did have to do away with it.  Their rational was that ownership of the cat became murky, should something catastrophic or at least serious happen to the cat.  So, while none of this is what you asked, you might consider checking with your carrier!

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Diane Metz
Board of Directors, Volunteer, and Foster Mom
Orange Street Cats, Inc.
Albany NY
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We offer foster to adopt and use shelterluv but we do not charge people prior to the offical adoption. Our clients just fill out our foster agreement and if they decide to adopt at the end of the designated time then we process all the adoption paperwork and fees then. Most of the time if they don't adopt the animal they will continue to foster them.

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Chancel Siebuhr
Behavior and Training
Paws of Coronado
CA
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Hello! We use  Shelterluv at our shelter and we do trial adoption which goes under as a foster in Shelterluv. We have our trial adopters fill out a trial adopter waiver that basically covers them for two weeks. Once those two weeks are up, we reach out to see if everything is going well and we send them their adoption check out and they pay their adoption fees at that time. We have had great success with offering that to our potential adopters. 

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Marissa Knoebel
Operations Coordinator
Jeffersonville Animal Shelter
IN
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Hi! 

We don't use ShelterLuv but we do offer this program. The person needs to have an approved adoption application on file and signs our foster agreement. We don't have them pay anything until their "decision day". Most people finalize on or before the two weeks, those that don't also return before the 2 weeks. We've only had a handful who we have to reach out to for missing their appointment. It gets a lot of our dogs out! Those that get returned we get lots of notes on. 

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Yvette Mota
Animal Services Specialist
Chula Vista Animal Care Facility
CA
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We use ShelterLuv and have an FTA option. We allow up to two weeks for the potential adopter to foster the pet. They complete a foster application and we mark the animal FTA during that time so it is removed from the website. Once the two weeks are up if they decide to officially adopt we then send the adoption link and complete as a normal adoption. We do not require any payment until the time of adoption. 

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Beth Meeks
Executive Director
West Texas Whiskers and Tails Animal Sanctuary
TX
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We do an FTA program for up to 2 weeks for most of our dogs and some of our cats. We use ShelterLuv and have people fill out the FTA form. Typically they will fill out the application to adopt and then after discussing the FTA, we send them the FTA form. It works out really well as we keep in touch and at the end of the two weeks they can either finalize the animal for adoption or return. Typically it ends in adoption and that is when we send the contract and take payment. 

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Stefanie Schmidt
Animal Welfare Specialist
Hearts Alive Village
NV
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