Animals In Need of Foster Homes

Sometimes, all an animal needs is a safe place to land.

The animals featured below are currently in need of foster placement through Pay It Fur-Ward. Some may need a home for only a few weeks, while others may need a little more time as they wait for adoption, reunification with their family, medical care, or their next step forward.

Every foster placement is different, and we work hard to make thoughtful matches based on the animal’s needs, personality, and the foster home’s experience and comfort level.

You do not have to be able to foster every animal to make a difference. Maybe you are great with big dogs, prefer cats, have experience with shy animals, or simply have a quiet spare room and some extra love to give. The right foster home can completely change an animal’s journey.

Pay It Fur-Ward provides guidance and support throughout the placement, and we will give you as much information as possible about each animal before you commit.

See someone you may be able to help?

Take a look at the animals below and learn more about their individual needs. If you think one may be a good fit for your home, submit a foster application and our team will be in touch.

Open your home temporarily. Change a life permanently.

Love Without Judgment. Compassion Without Limits.

Understanding Our PAW Rating System

Our PAW Rating System helps foster families quickly understand an animal’s current level of medical, behavioral, and placement needs. A higher PAW rating does not mean an animal is “bad” or aggressive—it simply means they may need a more experienced foster, closer supervision, medical support, additional safety precautions, or a faster placement.

🐾 1 PAW: No medical concerns or resource guarding. Relaxed, comfortable body language with no concerning defensive behaviors. Placement needed within 1–3 months.
🐾🐾 2 PAWS: No medical concerns or resource guarding. May appear somewhat tense, nervous, or unsure, but does not display significant defensive behaviors. Placement needed within 1 month.
🐾🐾🐾 3 PAWS: Non-emergency medical needs and/or minor resource guarding. May display tense body language, avoidance, hissing, low-level growling, or other warning signals when uncomfortable. Placement needed within 1 month.
🐾🐾🐾🐾 4 PAWS: Non-emergency medical needs and/or more significant resource guarding or defensive behavior. This may include growling, hissing, stiff or guarded posture, showing teeth, swiping, raised fur, or an arched posture. The animal may require additional management, careful introductions, and a foster comfortable recognizing and respecting warning signals. Placement needed within 2–4 weeks.
🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾 5 PAWS: Urgent placement required. The animal may have immediate medical needs and/or significant resource guarding, fear-based, or defensive behaviors. Behaviors may include intense or repeated growling, baring teeth, stiff or frozen body posture, hard staring, lunging, snapping, hissing, swiping, raised fur, arched posture, or other clear warnings that the animal needs additional space and careful handling. A 5-PAW animal may require strict management and increased safety precautions. Experienced foster only; single-animal placement required unless specifically approved by Pay It Fur-Ward.

3 years old

Male

American Bull Dog/American Pit Bull Terrier

Neutered Recently (so he's still in recovery)

Up to date on his vaccines

**NO other animals**

**NO children under 13**

Temporary placement for a few months

Czar

🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾 Meet Czar

Czar is a 3-year-old neutered male who is currently recovering from his recent neuter and is up to date on his vaccines. He is looking for an approximately 3-month foster placement where he can feel safe, settle in, and decompress.

Czar does have resource guarding around toys, so his ideal foster home would have no other animals and either no children or children age 13+ who can understand and respect his boundaries.

Czar is currently rated 5 PAWS, meaning he needs an experienced foster who is comfortable providing structure, patience, and appropriate management.

He may need a little extra understanding, but the right foster home could make an enormous difference in his life.

4 Years Old

Female

Domestic Long Hair

Spayed

Needs Vaccines (Scheduled to get them on 8/26/2026

**NO other animals**

**Fed Prescription diet TWICE DAILY**

Temporary placement for 1-2 months

Fatty

🐾 Meet Fatty

Fatty came to us very dehydrated, underweight, and severely matted. Since then, she has made incredible progress and has already gained more than 2 pounds. She may still look a little rough right now because of the condition her coat was in when she arrived, but with time, proper nutrition, and regular grooming, she will continue looking and feeling better.

Fatty is currently in temporary foster care for her owner and is on a renal diet provided through The Pet Cross. She will need a foster who can keep her comfortable, give her plenty of love, and brush her regularly to help keep her coat healthy as it grows back in.

She’s already come such a long way—now she just needs a safe place to continue healing until she can be reunited with her owner. ❤️

1 year 4 months old

Male

UnNeutered

Up to date on shots

German Shepard/Pit Bull Mix

Temporary placement for 3 months

Timon

🐾 Meet Timon

This handsome 1-year, 4-month-old male German Shepherd/Pit Bull mix is looking for a temporary foster home for approximately 3 months.

He is sweet, gentle, and a little timid, and he does well with children, cats, and small dogs. His experience with larger dogs is more limited, but he has been around them at the dog park and did very well. Because he hasn’t spent much time around larger dogs in a home setting, slow, supervised introductions are recommended with any new dogs.

He is up to date on his vaccinations and is not yet neutered.

He would do best with a patient foster who can give him time to settle in, build his confidence, and enjoy a safe, loving environment while his owner works toward reunification.

Temporary placement needed for approximately 3 months. ❤️