Do you want to help us save dogs? Fostering is a great way of doing just that! When we receive our dogs from local owner surrenders or those brought up from high-kill shelters outside our community, most are waiting for their forever home. They need foster homes who can take in these abandoned pets and give them love until the perfect match comes along. To allow us to continue to save more dogs, we need foster providers to step forward and help us out. Don't let these sweet animals wait any longer - become a foster today!
Because all of our fosters need to be within a reasonable distance to our office, veterinarian, and our partner adoption locations, fosters must live within about 45 minutes of Eugene.
One of your main responsibilities as a foster provider is to keep the dog safe. This may mean a fenced yard, depending on the circumstances, but also means ensuring that the dog cannot escape and is always accompanied and wearing the Wiggly Tails tag when it goes out.
Our rescued dogs are adopted through events at Petsmart and other businesses, as well as at our office. Potential adopters come there to meet them, but in other cases you will need to meet at their home or at a park, particularly when they have other dogs that the rescue dog needs to meet.
Our dogs are often found by adopters who see their picture and a description of them on Facebook or other social media. We rely on the foster providers to let us know how the dog is doing and to share those positive moments through pictures. You also need to let us know promptly if you have any problems with your foster dog(s).
You may be the one who shows the dog that people do care, by providing socialization and the necessities of life. We provide all the needed food, pens, potty pads, crates, collar/leash, medicine, veterinary care. You provide the supervision and transportation for your dog to and from vet visits and adoption events. We ask for a two week minimum commitment for each foster dog, but most fosters keep their dog until it is adopted, which on average can take about four weeks.
Wiggly Tails will provide necessary information to enable the foster provider to effectively care for the dog.
Wiggly Tails is responsible for all necessary veterinary care, including vaccinations, medications and spaying/neutering. Foster providers usually will need to get the dog(s) to the vet.
Wiggly Tails will provide timely support with problems that foster providers encounter when fostering the dog(s). We will also take the dog back if the foster placement fails.
Wiggly Tails will assist with special needs when volunteers are available, such as providing transportation to veterinary appointments, or to adoption events.
Contact us to apply for the Foster Care program by completing an application.
Participate in a phone screening with a foster coordinator.
Have your property inspected for suitability.
Become a foster carer and make a difference to animals in need.
Wiggly Tails Dog Rescue is a volunteer-driven organization, so we rely on our volunteers to help with all aspects of the rescue. One of the nice things about volunteering for Wiggly Tails is that you can work as many or few hours as your schedule and lifestyle allow. We hope you will consider joining us in this rewarding work.
Adoption Event Support
Fundraising Assistance
Clerical Assistance
Social Media & Photography
Board of Directors
Grooming
We share all of adoptable dogs, fundraisers, and adoption events on our Facebook page. You can help by sharing our posts and following us on Facebook and Instagram.
Without the support of our Wiggly Tails Dog Rescue family, we would not be able to provide life-saving transport, medical care, and in-home fostering for our dogs. Please donate today!
Use the monetary donation buttons below (first page is for your contact details, second page for payment), or see our donation page for a list of items that we need the most.
Community and business support helps us take care of the medical needs of some dogs. For the month of October 2025, Wiggly Tails Dog Rescue is the designated beneficiary of the
"Chuck-a-Buck" fundraiser at the 6th Avenue, Eugene, Mini Pet Mart. Big thanks to Twisted Duck Pub, Caught in the Act Entertainment, and Falling Sky Brewing for the Pints for Pups event in October as well. Previously in 2025 we received generous gifts from Pentagon Federal Credit Union, the Springfield Moose Club, and even a generous donation from a lemonade stand! In 2024 Wiggly Tails Dog Rescue was selected by the Social Media followers of Sweet Cheeks Winery as one of three 2024 Charitable Cheers fundraiser beneficiaries. Everything helps!
