Update 3/2021: Our Foster Roster program is adjusting, so we are directing interested parties directly to MACC’s Volunteer Application form.
2019-2020: Foster Dogs Incorporated has teamed up with Nashville-area animal welfare organizations to get more shelter dogs into foster homes. Join our one-of-a-kind online database of foster caretakers, allowing us to efficiently and effectively match dogs in need with great foster caretakers: YOU! This program is run in collaboration with Metro Animal Care & Control and Wags & Walks Nashville.
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SOME HAPPY #FOSTERDogsNashville placements:
Partner organizations for Foster Dogs Nashville:
To Become a MACC Foster Volunteer:
Submit a completed Foster/Volunteer Application. Questions after you apply? Email foster.macc@nashville.gov.
Be at least 18 years old.
Show proper photo identification (if driver’s license does not reflect current address, must provide a bill /lease with current address).
Be able to provide a safe, loving, and stable environment for the foster animal.
Be able to transport the foster animal to/from MACC during normal MACC business hours for booster, recheck, and spay/neuter appointments.
Be able to keep kittens and puppies separate from your own pets.
Be approved by the Foster Coordinator.
Abide by the regulations in the foster contract, which will be provided to you for signature upon pickup of your new foster animal.
Shelter Location: Metro Animal Care and Control, 5125 Harding Place, Nashville, TN 37211
To Become a Wags & Walks Foster Volunteer:
Apply here online
This rescue group is foster-based and does not have an official facility.
