Foster

Foster Families

A shelter is no place to recover from a minor illness or a surgery. A shelter is also not the ideal place to gain self-confidence and learn how to love and be loved! Our foster care program asks community members to open their doors to our animals for illness or socialization.  Love taking care of kittens or puppies, but don’t have the space to adopt them all?  Fostering can help with that too!  You can take litters of babies into your home and bring them back once they are old enough to be adopted.  By providing our temporary residents shelter for just a small amount of time helps save lives  In return we will provide all food, crates, bowls, toys, vet care. . . you name it.  All you need to give is love!  Filling out an application is required prior to becoming a CMHS foster home.  Download Foster Care Application

For more information on our foster care program, please e-mail our dog foster coordinator at kennel@cmhspets.org or our cat foster care coordinator at fostercare@cmhspets.org or give them a call at 573-443-7387 x 210.  They will give you all of the information you need to being the foster parent of one of our many furry friends!

If you are an employee for a company that offers hours for donations, find out from your place of work how to accomplish this, or ask us for help!