Foster

Foster Evaluation

Assessing your foster dog for adoption is a vital role any foster parent plays in the adoption process. You live, feed, play with and have the closest contact of anyone with your foster dog and can help identify traits that will determine what kid of home he should be placed in. Please complete this form to help us "market" your foster dog. You can make changes to your responses as your foster dog changes.

Foster Dog's Name

Your Name

Behavior: Food Bowl

Good
Easts faster when approached
Freezes over food
Growls at approaching human
Growls at approaching dog
Keeps eating when touched
Stops eating and/or growls when touched

Additional comments about eating behavior

Behavior: Crate Training

Likes crate and willingly goes in
Goes in as long as there is a bribe involved
Tolerates crate
Screams, fusses and/or tears up bedding in crate
We have received permission to stop crating this dog

Additional comments about crating behavior

Behavior: Housebreaking

Has never had an accident in the house
Marks but does not pee
Accidents at first but, none recently
Accidents when people are home
Accidents when left alone

Behavior: Destruction and Chewing

Chews or destroys inappropriate items
Destroys bedding in crate only
Chews on appropriate toys and bones

Behavior: When the dog is touched while sleeping

Dog wakes up snapping and/or growling
Dog is startled but does not snap or growl
Dog doesn't notice

Additional comments about sleeping behavior

Behavior: Play

Mouthy
Talkative
Likes wrestling
Can be redirected
Overly excited/can't be redirected
Doesn't really play

Additional comments about play behavior

Behavior: Toys

Likes toys that squeak
Likes toys that don't squeak
Toys can be easily be taken away
SOME toys can be easily taken away
Toys cannot easily be taken away
Prefers plus toys
Doesn't play with toys

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Additional comments about toy behavior

Basic Handling: Can Open Muzzle

Easily
Fairly easily
Clamps down

Basic Handling: Can Easily Touch

Everywhere
Some areas are off limits

Describe areas that are off limits for touching

Basic Handling: Hugs

Likes
Dislikes (eyes bulging, panting, struggling, growling)
Neither likes or dislikes

Basic Handling: Brushing

Likes
Dislikes

Additional comments about basic handling

This dog knows the following commands

Sit
Down or Lay Down
Wait
Leave It
Watch
Off or another command for jumping on people
None of the above

Additional comments on obedience

Socialization: Car Ridss

Likes (doesn't bark or pant, lays down quietly in car)
Likes but stands or barks during ride
Doesn't like (panting, salivating, agitation)
Jumps in car on own
Puts front feet up only
Needs full help getting in

Socialization: Strangers

Likes all
Doesn't like any
Only likes men
Only likes women
Prefers men but is okay with either
Prefers women but is okay with either

Socialization: Children

Likes all
Dislikes all
Likes only if over the age of 5
Likes only if over the age of 10
Unknown

Socialization: Dogs

Likes all
Does not like if confined by a fence or a leash
Likes dogs of the same size but not smaller
Likes medium sized or large dogs but not smaller
Likes smaller dogs but not larger
Does not like any other dogs

Socialization: Cats

Locks up, salivates, won't break gaze, won't be called off (not cat safe)
Shows interest but can be called off easily (cat correctable)
Doesn't even notice cat is in the room
Unknown

Additional comments about socialization

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