Dogs currently in need of foster homes
Our City Dogs Foster Program works with foster homes in the Washington, DC metro area, including parts of Maryland and Northern Virginia. By fostering a dog or cat, you are enabling City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue to pull an animal from a high-kill shelter.
We request a minimum of a two-week foster commitment but prefer our fosters to have the pet up to the point of adoption. Many of our dogs and cats are adopted within a couple of months; however, we cannot guarantee this timeline. Sometimes they are adopted more quickly and sometimes they take longer to find forever homes. If you have travel plans, let us know and we can make appropriate arrangements.
City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue pays for all pre-approved vetting and provides you with a crate, “Adopt Me” vest, collar, leash, harness and other supplies, if needed, when you foster a dog. You provide a home, loving care and food (and taking your foster to vet appointments as needed). To learn more about our cat foster program, please visit our City Kitties foster page.
All of the dogs listed on this page need foster homes. They are eligible for adoption at any time.
NEW FOSTERS
Once you fill out an application, you will hear from a CDCK volunteer within two weeks.
Questions may be directed to our Foster Team.
APPROVED FOSTERS
If you are already an approved foster
and want to foster a dog, please email your Foster Assistant.
If you no longer know who that is, please email our Foster Team.
WANT TO ADOPT ONE?
Interested? Remember, if you’ve adopted from us before, you’re already approved to foster. Contact us if you want to foster a pet!
Foster needed to start now
PETRA: Boxer mix, female, 1 year, 45 lbs. Good with dogs. Working on house training, fine crated. She is great with other dogs and very gentle overall. She is easy to walk on a leash, she does not pull (also not reactive). Petra has great recall, and comes to her humans. She seems to do well with kids when they walk past the house and pet her, she is very gentle, and gives little licks. 
CAROLINE: Hound mix, female, 10 months, 33lbs. Caroline is affectionate and greets people well, but the world can be scary. Quiet pup who uses pee pads reliably. Working on crate training. She’d appreciate a home in a quiet area with a fenced yard and another confident dog to show her the ropes. 
MABEL: Hound mix, female, 2 years, 42lbs. Mabel’s favorite things are playtime (she loves tug, and she also is very good at playing by herself — she will throw her toys up in the air and chase them), and taking sniffy walks with her foster sister. Would do well in a home with another dog, good with cats. Quiet in her great and is working on house training but will let you now when she needs to go out. Would do well in a less busy part of town.
Temporary foster needed
11/23 – 12/1 ARCHER: Boxer mix, male, 2 years, 45 lbs, house trained and crate trained! He is doing really well in the city and is friendly with people and dogs. He’s an active, playful guy who would make a great walking or running buddy! 
NEEDS FOSTER 11/27 – 11/28 SPAULDING: Lab mix, male, 2 years, 63 lbs. Good with other dogs and tested well with shelter cats. No information on house or crate training. 
NEEDS FOSTER 12/16 – 12/27 JILL: Lab mix, female, 1 year, 47lbs. Jill is a sweet, wiggly girl who can be energetic, but will also curl up in your lap or in her bed for hours at a time. She is incredibly smart and food motivated, so training her has been a breeze. She’s already learned sit, touch, and stay! House trained, not a fan of the crate. 
NEEDS FOSTER 12/17 – 12/31 MOXIE: Hound mix, female, 4 years, 55lbs. Moxie is an affectionate, energetic dog who is excited and enthusiastic about life. She loves being with her people, especially on walks, playing ball in the yard, and going to dog parks. Moxie is good with other dogs and loves to play – she can be a bit rough in play so would need a doggie playmate who enjoys that. Moxie is interested in and friendly towards cats, but may have to be reminded not to chase them if they get her excited. Moxie is anxious around children and would do best in a home without children. 
NEEDS FOSTER 12/22 – 12/27 REMY: Female, 2 yrs old, 40 lbs Good with dogs. Sweet wiggly , goofy girl who would do well in a home with another playful dog. She loves to zoom around and show off her toys. Did well at a restaurant’s outdoor patio. Doing well with house training. Would make a great jogging partner. 
NEEDS FOSTER 12/22 – 12/29 LANIE: Feist mix, female, 2.5 years. 25lbs. Lanie is such a sweet girl with a personality as big has her amazing ears! She is the ultimate snuggle buddy, always trying to curl up next to you, or on top of you. When she is not cuddling, she is always ready to play. Loves people and other dogs, No accidents, working on crate training. Would do best with someone who works from home or in a house with another dog. 
NEEDS FOSTER 12/28 – 1/5 LIAM: Lab mix, male, 1 yr old, ~40 lbs. Stray with Levi whose finder said he did well with their dogs and cats. No information on house training or crate training.
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REHOME YOUR PET
If you are looking for a resource to rehome your pet and you did not adopt them from City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue, visit rehome.adoptapet.com to learn more and create their profile.
*If you need to return your CDCK cat or dog, please contact info@citydogsrescuedc.org.
