Foster-to-Adopt

Not sure if you’re ready to adopt? Our foster-to-adopt program is an opportunity to see a dog in your space before making it forever.

All of our incoming dogs are available for foster-to-adopt upon their arrival to NYC. Foster-to-adopt is a 5 day ‘trial run’ with your dog to see if it is a fit and a great opportunity to really see your dog in your home before making it forever. We know people can be hesitant to jump right in, especially when a dog is new to the city. We’re pretty sure the ability to spend some quality time with one of our dogs will give you the chance to fall in love and make it forever. Plus, by taking in a dog, you enable us to save another. You can have a direct hand in helping us rescue the thousands of dogs still waiting to be saved in Texas shelters.

Check out our currently available foster-to-adopt dogs below! These dogs will be arriving on our next transport and are available for foster-to-adopt directly from our transport van.

Foster-to-Adopt Dogs

Please note that breeds listed are best guesses. In particular, we cannot guarantee that any dog is hypoallergenic.

Foster-to-Adopt FAQs

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  • We have two avenues of foster-to-adopt! The first, and most popular, is our transport foster-to-adopt program. This program provides you with a rare opportunity to see your pup in your home before making it forever, and has about a 70% success rate. You’ll pick up your dog from our transport van and be their first introduction to their new life up North. It is...

    • A blind matchmaking process, meaning we are unable to guarantee temperamental information for our new dogs. We will always share what we know about our incoming dogs, but their behavior tends to change - sometimes drastically! - as they decompress in their new home.

    • A five day "trial run" with your dog to see if it's a fit.

    • On a first come, first served basis unless we have information about the dog that might cause a mismatch (i.e. they’ve displayed guarding behavior around other dogs and you have a resident dog).

    Our second foster-to-adopt offering is for select dogs currently in NY foster care. This is offered on a case-by-case basis depending on each dog’s unique situation. Some dogs have behavioral complexities that our foster-to-adopters would like to experience firsthand before fully committing, but most of these dogs have simply been overlooked for reasons we don’t quite understand!

    Both offerings include the support of our foster, adoption, and medical teams as you navigate the first few days with the dog who will hopefully become your new best friend.

    If you are interested in learning more about our foster-to-adopt program, please reach out to adopt@hbrdogs.com and our adoption team will walk you through the process.

  • No, our approved adopters and fosters are also approved for our foster-to-adopt program, pending a set of requirements. If you are approved and interested in foster-to-adopt, you can send an email to adopt@hbrdogs.com and our adoption team will guide you through the process.

  • We will confirm that you live within the radius of one of our partner veterinarians in the event of a medical emergency, and that you are able to drive into NYC for adoption events or foster dog drop-offs should you decline adoption. If you decide to pass on adoption, we ask that you continue fostering your dog for a minimum of 2-3 weeks, but ideally through to the dog’s forever home, as we find unnecessarily bouncing dogs between homes can lead to behavioral challenges.