5 Things No One Warns You About When Fostering Shelter Pets

On my way out the door to pick up my first foster pup, I shrugged off the commitment I was signing up for, insisting to my boyfriend that we were "just giving a dog a place to crash for a while." I couldn't have been more wrong. Not only does the act of fostering save an animal from dwelling in a cage somewhere, but it also opens up the opportunity for another animal to be rescued from a kill shelter or similarly dire situation. Fostering saves more than one life at a time, and to the animals whose lives you touch, you're a superhero.