For the past few years, Storm and I have been very involved in fundraising though events to help offset the training costs of Service Dogs here in Michigan. These events help pay for a lot of the health care and training associated with a Service Dog. What they don’t help with though, is the raising of these new Service Dogs from puppies into adulthood. The only way to achieve that is through a foster family. The need for Service Dog foster families is a topic that is never talked about much, but it is always present.

Puppy foster families are always one of the most scarce resources for many groups who train Service Dogs. The reason behind this is simple: it takes a lot of time, patience, and love in order to raise a puppy and it gets harder yet when you know from the start that at some point, your new dog will be moving on to another person.

Those who can accept this though and are willing take in a dog who is in training are heroes to people who rely on these trained dogs such as myself.