>>> FOLLOW A FOSTER FROM
HOMELESS TO HOME.
AND DOES YOUR PET DESERVE TO
BE KNOWN?
SPOIL YOUR BEST FRIEND WITH
SUPER COOL GADGETS -- GADGETS
AND A VET TELLS YOU THOUSAND
BREAK THE BAD HABITS.
A HAVEN FOR PETS AND HOW YOU
CAN KICK IN.
IT IS A SHOW FULL OF CUTE IS
AS GOOD AS IT GETS BECAUSE AS
LOCAL 4 WE ARE ALL 4 PETS.
>> WELCOME TO THIS ALL 4 PETS
SPECIAL, A PLACE TO CELEBRATE
THE FURRY FAMILY MEMBERS.
>> I HAVE A DOG NAMED ZEN AND
YOU HAVE CHARLIE TICKLES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE MOST
POPULAR DOG NAMES ARE FOR MALE
AND FEMALE?
>> I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.
THINK ABOUT THAT AND WE WILL
HAVE THE ANSWERS LATER.
MORE THAN THREE MILLION DOGS
SHOW UP IN SHELTERS IN THE
U.S. EVERY YEAR.
ALL OF THEM.
SOME GET TO GO TO FOSTER HOMES
AND HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT IT
MIPS TO BE A FOSTER FAMILY FOR
DOGS WHO ARE ALMOST HOME
.
EVERY YEAR VOLUNTEERS GET
TOGETHER TO SEND HOLIDAY CARDS
TO THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE
ADOPTED DOGS THROUGH THEM OVER
THE PAST YEAR.
>> WE AVERAGE 75 TO A HUNDRED
ADOPTIONS PER YEAR.
WE ARE CONTACTED BY THE LOCAL
SHELTERS, SOME LOCAL AND SOME
NOT SO LOCAL.
WHEN THEY GET OVER FILLED OR
SPECIAL CASES LIKE THIS GUY
WHO IS OLDER OR BLIND OR HAVE
SPECIAL MEDICAL NEEDS WE
PROVIDE ALL OF THEIR FOOD AND
A CRATE IF NEEDED AND WE
PROVIDE ALL OF THEIR VET
CARE.
LITERALLY IT IS PROVIDING THE
LOVE AND THE CONSISTENCY AND
TRAINING THE DOG NEEDS.
>> Reporter: THEY DON'T HAVE A
PHYSICAL SHELTER.
THEY RELY ON A NETWORK OF
FOSTER FAMILIES TO PROVIDE
TEMPORARY HOMES FOR DOGS.
VOLUNTEERS LIKE AMY WHO PICKED
UP HER LATEST FOSTER DOG,
LOU-LOU AT THE GATHERING.
AMY STARTED FOSTERING A YEAR
AGO.
>> OUR FIRST FOSTER WAS
FRISCO.
HE WAS SUPER SCARED AND TIMID
AND WASN'T POTTY TRAINED.
FRISCO IS GOOF BALL.
I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE HARD TO
ADOPT OUT.
THEN.
THE MORE WE GOT TO KNOW HIM
THE MORE HE RELAXED AND THAT'S
WHAT IS NICE ABOUT PUTTING A
DOG IN A FOSTER HOME.
THEY CAN APT ONE -- ACT ONE
WAY IN A SHELTER AND WHEN YOU
GET THEM HOME THEY ARE RELAXED
AND THEY START TO OPEN UP.
AFTER FRISCO WE GOT LISA AND
SHE WA A LITTLE TINY TERRIER
FOUND UNDER A DUMPSTER.
SHE WAS HERE FOR ABOUT A MONTH.
AND THEN SHE WENT OUT TO ONE
HOME AND SHE GOT RETURNED
WHICH IS THE GOOD THING ABOUT
MBS.
THEY A LIFE LONG COMMITMENT TO
THE DOGS, BUT IF IT DOESN'T
THEM.
SHE WAS RETURNED, BUT HAD
ANOTHER APPLICATION IN SO SHE
WENT TO HER NEXT HOME AND HAS
BEEN THERE EVER SINCE.
THE THIRD DOG WAS MADDIE AND
SHE WAS LOTS OF PUPPY AND LOTS
OF ENERGY.
NEXT CAME DALLAS.
DALLAS WAS A YORKIE MIX, AND
NOW HE IS AT HIS FOREVER HOME,
AND WE JUST HAD AN UPDATE ON
HIM AND HE IS DOING WELL.
>> REMEMBER FRISCO, AMY'S
FIRST FOSTER DOG, WE PLAYED A
PART IN FINDING HIM A FOREVER
FAMILY.
>> I HAVE AN INSTAGRAM PAGE I
CREATED AS A WAY TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT IS FOSTERING AND EDUCATE
PEOPLE ABOUT FOSTERING AND
FRISCO'S PARENTS SAW A POST
THAT YOU GUYS PUT UP ABOUT
FRISCO AND THEN THEY GOT IN
CONTACT WITH ME AND THAT'S HOW
WE FOUND THE HOME.
>> THE ALL FOR PETS PAGE SAVED
TIMES.
>> I KEPT SEEING PICTURES OF
THE PUPPY.
AND THE MORE WE -- THE MORE I
LOOKED AT HIM AND KEPT SHOWING
MY HUSBAND THEY HAD A LOT OF
THE SAME PERSONALITY TRAITS.
UP.
>> AND NOW FRISCO WHO AMY
WORRIED WOULD BE HARD TO PLACE
HAS A FOREVER MOM AND DAD AND
BROTHER FRANKIE.
>> THEY LOVE PLAYING
TOGETHER.
THEY ARE BIG SNUFFLE BUGS.
IF THEY ARE NOT LAYING ON ME
THEY LAY ON EACH OTHER.
HE IS RECOVERING AT HOME WITH
AMY AND YOUR FOSTER BROTHERS
AND SPECIAL FEELINGS FOR HER.
>> IN ALL OF THE DOGS WE
FOSTER THIS IS THE FIRST DOG
HE HAS TRULY LIKED AND LOVED
AND WANTED TO PLAY WITH AND
THEY CHASE EACH OTHER AROUND
THE HOUSE AND THEY CUDDLE
TOGETHER.
I TOLD HIM HE IS NOT ALLOWED
TO DATE HIS FOSTER SISTER.
>> IT IS EASY TO FALL IN LOVE
WITH A FOSTER DOG.
>> IT ONLY TAKES A FEW DAYS TO
GET ATTACHED.
THAT'S THE GOAL OF FOSTERING
IS TO FIND THEM A HOME.
IF THEY ARE LEAVING, YOU
>> IT IS SO GREAT WHEN THEY