Volunteering for GDROC
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© 2010 GDROC
We need
Foster
Families!
What Can You Do for GDROC?     
   
*Transport Danes
*Handle Danes at GDROC Events
*Screen Applicants
*Do home visits for Potential Adopters

*Donate:
-crates, beds, toys
-food, bowls, raised feeders
-flea preventative, Heartgard
-collars, leashes
-money by cash, check, money order, Paypal
Foster A Great Dane
Foster F.A.Q.
When GDROC was founded we set a standard that we would not take in Danes and place them in kennels.  
We need to have a foster home for it, strictly for the well being of the Dane.

The more foster homes we have, the more Danes we can save.

*How long will my foster stay?
Our experience has been that fosters usually find their adoptive homes within 4-6 weeks of being placed
in a foster home.

*What if my foster does not work out?
Because of unknown history on some of the Danes we take in, sometimes things don't work out.  If this
turned out to be the case, you would not be stuck with the Dane.  We will move the Dane to another
foster within a few days of notification.   

* What if I want to adopt my foster Dane?
The foster home always has first right to adopt their foster Dane.  The adoption fee must be paid and an
adoption contract signed.  Often foster homes become what we call "foster failures" and end up falling in
love with and adopting their foster Dane.  This is not a bad thing!
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Step 1: Fill out a volunteer application and mail it to us.  Click here for an application.

*Steps 3 & 4 only apply to those volunteers interested in fostering

Step 3: A volunteer will call to schedule a home visit.
Step 4: Your application as well as home visit information will be reviewed and a decision will be made as
to whether you are an approved home or not, and you will be notified of this decision.
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1.  GDROC will not place a foster Dane in a home to be kept outside, nor in a home who currently houses
dogs outside.   GDROC Danes must be housed inside only.  
2. Foster homes must have a fenced in yard, invisible fences are not acceptable as the only means of
containing a GDROC Dane.
3. Foster homes will be responsible for appropriately training each foster Dane.  All foster Danes will be
crate trained with the exception of those who are already reliable when left loose in the house.
4. Foster homes are responsible for transporting their foster Dane(s) to and from the vet and making
themselves or the Dane available for meet and greets and adoption events.
5. Foster homes will provide food, toys, appropriate collars and leads (except when donations are
available) and all the love and attention each GDROC Dane deserves.
We need
Foster
Families!
New Change as of January 1, 2010:  GDROC will only place Danes in foster homes with
children age 5 and older.  This us for your safety as well as the Dane's.