Dog Foster Network
Dog Foster Network is a partner of Best Friends, working together to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country
The Best Friends Network is made up of thousands of public and private shelters, rescue groups, spay/neuter organizations, and other animal welfare groups — all working to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country.
From Dog Foster Network
Dog Foster Network started with a simple, personal truth: one person can only do so much. Our founder became a foster - and then a foster fail - and realized that the bottleneck wasn't love. It was access, visibility, and support.
Dogs were sitting in shelters and rescues, waiting for temporary homes that existed but couldn't be reached. Fosters wanted to help but didn't know where to start. We built DFN to close that gap.
Today we're actively growing our network of rescue partners and working to bring more exposure to dogs in need - because every dog deserves a safe place to land while they wait for their forever home.
How is your community doing when it comes to lifesaving?
Our partners support each other and inspire their own communities to increase lifesaving of dogs and cats across the country.
Animals in California need your help
You can make a world of difference in the lives of cats and dogs in your community when you work with Dog Foster Network and Best Friends to support homeless pets and save more lives.
Heartwarming stories from our partners
Who we are
Best Friends Animal Society works alongside thousands of animal shelters, rescue groups, and other animal welfare organizations to save the lives of cats and dogs across the country and to make the entire country no-kill.
The Best Friends Network is comprised of thousands of animal welfare groups from every single state, all working to save the lives of pets in their own communities.
Ranging from animal shelters and rescue groups to spay/neuter and trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) organizations, they collaborate with Best Friends to save even more lives in every corner of the country.
Best Friends provides marketing help, fundraising events, webinars, grants, and other resources so that, together, we can Save Them All.
Interested in becoming a partner? Visit bestfriends.org/network.