This document contains helpful information and FAQs about taking care of your foster cat. Includes promoting your foster for adoption monthly flea/tick medication, or Revolution, if you own cats that go outside Cat condos at PetSmart and Petco veterinary care and medical emergency protocols adoption events Cat Foster Manual Sept2020

These tips are from ASPCA’s Client Services team. Most returns occur within two months post-adoption, and the majority of those happen within the first two weeks. Follow up with adopters 2 days, 10 days and 1½ months after they bring their new animal home. If your adopter doesn’t answer your call, leave a message and [...]

Petco Foundation has invested in Finding Rover, a mobile app and website that uses pet facial recognition to reunite lost cats and dogs with their owners. If you've lost a pet, post your pet's photo and/or search the partner lost photo database. If you'd like to adopt, look at the partner adoptables photo database. Like [...]

Dogs communicate with one another and with us using their own elegant, non-verbal language. ASPCA published tips that focus on important aspects of a dog’s body: eyes, ears, mouth, tail, sweat, and overall body posture/movement. Fosters can use this information to interpret what an animal is feeling. 7 Tips on Canine Body Language

So you've opened your home to a new foster or adopted pet - now what? Join the Petco Foundation for virtual Yappy Hour! Free interactive live streams with animal welfare experts ready to provide you with the tools you need to navigate life with a new pet! Visit www.petcofoundation.org/foster for more info and to register [...]

Helpful articles about how to deal with behavioral problems with dogs. Houston Area Dog Training Resources

Helpful articles from ASPCA about how to deal with the common problem of separation anxiety in dogs. Preventing Separation Anxiety in Dogs ASPCA Treating Separation Anxiety in Dogs ASPCA

KPMG Houston selected SOCA-FBC to receive a donation through their Community Impact program. We were nominated by a SOCA volunteer and adopter. KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax & Advisory services. As trusted advisors and problem solvers, we strive to make a tangible difference – for our clients, society, and [...]

The Tri-City Women's Club selected SOCA-FBC for a generous donation to help us with additional expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic. We were nominated by a SOCA volunteer. “On behalf of our 2019-2020 Board, we would like to thank you for the incredible work you do providing food, shelter and medication for these animals who have [...]

Tito’s Handmade Vodka selected SOCA-FBC for a generous donation to help us with additional expenses during the COVID-19 crisis. We were nominated by a SOCA volunteer and foster family. Tito’s Handmade Vodka is America’s Original Craft Vodka, produced in Austin at Texas’ oldest legal distillery.