Dogs currently in need of foster homes

City Dogs Rescue needs foster homes in the Washington, DC metro area, including parts of Maryland and Northern Virginia. By fostering a dog or cat, you are enabling City Dogs Rescue to pull an animal from a high-kill shelter. We request you to commit a minimum of two weeks but prefer if you can have the pet up to the point of adoption. Many of our dogs and cats are adopted within a couple of months; however, we cannot guarantee this timeline. Sometimes they are adopted more quickly and sometimes they take longer to find their forever homes. If you have travel plans, let us know and we can make appropriate arrangements. City Dogs Rescue pays for all pre-approved vetting and provides you with a crate, "Adopt Me" vest, collar, leash, harness and other supplies, if needed, when you foster a dog. You provide a home, loving care and food.  To learn more about our cat foster program and cats in need of a foster, please visit our City Kitties page.

All of the dogs listed on this page need foster homes.  They are eligible for adoption at any time. 

If you are looking for a resource to rehome your pet and you did not adopt them from City Dogs Rescue & City Kitties, visit   rehome.adoptapet.com to learn more and create their profile. ​

*If you need to return your CDR&CK cat or dog, please contact info@citydogsrescuedc.org.

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NEW FOSTERS
If you haven't applied yet to foster for City Dogs Rescue, please apply. Questions may be directed to our foster team.

APPROVED FOSTERS
If you are an approved foster 
and can help, please email your 
Foster Assistant.

WANT TO ADOPT ONE? 

ADOPTION APPLICATION

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Foster needed to start now

MARLEY: Pointer mix, male, 1 year old, 37 lbs. No recent accidents, fine crated. Marley is a smart, funny and easily trainable dog. He doesn't mind hours alone in a crate so long as he gets lots of exercise when you get home. He loves to play and would be great in a house with other dogs and/or kids. Needs a new foster due to current foster's work schedule.

Temporary foster needed

NEEDS FOSTER 8/3 - 8/17 Pit bull mix, 3 years, 61.5 lbs. Gail has so much love to give. She loves to snuggle and would love nothing more than sharing your couch or bed with you. She is friendly with all other dogs and all the people she meets. She is house trained and wonderfully crate trained. She'd make a great hiking buddy and do well with another playful dog.

NEEDS FOSTER Now - 8/5 ROXY: Weimaraner mix, female, 1 year, 46.5 lbs. Needs a foster in the burbs, preferably with a yard as she is reactive on leash. No accidents, fine crated, but is not currently crated. Older kids only. Good with dogs so long as they are not too bossy.

NEEDS FOSTER 8/16-8/19, AND 8/29-9/3 MOLLY: Rat Terrier, female, 5 years old, 32 lbs. Would do best in a calm home without children as she has stranger danger. Occasional accidents, not crated but gated in the kitchen. Good with other dogs.

NEEDS FOSTER 7/13-8/4 AND 8/13-8/28 TURNER: Labrador mix, male, 1 year old, 45 lbs. No accidents, fine crated. Great jogging partner. Knows several commands including sit and down.

NEEDS FOSTER 8/7 - 8/17 MARLEY: Pointer mix, male, 1 year old, 37 lbs. No recent accidents, fine crated. Marley is a smart, funny and easily trainable dog. He doesn't mind hours alone in a crate so long as he gets a mid-day break and lots of exercise when you get home. He loves to play and would be great in a house with other dogs and/or kids.

NEEDS FOSTER 8/1 - 8/13 LINCOLN: Lab mix, male. 10 months, 56 lbs. Good with other dogs and kids. No information yet on house and crate training.

Foster needed to start July 27

BACIO: Lab mix, female, 6 months old, 25 lbs. Good with dogs. Cats, house training, crate training unknown.

CHEERIO: Retriever mix, male, 1 year old, 39lbs. Good with dogs. Cats, house training, crate training unknown.

CREMA: Lab mix, female, 6 months old, 25 lbs. Good with dogs. Cats, house training, crate training unknown.

KEVIN: Hound/lab mix, 9 mos old, 38 lbs. Good with dogs. Cats, house training, crate training unknown. Sits like people.

MORGAN: Border collie/lab mix, female, 2 yrs old, 60 lbs. No info on house or crate training. Good with dogs, not yet cat tested.

Foster needed to start July 31

WILLA JEAN: Female, Lab mix, 1-2 yrs old, 37 lbs., No information on house or crate training.

Foster needed to start August  1

Cur mix, male, 5 years old, 50 lbs. No reaction to shelter cats. NO KIDS. No accidents, fine crated. He would do best as an only dog. Knows sit and is a quick learner.

RALEIGH: Bluetick coonhound, Female, 7 years old, 60 lbs. No cats and would do best as an only dog. Sweet senior hound who would do best in a single family home as she likes to sing the song of her people.

SOPHIA: Terrier mix, female, 3 years, 40.5 lbs. Would do best in the burbs with patient fosters. No kids. No accidents, fine crated. Shy and scared of men, but doing great in a foster home with a male and female. Attaches to people quickly after initial period of shyness. Quiet.

Foster needed to start August 3

KEEGY: Border Collie mix, male, 2 years old, 40-45 lbs. No accidents. Good with other dogs and kids. Cats unknown. Not currently crated.

TREBEK (male) and MAGGIE (female). Pit bull/lab mixes, 4 years old. 73.5 lbs and 65.5 lbs. They know basic commands and walk very well on leash. Good with other dogs. No information on house or crate training.