Dogs In Need of Foster Care

Thank you so much for fostering and saving a life!

Our dogs in need of foster care are listed below. Every time an animal leaves for foster care, it opens a space in our shelters to save another in need. You are truly changing lives: not just for these dog, but also for others whose lives depend on a spot at PAWS.

If you are new to fostering with PAWS, please apply here to get started.

For foster meets with dogs at our shelter (2900 Grays Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19146), the expectation is that you will meet the dog and take them home the same day, so please come prepared!

All members of your household and resident dogs should be present for the foster meet. If for any reason this is not doable, please email the foster team to talk it through.
We will provide you with a sample of what the dog has been eating in the shelter, but fosters will provide dog food long-term. We can lend out any other supplies you may need including a leash, martingale collar, harness, crate, pee pads, and toys/enrichment items.

Please email foster@phillypaws.org if you have any questions, or see anyone that you think could be a good fit and are interested in scheduling a meet and pick up with!

For a refresher on PAWS’s foster policies and procedures, view our online orientation.

If you are not able to foster at this time, many of our healthy in-kennel dogs are eligible (and very grateful) for day trips or short-term foster placements as a shelter break. If you are interested, please email us to chat more about what that may look like!

Read on to find your next foster dog!

(updated December 9th, 2025)

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Grays Ferry

These dogs are currently in our kennels at the PAWS Grays Ferry location (2900 Grays Ferry Avenue). We are a small facility with only about 8 kennel spaces available at one time, so we really rely on foster parents to help us open up kennels so that we can save more dogs!

Upcoming Intakes

These dogs are scheduled to come to PAWS soon or, due to stress of the shelter, would benefit from having a foster home lined up before we schedule their intake appointment so they don’t need to spend any time in the shelter.

Foster Transfer Needed

These dogs are already in foster, but need a new foster home to avoid having to come back to the shelter!

Foster Sitter Needed

These dogs are already in foster, but need a new foster home to avoid having to come back to the shelter!

Daytrip Candidates

The following healthy in-kennel dogs are eligible (and very grateful) for day trips or short-term foster placements as a shelter break. These dogs have typically been in our shelter longer than usual, and we would love your help getting to know them better outside of the shelter, as well as getting plenty of photos and videos of their time out of the shelter to help find them a long-term foster or adopter.