What do I need to know?

First of all, you should be cocker experienced. In other words, you have owned an cocker. Knowing and living with the breed helps you to understand some of their personality traits and prepares you for what to expect. You also need to understand safety issues involved with rescue cockers. They are often times adult dogs in unfamiliar surroundings, frightened and liable to bolt and run away at every opportunity.  You will need to make every effort to keep the dog safe!

CSRA has literature for you to read concerning how to introduce your foster to other dogs or animals in your household. This should help make introductions with your family dogs go smoother and help ease territorial issues. We also have books to give our foster families to help them with understanding dog psychology and temperament. We encourage you to read them.

Your foster should have a new collar and leash as well as an CSRA tag provided by your state coordinator. The collar and tags should be kept on the dog at all times.