Pet Boarding and Temporary Foster Care
DAYCARE AND BOARDING PLATFORMS
Connect with local pet boarding, daycare and walking providers. Service rates vary and are set by individual providers. May require downloading an app to use the service.
LOWER COST BOARDING FACILITIES
Bark Park Pet Care (Spring Valley)
619-461-5577
barkparkpetcare.com
Country Kennels (Lakeside)
858-748-5771
countrykennels.com
Furry Friends (San Diego)
619-282-2536
furryfriendssandiego.com
PetSmart (multiple locations across San Diego County)
petsmart.com
Rolling Hills Pet Hospital (Chula Vista)
619-656-6400
rollinghillspet.com
Spring Creek Kennel and Cattery (Spring Valley)
619-463-1722
springcreekkennel.com
TEMPORARY FOSTER CARE
Start by reaching out to your network: ask relatives, friends, co-workers and neighbors (try NextDoor) if they can foster temporarily.
911 Foster Pets
Create a profile and community members can sign up to foster your pet temporarily.
911fosterpets.com
Facebook groups where you can post asking for community members to foster temporarily:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/rehome.adopt.foster.pets.sd
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1083166471697315
https://www.facebook.com/groups/316959899488623
Frosted Faces Foundation
Emergency boarding program offers up to 30 days of free boarding to dogs whose parents require hospitalization or are experiencing hardship.
frostedfacesfoundation.org
Home To Home Foster Program
Create a profile and community members can step up to foster your pet temporarily.
home-home.org/fostering
San Diego Humane Society
Safety Net Foster Program provides free temporary foster care for pet owners experiencing financial hardship and a period of instability, such as housing insecurity or homelessness, intimate partner violence, drug or alcohol treatment or hospitalization.
619-299-7012
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MILITARY SUPPORT
Dogs on Deployment
Provides an online network for service members to search for volunteers who are willing to board their pets during their guardian's service commitments. Also provides financial assistance for military pet owners during times of emergency.
dogsondeployment.org
Guardian Angels for Soldier's Pet
Assists active duty service members and veterans with temporary fostering due to deployment, hospitalization or homelessness.
guardianangelsforsoldierspet.org
PACT for Animals
Facilitates foster placement for military service members during deployment.
pactforanimals.org
Rancho Coastal Humane Society
Free pet boarding for survivors of domestic violence, seniors requiring hospitalization and veterans (referral from a case manager required).
760-753-6476
rchumanesociety.org/programs/animal-safehouse-programs
Red Rover Safe Escape Grants
Provides funding to help with the cost of pet boarding while a pet guardian is in a domestic violence shelter. Application must be submitted online by a domestic violence shelter representative on behalf of the client.
916-429-2457
redrover.org/relief/dv-safe-escape-grants