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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | NOVEMBER 2025 45 Tails & Trails - All Pets The Tails and Trails pet recovery and rescue group at Four Seasons has already had a busy 2025. Our mission is to recover pets found wandering loose in our community. We then work hard to find their owners or, if needed, rehome them with a loving family. A big part of our mission depends on responsible foster families. We often need someone to keep a pet overnight while we try to locate their owners. If we're unsuccessful, we need fosters to care for these pets longer while we continue our search. Eventually, we may need to find someone to adopt them permanently. This process can take a week or even longer. Although we have a dedicated group of volunteers, they cannot carry the entire load of recovering, rescuing, and fostering all these animals on their own. We are seriously in need of more volunteers to foster these deserving pets. Essentially, fostering a dog means temporarily welcoming a dog into your home and keeping them comfortable and well cared for. Dog fostering benefits the pets, shelters, rescues, and homeless animals. Fosters provide dogs with a safe, loving, temporary environment. Foster parents report back to the rescue group about the dog's personality and behavior. Rescues can then use that information to find the best adopters for each dog. Fostering a pet can help save animals, potentially preventing at- risk pets from euthanasia. Some animals stay in their foster homes for a short time, while others may need a few weeks until they're matched with the right adopter. Even one- or two-night stays are valuable, giving the dog some quality time with a caretaker in a quiet, calm setting. Although it may not be intentional, many foster dogs also end up staying at their temporary home permanently. These "foster fails" happen when a foster family decides that their new friend is meant to stay with them. We encourage everyone to consider becoming a foster family and helping these wonderful animals found in Four Seasons. If you'd like to make a meaningful difference in a dog's life, contact Tails and Trails at (951) 663-7012 or reach out to me via email at vivr@ sbcglobal.net. ~ Vivian Walker The Tails and Trails pet recovery and rescue group at Four Seasons has already had a busy 2025. Our depends on responsible foster families. We often need someone to keep a pet overnight while we try to risk pets from euthanasia. Some animals stay in their foster homes for a short time, while others may need a few weeks until they're matched with the a caretaker in a quiet, calm setting. Although it may not be intentional, many foster dogs also end up staying at their temporary home permanently.