Foster Families, the dog pages on the BROOD website are one of the most important ways to "market" a dog to a potential family; it is through the website that prospective owners first get to meet the dog. Therefore it is up to you to see that the information on the website is accurate, truthful and brings the dog's personality alive. To help your foster dog find that perfect forever home, we need your help.

How to take a good picture

• Put yourself on the same level as the dog. The only exception should be if you want to show something special about the dog, such as showing the dog's "figure", whether it be overly thin, or obesity. NEVER stand over the dog and take a picture looking down at the dog. You get red eye and a horrible picture.
• Take at least 3 or 4 different poses.
• Make sure you have good lighting, or take the dog outside to take advantage of natural light.
• Get help if the dog will not hold still, and hold the camera still. An out of focus picture draws attention to the poor quality of the picture, rather than to the attributes of the dog.
• Do not have other dogs in the picture, unless it is a "duo" that is to be placed together.

Photos should be emailed to BROOD's at the same time as you submit the two week Foster Dog Report.

How to take a good video

• Video camera basics BROOD will provide you with a very simple "Flip" video camera to make taking videos easy. This small battery operated camera contains enough storage for up to two hours of different videos. First turn on the camera by pressing the On/Off button on the right hand side of the camera while looking at the viewing screen. The red button below the screen is for recording, push to record, push again to stop. The +/- buttons are for zooming in and out. The left and right buttons are to view the previous and next shots. To the far left is the play/pause button, and to the far right is the trash/delete button
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• What to include on your video Videos are not expected to be Hollywood quality. This is an opportunity to showcase your foster in ways that photos alone cannot. Videos of your foster interacting with other family members and pets, playing, eating, sleeping, going for walks, sitting on laps, rolling over for belly rubs are good examples of content that our adoptive families are anxious to see. A video only needs to be 3-5 minutes long and can be a combination of several 30-60 second individual videos. Don't worry, we'll edit and piece them together as soon as you return the camera.