Highlights
- Maricopa County Animal Care and Control hosted an event where dogs chose their own weekend foster owners.
- FOX 10 reporter Megan Spector covered the event, which aired July 11, 2026.
- A Maricopa County government news release corroborates the shelter's foster-choice event format.
- The shelter also runs programs including low-cost adoptions, microchipping, and vaccinations year-round.
Maricopa County Animal Care and Control hosted an event giving shelter dogs the opportunity to choose their own weekend foster families, FOX 10's Megan Spector reported Saturday.
The format, in which dogs interact with prospective fosters and effectively select their temporary home, is corroborated by a Maricopa County government news release describing a prior iteration of the event titled 'Be Mine..Temporarily.' The county has run similar short-term foster events on at least one previous occasion, according to 12News coverage of a third annual 'Turkey Tasters' event that placed dogs in foster homes over a holiday weekend.
MCACC is a public shelter that handles lost, surrendered, and stray dogs across the county, and offers low-cost adoptions, dog licensing, microchipping, and vaccinations on an ongoing basis.
No additional event dates were announced in the FOX 10 report.
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- Fox 10 Phoenix retrieved 11/07/2026 04:52
- Maricopa County retrieved 11/07/2026 04:52
- 12News retrieved 11/07/2026 04:52
- Maricopa County retrieved 11/07/2026 04:52
- Maricopa County retrieved 11/07/2026 04:52
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