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You have children, are not experienced with dogs, no barrier fence so fostering an unknown animal seems a sketch or risky thing to do.  Real service dogs are in house bred by organizations. Puppy raising begins at 8 weeks and ends between 13-24 months.   Raisers have previous puppy experience since these dogs are valuable.

Check out volunteering at Warrior Canine Connection.  Would I volunteer at a shelter?  Not after reading this http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/virginia/pet-killed-by-shelter-dog-in-front-of-owner/295160191[/quote]

I agree fostering without a specific time frame is not a good idea with minimal animal experience and possible allergy concerns, but the short-term fostering may work.

I'm the poster who posted about Guide Dogs for the Blind. I can't speak for other organizations, but with GDB -- they are bred by the organization and the puppy raising is done by volunteers -- and every volunteer is at some point raising their first puppy. They welcome people new to dogs because they don't have to break beliefs/bad dog behaviors that aren't in line with how they need the dogs raised. I think the full-time puppy raising commitment would be too much for OP, but the puppy-sitting when full-time raisers need help would be perfect.

OP, the WCC suggestion is a great one too! But don't be scared off of checking into guide puppy raising groups, I've found them to be very welcoming to new people. [/quote]

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