Costs for fostering depend on the group you are with. Some ask the foster parents to pay for everything. Our shelter pays for food and all vet care expenses. Toys, treats, little extras are the fosters costs. Personally, we just pay for everything ourselves, unless it's a major vet bill--we feed different food than the shelter so it would be a huge a hassle to feed the fosters differently than our own dogs.

I'd suggest you let Max pick his new friend. We always take Muskwa to meet a new dog--on neutral ground. If he likes them, the rest of this pack will accept them too.