UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU’RE SEEING Learn to notice changes in posture, movement, and distance—so you can respond thoughtfully when your dog needs space, rest, or a different approach.
KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT Find arrival checklists, visitor scripts, safety guidance, and everyday do’s and don’ts. A clickable situation index helps you find relevant help quickly.
BUILD CONNECTION AT THEIR PACE The HOME Use the HOME Framework to honor their signals, offer choice, make room for rest, and expand gradually—with connection that starts before touch.
You don’t have to figure out every moment alone.
You don’t have to figure out every moment alone. You imagined welcoming them home. You may not have imagined the hiding, the uncertainty around visitors, or wondering whether reaching out would help—or feel like too much. This guide gives you a practical place to begin. Created by Rose Waldrup, founder of Waldrup Somatic Method, Home Starts With Trust brings a body-aware approach to fostering and adoption: observe the dog, consider the setting, and choose a manageable next step. You don’t need a perfect dog—or a perfect first week—to start building a thoughtful relationship.
What’s inside:
Practical tools for the moments that matter. Inside your 43-page digital guide: • Arrival checklist and home setup plan. • Body-language observation and connection without touch. • Optional gentle touch practices with clear stopping points. • Children-and-dogs boundaries and bite-risk reduction guidance. • Illustrated everyday scenarios and visitor scripts. • Printable observation logs and caregiver check-ins. • Support contacts and a shared action plan. • A personalized HOME profile and Trust Transfer handoff. • Clickable contents and a “What’s happening right now?” index. Read it on your device. Print the tools you need. Return to it as life together changes.
Our Mission.
Our mission goes beyond the first day home. We want more foster and adoptive placements to become safe, sustainable relationships. That means helping people prepare, recognize difficulties earlier, and ask for support before they feel overwhelmed. It also means helping useful knowledge travel with the dog—from shelter to foster to adopter. Home Starts With Trust is one part of that mission: practical information people can use, share with their household, and bring into conversations with their support team. Our goal is to support foster and adoption retention while protecting the wellbeing of dogs and the people caring for them. Sometimes that includes a supported transition to a different home. Because a successful placement needs support beyond the adoption photo.
Meet Rose Waldrup
Rose is the founder of Waldrup Somatic Method, an educational approach centered on body awareness, observation, and thoughtful interaction with dogs. Her work invites caregivers to ask a different question: “What is this experience like for the dog in front of me?” She created Home Starts With Trust to turn that question into practical everyday decisions—helping fosters, adopters, and rescue teams notice more, reduce pressure, and build a clearer plan together.
Ready to Build Trust From Day One?
Your next step doesn’t have to be a guess. Get practical guidance for arrival, everyday interactions, household boundaries, and the moments when you need more support. Start with the situation you’re facing today. Build from there.
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