I wanted to dedicate this thread to any one that has had fosters or would like to post pictures.
I myself have had a total of five fosters in the last year 1/2.
The very first day I went to volunteer a guy came rushing through our door saying he's found an older dog. So I went outside to his car; low and behold was a little Rat Terrier. She was covered in a horrible smell and he breath was so bad I couldn't sit next to her. So I took her to the vet for a check up; only to find out her kidneys were failing. I had her for about four months and then I got an email saying he owner thinks that is her dog. So we set up a meeting and of course it was her dog. She made up all kinds of lies and I just hated myself when I had to let her go back. He name while she was with me was
Muttida. She turned out to be 16 years old.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/fluff_n_tuck/FosterDogs/muttilda.jpg (broken link)
The week after Muttilda went home some one dropped off a six week Boxer Pit bull puppy. Well I spent that whole day holding her. She slep most of the day. Evereyone was trying to find out where she should go. We din't want her going to a shelter so I sucked it up and said I'll take her home and nurse her back to health. It turned out her owner bought her and when her boyfriend said he didn't want a dog she got rid of her. She was a great puppy and we started training later thatw eek once hse had settled in. By the time she was adopted she knew sit, down, wait, easy, treat, off, and bed time. I had her until she was around 17 weeks old so almost three months. We named her Runzel (wrinkles in German) but they renamed her Olive...
A little older playing with Buster:
The day she left:
Last update when she was 5 months:
Well shortley after that a Dachshund from the city needed a foster so he came home with me for a week. I don't really know much about him, but while he was here he started getting sick and I found out he had heartwarms and was in the late stages. He passed away shortley after that week I had him. Bless his soul. He was a stray and around five years old; his name was Sebastian.
Then Little Dwezil came along. He was a stray Chihuahua I was doing a good deed for. He was being boarded at a vet office and since our rescue was going through some bumpy times with money I said he could come home with me and that would save us 200-300 bucks. I only had him for about 3-5 days and we got a phone call saying his owner was putting up signs for a lost dog and it was Dwezil. His owner had been looking for him since he went missing and he started crying when he saw him. We let him know we took good care of him and he got to sleep in the bed and had toys, food, water etc and plenty of play and love tme. I found out when he came to pick him up Little Dwezil was 21 years old and walks three miles a day. All I can say is I hope I'm in that good of shape when I get that old.
So who has had fosters?
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