I put my money where my mouth is

[MunchingonHay]

@Cat_Tap I wanted to let you know and many others on this board that have inspired me to foster. I have been following your story with Colton, the current foster, and your love for dogs. I decided to foster to help prepare a younger dog for someone that needs/wants a dog with buttons already installed.

Saturday I picked up a female, 5 month old, lab/rottie cross. Her litter is named the Liquor Litter and her name is Bacardi. I have been calling her Cari (hard r. car-e) and Bebe.

I am NOT foster failing. since I am currently unemployed I figured… why not! I have nothing better to do that house train a dog! She already knows sit, wait, we are working on heal, come, she hardly knows her name so this one is hit or miss and loose leash walking and its only been a few days!

I raise my glass to you Cat_Tap and to all of the other posters that foster dogs to help them find great homes.

Silly Lilly is on the left, she is my nearly 2yr old Lab/aussie cross

Barcardi:

She is in northcentral Pa if anyone needs a great dog. She’s awesome!

[Annie10]

She’s adorable ! Welcome to the club and thank you for helping!

It should be noted that fostering is also a good option for those who would like a pet but may not be able to afford vet bills etc. whomever you are fostering for (usually ) covers all
That and provides supplies if needed, or anything you choose to buy /pay for is tax deductible if it’s a 501c3.

[Cat_Tap]

The problem with fostering is you get attached and then have to give them up. Copper has been with me for 5 weeks now. He is my shadow no matter what room I am in. So different than Colton who was a little thieve and destructive in the house. However Colton was very smart and well behaved on all our outings. Excelled at doggie school and had quite a vocabulary.

Copper on the other hand is very trustworthy in the house and non destructive. Unfortunately leash walking is very challenging though we are working on it. Sometimes I think we are improving and then I almost loose my shoulder joint.

I am still on the fence re adoption. Right now the weather being hot and humid with lots of bugs does not make walking enjoyable but fortunately I have the arena where he can be off leash, have zoomies while I sit and rest. He has learned to jump and the recall “here” is instant. However though he is a retriever he does not fetch, we keep working on it.

Not sure what the future will bring or whether I will foster again if I let Copper go. I am waiting for some kind of sign that will help me decide.

[Annie10]

That is definitely a problem. I kept several of my early fosters until I figured out that if I kept them all I couldn’t help any more. So what I did was while I had them I networked them incessantly. I had an application and did the background, home visit etc myself. Then when it was time for them to go back and get their final vetting and get adopted I already had an adopter lined up for them. Over the years I kept in touch with almost all of them. There were only a few I lost of track of, and at this point they are all getting old and many have passed away. It was still very hard to let them all go, but it was easier by knowing it wasn’t to just anyone with a pulse who walked into the shelter.
Some of the hard cases I adopted myself and some later got adopted. Others did not and are still here so i have a lot of dogs here at my farm lol. They are now getting older too so the numbers are beginning to shrink .
Fostering and rescuing are truly labors of love, and unless you (g) have done it and the heavy lifting you really don’t get it . But for those of us who are in the trenches it is very rewarding.

[tabula_rashah]

That’s awesome and what a cutie!!!
Best of luck with the not foster failing - I foster failed my entire last batch of kittens because they were with me almost 6 months and the only application for one of the them was a completely inappropriate home

[MunchingonHay]

Thank you!

Holy Cow you kept the entire litter! That is awesome.

As cute as she is, … She’s not staying DH wants our next dog to be a boy.

[tabula_rashah]

lol fortunately it was only 3

[phantomhorse]

@Cat_Tap

The problem with fostering is you get attached and then have to give them up.

I solved that problem by fostering dogs which were not my breed/type of choice (I am a herding breed person so I fostered lap-type dogs). I was able to enjoy my time with each individual dog but it was much easier to not foster-fail.

[MNick]

We fostered a litter of 6 orphan kittens. Rip, Beth, Casey, Lloyd, Dutton and Spencer had better pull their weight hunting mice because they were foster fails Good luck staying strong. He looks like such a love!

[MunchingonHay]

I like this idea. Barcadi is a sweet pup, but she is a mix of breeds that I would not seek out, but someone will love this mix.

@MNick Oh man 6 kittens! That is awesome, I hope they turn out to be good mousers.