These 2 were such sweet puppies! Now, when dogs and puppies are surrendered to the shelter they are automatically put on the list to be euthanized very soon. The sad part, is that the owners are told this and they give them up anyway. That is when emails are sent out with pictures of all the dogs about to be euthanized and different rescue groups step up and take these dogs into their homes and help them find a permanent home with a GOOD family.
These 2 puppies were so sweet but a LOT of work! When someone was interested in them it was a bittersweet moment when we gave them up. But we were happy that they got adopted together.
The second dog we took in not too long after Rocky and Lily were adopted was a shar-pei lab mix we named Toby.
Now when we got Toby he was a skinny, scared, and unsure little dog. We could tell this would be different from cute playful puppies. We knew Toby had been through a lot in his young life. It took a long time for Toby to finally warm up to us. He got sick a lot when we first got him and I think that helped him see we were nice people and were here to help him. We didn't think we would have Toby for very long, because the puppies got adopted within a week of us getting them. But the days with Toby turned into weeks and weeks into months. We have now had Toby for 4 months now. It is amazing how much a sweet little dog can grow on you when you have had him for so long. Not only were we able to get him over being sick, but he went from a dog who didn't trust anybody to a wonderful happy dog. I like to call him our blissfully happy dog because I think he truly knows how lucky he is.
While we still had Toby, we decided to add another foster to our crazy animal house. So we took in a CUTE hound/lab puppy named Jack.
He was such a cute and fun little puppy. He had tons of energy and loved to play. But he was also one of the most calm puppies I have ever seen! He would love to just lay in your lap and take a nap. He recently got adopted to a great family!
So we still had Toby. And by this time we were really considering adopting Toby because we had just fallen in love with him. So one night I was really thinking that Toby would be here forever, then I wake up the next morning to an email with an application for him. And to be honest my heart just sank. I was not ready to see him go. But tonight, Thursday, I took him to meet this family that is interested in him. And wouldn't you know that are the nicest family? They were so great with him even when he was acting so scared. So I told them I would send in my thoughts and they should hear back from me soon. I think I cried almost the whole way home. I knew when we went into fostering that it would be so easy to get attached to dogs. Especially ones like Toby where you see them grow so much! But I never knew it would be this hard to give them up.
But we keep on fostering. We just took in a beatiful chocolate lab named Allie. She has only been here 2 days and already has 2 applications from families interested in her. So I won't get to know her too well, but maybe that will be for the best!
(Sorry this is obviously from my phone!)
I still love fostering and it is such a rewarding experience. I just wish it weren't so hard!
Of course, I should probably mention our own crazy dog, Charley. I think he has loved having dogs in our house more than us. If you haven't met Charley, he is a VERY social dog and LOVES everyone and everything he meets. He has been great through all the changes and has made lots of new friends I am sure :)
I'll leave this with a photo of our sweet puppy who is not much of a puppy anymore :)
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