I am so frustrated!!! As most of you know, I take fosters in quite often. I am lucky in the respect that I have foster rooms that I can keep dogs and cats in while they wait for their forever homes. Leo gets along great with all creatures - great and small. No matter who I bring into the household - Leo greats them with a play bow and and a "let's be friends".

Penny Lane on the other hand, has made it more and more difficult. I love her to death, but she has become so aggessive to other animals. As she has gotten more comfortable in my home she has gotten so harder to deal with. She used to tolerate fosters, now she is out and out aggressive. It used to be that she was only aggressive to the younger and more exuberant dogs - now she is aggressive to even the more laid back ones. I don't know what to do. I feel bad because these dogs are forced to live in my additional room without constant contact with the family.

I try to spend one on one time with them, but it is just not the same as living within the family - all because Penny Lane is being such a b****. I wonder how many more dogs I could save if she were more tolerant. I try to crate her when I have the fosters in the "living area" but she goes so ballistic that she rips her toe nails out trying to get out of the crate.

Sorry all - I am just feeling a little low right now. This latest foster has my heart in knots. He is just not doing very well - and I would love for him to have more contact than I can currently give. He is just so needy and I feel bad that I have to leave him in another part of the house most of the time.

Thanks for letting me vent.