Let's talk about rescue and fostering

[mruffruff]

Well said!

All help is appreciated. Sometimes I can only help by making copies of forms or making a few phone calls. Ask your rescue group what you can do.

[lizbud]

I thank God everyday for all the great folks in rescue & fostering.
I wouldn't have my Maggie if someone hadn't fostered her.That rescue
group had no shelter building and all the dogs are fostered until adoption.

[dukedogsmom]

One day I dream of being a foster person. I think it would be so rewarding. I know I loved doing the transport part when I was helping with a rescue group.

[jenluckenbach]

Me to, Logan. For YEARS I thought "I could never foster. How could I let go??" So I did my part by "adopting". HA! But you can only do that for so long. (LOL)

Now, after almost 4 years of fostering I ask myself WHY did I not do this sooner? I have lost count, but over 75 cats have come through here and gone on to loving adoptive homes. A lot of these would not have been able to be admitted into the rescue without an open foster home (mine). And sure, I failed a couple of times oh, but the love you receive from these animals is totally amazing. The happy faces of their new parents is rewarding. The thrill of who will be next is exhillarating (sp?).


If you are "at you limit" of pets, fostering is a great way to have yet another.

[anna_66]

Wonderful post Logan. I'm glad that there are such loving souls such as yourself that can do this.

If Mark and I hadn't been so distraught by Angus's death and felt the need for a new "big guy" in the house fostering would have been the way to go for us. Roxey and Huney would be great mentors...Bon, I'm not so sure about

[ramanth]

Awesome post Logan! Well said.

I used to think I couldn't foster because of the fear of being a foster failure. However, now I'm sure I could foster and let go (but not without some tears), but right now is not the right time. We're in an apartment with no way to properly quarentine and such. And besides I don't think the landlord would be too happy.

I cannot wait till I have a house of my own with a yard and I look forward to becoming a foster parent some day.

But for now I help out with rescue transports.

[.sarah]

Great post, Logan! I just started fostering over the summer. I fostered 2 kittens but Mandy and Luka fought over them once so we decided we shouldn't foster again until one of them was gone. But, we got a call in September that there were 9 puppies abandoned in a motel and they needed foster homes. They asked if I would be a temporary home until another foster home was found. The babies were only two weeks old so they needed someone to take them and feed them ASAP. I went up to the humane society and picked out three of the puppies and never did call them to tell them that a new foster parent should be found ...

It was so rewarding to be able to raise them from two weeks until eleven and twelve weeks when they finally were able to go to their new homes. I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

I would much rather foster adult dogs because puppies are a lot of work, especially the really young ones, but Mandy and Luka would not be happy with an adult dog, though they get along with the puppies just fine. One day though