Unintentional adoptions :)

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Archie stayed overnight to see how he got on - and stayed for good

[Kfamr]

Mufasa

[RobiLee]

Good thread, Pam!

There are certainly plenty of unintentional adpoptions here. Hmm, how many has Glacier unintentinally adopted...lol.

I always hope that someday an unintentional adoption happens for me .

[Pam]

See, I knew I was forgetting a ton of them! I should have started one for the kitties too. I remember years ago when Bad Butter Boy came into Logan's yard and never left.

[shais_mom]

Zippy-Kat's Grandpa's doggie - BOWSER
wormed his way into PHRED'S heart.

[cali]

you can add Rusty to that list! we were not even planning on fostering, he just showed up and deided he wasnt leaving lol. we found his family but they couldnt keep him anyway and offered him to us..we said we would hold him till we found him a home, a week later we decided he was staying lol

[Twisterdog]

The majority of our dogs were never supposed to stay. Vanilla, Georgie, Pepper and Karma were "unplanned" additions.

I didn't want Vanilla, I thought she was too big and too freakishly shy. I didn't want Georgie, I don't keep male dogs and he was soooo stupid. I didn't want Pepper, she was the most anti-social dog ever, hiding under the bed for a solid month literally and peeing on herself if you turned the light on in the room. I kind of wanted Karma, except for the fact that we already had seven dogs and she is a bit dog aggresive.

Wellll, years later ... Vanilla is my sweetie, an almost perfect dog. Georgie is still soooo stupid, but you gotta love him anyway. Pepper has come out of her shell to the point of actually approaching strangers!

And a month later, Karma is a big floppy goober. Still a bit dog aggresive, but has never drawn blood. And she learns at the speed of light, so she'll get it.

[carole]

Even though they were not fosters, i had not intention of adopting Ellie-Mae and Nikkita, i was just trying to make their owner more responsible, stop them breeding in the neighbourhood,but oh i am so glad i have these precious furbabies, they are the loves of my life., all four of them that is.

[3muttsandaboston]

Maggie my boston terrier was unintentional. Lucy was unintentional because someone brought her to a birthday party I was at and I fell in love not even thinking about getting another dog.

[krazyaboutkatz]

When I was at a cat show,the Humane Society was there so I looked at each cat and I even commented that I was glad that there weren't any kittens because I would be very tempted. I already had 3 cats at home so I wasn't even looking for any more.

When I saw,Herman,now Sky, I thought that he looked very interesting and I hoped that he would find a home that day. He had a lion cut because his fur had been matted and very beautiful light blue eyes. I heard them call a name saying that so and so had just been adopted. I went to see if it was Herman but it was another cat.

They asked me if I wanted to hold Herman and I said sure. Well that was all it took besides his wonderful personality and his gorgeous blue eyes. I didn't like the name Herman so I told them that his new name would be Sky. He had become the cat shows favorite adoption cat so everyone was thrilled to learn that he had a new home. He's been such a wonderful cat and I'm so glad that I decided to add him to my family that day. I can't believe that I now have 6 cats.

I guess I should also include Pearl and Ziggy Stardust to this thread too. I adopted them from K & L and like Jenn I fell in love with their pictures. Pearl was also my grandmothers name so I knew that I had to have her and Ziggy reminded me so much of Sky. I also didn't have any female cats so I needed to add a few to the mix.

[Animalhouse26]

Hahaha Falise was one I was gonna keep till I got her trained some,and found her a home.. YEA Right. we had her a week.. and she was PERFECT .. 5 mo old Puppy, No accadents, And didn't get into ANYTHING.. so, we said we would keep her.. named her.. and then a week later.. spent 3 nights at the E Vet.. :-/ My Aunt was visiting, and she got a hold of her BP meds,and Diabetic meds.. :-/ *She is a pill Popper* Like a yr later, got ahold of my mom's friends Pain Pills! *Sigh* She is lucky she made it to 3! lol

[Logan]

See, I knew I was forgetting a ton of them! I should have started one for the kitties too. I remember years ago when Bad Butter Boy came into Logan's yard and never left.

Did you realize that 7 years ago, Jan. 1 (or thereabouts), Butter joined our family! I can't believe it has been 7 years.

Zipper, of course, was a foster who never left. Bless his darling heart. I miss him. And now Ben, who was a foster, left for a year, and touched my heart enough that those folks knew who to call when they needed to find another home for him

[Cincy'sMom]

Spot was a foster failure, as was my mom's Pippi

[DJFyrewolf36]

Spook and Hoodini were both foster failures lol. Spook just got along so well with Remus that I couldn't say no to keeping her even though she clawed me when I tried to take her home

Hoodini I was going to take to the shelter...and it kept getting delayed lol. His cute charm worked me over though

[Glacier]

There are certainly plenty of unintentional adpoptions here. Hmm, how many has Glacier unintentinally adopted...lol.

There are a few dogs here that I went and intentionally adopted. Muskwa was from a breeder so we did that on purpose. Earle was intentional too. Hoodoo(RIP) was our first rescue dog, but we definately planned to keep him from the start. Kayleigh was deliberate, not well thought out, but definately intentional.

I wasn't looking for Sleet, but she was brought home quite intentionally. I told Paxil's owner three years in advance of her arrival that I wanted her! Pingo and Sundin are from a musher friend. I needed a leader, Pingo needed a less serious team to lead. Sundin is her son and I just couldn't refuse her kid.

Fate made sure Hobo stayed with me. He was supposed to be a guest for a week and wasn't even up for adoption when he first arrived.

Heyoka was Stuart's idea because in his words "we deserve an easy one." We took Raven out of the shelter the same day to balance things out. She was the dog who needed out most and had the poorest adoption prospects.

Deuce, Mac and Ozzy were called fosters at one point, but there was never any real intention of letting them go. Deuce would be extraordinarly difficult to rehome as he's really a wild child. Mac and Ozzy had to stay together and Mac has a bite history, which limits his options.

I stole Bandit so I guess you could say he was intentional. I didn't need another dog, but he needed out and his owners were idiots.

Foster failures----Franklin, Pacer, Founder, Delta, Antare, Chum, Goldie, Founder, Chase, Anvik and Preacher(RIP).

I didn't want Tehya. Said no repeatedly over the course of about ten days. I am grateful every day that I ignored my better judgement with her!