He's not far really. That is the shelter where I got my Ripley and it's about a 45 min. ride. I would wonder if some of our foster moms here at Pet Talk could shed some light of the fate of fostered dogs and cats. Do they just live out their lives with the foster parents until a forever home becomes available? Maybe Aly will see this thread and weigh in. By the way, I am surprised they said he is not housebroken, because in his little write-up at the site it said he was. Maybe his former humans were not being truthful. Gee, they really let him down all the way around.