My foster boy

[emily_in_nc]

What a little sweetie! I'd be just like Salsa's neighbor if I fostered...can you say "border collie ranch"??

Me too! Except "boston terrier bungalow"... I'm already planning to be a foster mom if I'm widowed one day. It would drive DH crazy (he loves BTs, but one at a time), but I can't think of anything I'd rather do once I'm old and not traveling around so much. Don't have kids, so I'd have to have furkids.

Emily

[sundial]

Emily--



this little guy was rescued and transported along with 4 other busy littermates. Talk about a looooong drive, LOL! I drove the puppies across 2 states to get them to a nice foster home. Perhaps you can volunteer and transport the bostons to their forever home?

[Zen]

I think he spent his puppyhood in too small cage or pen and had to stand on wire judging by his dysplastic paws.

There was recently a big bust of a puppy mill in Virginia as related here in The Washington Post
Many of the dogs had never set foot outside their cages and some didn't know how to eat or drink from bowls, they had been trough fed.

[Wahine]

What a lovely face. Luke looks like a total sweetheart.

I've thought about fostering too, but I'm not home enough and it would be hard to give them up later.

So DH and I are waiting, the perfect dog will come along and it will be just right!

Hats off to all you foster Mom's you're the best.

[sundial]

So DH and I are waiting, the perfect dog will come along and it will be just right!

It usually happens when you aren't looking for one.

[solobiker]

He is so cute. I love his eyes. Dogs are great!!

[aly]

Luke looks enough like Chester that I might just claim it is Chester and hang that picture on our wall. That is an absolutely lovely picture. So is the one of Emily- I just want to bring them home and love on them! Do you think Luke might end up staying with you?

I have many friends who have fostered lots of little ones without a problem. It is very rewarding to be able to help find them a loving home, and then to have the ability to do the same for another. I have only successfully fostered one kitten. The dog I fostered refused to leave and the other kitten joined him. That's how my fur family began. Now that my BF and I merged households and fur families we have a full house. We have to take turns talking each other out of fostering because we know we're suckers and won't want to send them onto forever homes. However, we do try to donate whatever we can to rescues (extra food, meds, money). He builds cabinets and donates services. There are many, many ways to help. And someday we'll move to a bigger house...

Most of the rescues I know are so far in debt from food, boarding and vet bills it is shocking. And, there are so many sad stories. Big thank yous to Sundial, Zen and all the others who help out.

[Duck on Wheels]

A cousin of mine just started a petting zoo using rescued animals -- a donkey, some rabbits, pigs, sheep and so on. It's also an employment opportunity for people with various disabilities. If you're looking for a great place for a kids' birthday party down in SoCal (Altadena), or a great placement for a kid-friendly animal in need, look up Danny's Farm

[sundial]

That sounds like so much fun--and it's a great opportunity for special needs people.

[DDH]

Oh, I love German shepards. What a beautiful guy!!

[sundial]

There was recently a big bust of a puppy mill in Virginia as related here in The Washington Post

Volunteers from a local animal rights group said that when they visited dog breeder Junior Horton's property in undercover fashion, they were overwhelmed by the numbers of dogs crammed into wire cages in several outbuildings. In one, whelping mothers lay with their distended bellies under heat lamps, waiting to give birth.

[emily_in_nc]

Emily--
this little guy was rescued and transported along with 4 other busy littermates. Talk about a looooong drive, LOL! I drove the puppies across 2 states to get them to a nice foster home. Perhaps you can volunteer and transport the bostons to their forever home?

Unfortunately, I hate driving! I do so much of it as it is, with my 58-mile round trip work commute M-F, and driving to the coast (3 hours each way) at least every other weekend to be on and do work on our new sailboat, and longer road trips when we go anywhere for vacation, since DH and I both hate to fly even more than we dislike driving! So...I'll have to wait til I can foster Bostons in my home. No time now while I'm still working and traveling a lot, but someday....

Thanks for the idea, tho!
Emily