I'm actually taking home a schnauzer with a broken leg home tonight as a foster. He's a really nice puppy (less than a year old), and very responsive to training. I'll have him while he recouperates from his surgery, which they figure is about 4-6 weeks.

I won't be keeping him, as he's a small dog and very young. He'll be adopted in no time. He might be a bit yappy for me, too, so this is a good way to get back into a doggy frame of mind and routine.

It'll be really hard to say goodbye, though. I hate fostering for the spca because they go back to the shelter and not to a home. Hopefully with this guy there will be a home lined up for him so he won't be at the shelter. And I guess even if he does, he'll likely be gone in a couple of days anyways.

I think bit by bit I'm heading in the right direction.