My partner and I have learned a lot through dozens of dogs and years of work. Here’s our top takeaways if you are considering fostering:
Being a Foster is not like dog sitting.
It wasn’t until I tried dog sitting after fostering that I realized the dogs I was sitting could care less about me. The dogs I babysat clawed my couch, barked at me, and ignored me if I wasn’t feeding or playing with them. My foster dogs, follow me around with hollowed sunken glares that say “please don’t abandon me too.”
There are some really sad dog stories.
We had a bait dog once. I didn’t even know what that meant until we had him. He would lay down every time another dog walked by. We also had a dog who was just a little older than a puppy, he was abandoned at the shelter because the family was getting a new puppy and didn’t want him anymore.
You can witness some wonderful happily ever afters.
I found our deaf boxer a home! Her mom was walking in the city and she told me what a cute boxer I had. When I told her she was my foster, she filled out…
