Foster Dogs: Never a dull moment

Phone rings at work: “You will never believe what the dogs have done now!”

Here we go. What is Sue going to tell me now? My slippers are chewed, stitched back together and re-chewed. My new shoes ruined, her slippers gone (both pair). Today's casualty: a dog bed and a full roll of toilet paper. 

In the dog’s defense, the doggie bed was "pre-chewed" by a friend’s dog with Starter Holes but still very new. Not anymore. I am more miffed about the TP ... it was a new roll, the good kind too, super fluffy and extra large. What are we going to do?

We are going to keep at it: Love them, train them then let them go. 

Fostering dogs is tough but rewarding "work." Sue and I have been doing so for quite some time. I can’t say no to Sue, and she can’t say no to cute puppies in need. Include the fact we have a stable "pack" of our own and a doggie door to a nice back yard, you have everything you need to socialize dogs for adoption to a perfect family.

Lovie and Hannah are the newest members of our family. They came to us from the Kindred Souls Foundation, a local dog and cat rescue group in Lakewood. (Check them out: they do great work.)  Lovie and Hannah were raised in an ugly environment, caged and with minimal human contact.  But they where cute and still puppies. I couldn’t say no. (Well, I could and did say no but lost that fight.)

I wonder what is in store for us tomorrow.