How to self evaluate if you are qualifed to rescue an OES?
I am going to list the things that I think I need to consider Determinatin Resource Welfare of my furkids Determination: Q: How much am I willing to give up my already limited free time for the dog? A: I work regular hours M-F. My weekends are always free. Q: How much am I willing to indulge less of my personal need (ie shopping and vacation etc) in order to allocate my finance on the need of the dog? A: Unless there is a serious medical problem, I can spare a few hundreds to help out a dog. Resources: Q: Am I financially able to do this? A: I am not wealthy for sure. My husband is starting his bowling pro shop business so money can be tight. I have a steady income which pays quite ok. I can shell out a few hundreds once in a while. A few hundreds is not much though.. gas fee for travelling to pick up and drop off. Adoption fee, vet's check up fee and food. Q: Is my home suitable to foster a dog? A: My house is not a big one. It is about 1600 square fee with 4 bedrooms. I can turn my guest room into a safe room for the dog if temporarily isolation is needed. My backyard is surrounded by brick walls and a 5 foot gate. However, I don't have doggy door because I have indoor cats who very much want to be outdoor cats. This makes a problem if the dog is not house trained. Clayden goes to work with me. My GSD and Retriever stay indoor for about 5-6 hours alone until my son comes home from school. This problem is the very one I can't figure out how to over come it. Unless I crate the dog during those 5-6 hours. Q: Is my family devolted to help too? A: My son, excuse me I have to brag about him for a bit first. My 13 years old is a miracle to me. At this age, he is not rebellious. He loves animals. He is the one in charge of cleaning the cat litter boxes, picking up dog poops as a daily chore that he does after school. Even during weekends when he goes outside to play, he will come home at 4 pm sharp to do his chores before going out to play again. My son adores me and he will do everything I ask him to, if that makes me happy. Did I mention he is my step son? Oh yes, he is. I first met him when he was 4 years old. I still remember his dad and him came to pick me up. Once I climbed into the car, he got onto my lap, wrapped my neck with his chubby arms, looked closely to my face for a sec and beamed the most angelic smile and said....I love your eyes...AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. I am telling you, he got my heart right there. Anyway, sorry for shifting off the topic. So my son will help me but there are only certain things a 13 years old can do. As for my husband, he will help whenever I ask but he is a very devolted bowler who plays many leagues and he is opening his pro shop in May. I cannot count on him for a lot of help. The Welfare of my furkids Q: Is it going to affect my furkids adversely? A: Having 3 dogs and 3 cats, I have already felt that I don't give each one enough individual attention as they would like. Will it be unfair to make them share with more furball? Q: The harmony among the furkids A: My cats have absolutely no problem with dogs. I am not very sure about my GSD and Retriever. GSD just turned one a few months ago and the Retreiver St Bernard is going to turn one next month. I have never had two girl dogs together before. I can see things are changing lately. My very lay back Retriever St Bernard and my GSD are not getting so well as before. The play fight sometimes get too rough in the backyard and I can see they are fighting for attention. There had been two real fights so far. A few weeks ago, they were fighting for a toy and my Retriever's lip got a punch hole. Yesterday, my son was playing with them in the backyard, at one point my son was petting the Retriever who was lying on her back. Somehow the GSD got close and tried to get some, sparks went off and the two got into a fight. My husband and I rushed to the rescue. They were really going at each other! Luckily no one got hurt. We put them into submissive postion next to each other for a little bit and then we went back into the house. When they got back into the house, it seemed like both of them felt sorry for what happened and they sniffed and gave kisses to each others  I can't figure these girls out.  But this made me worry that since they are trying to sort out their ranking, would it be a bad idea to bring in a new member at this time?
Did I miss anything? There are situation like the senior in San Luis Obispo. I have wanted to step up for Charlie. I actually called the shelter and they told me Charlie is very, very sweet. It is a 5 hours drive but this doesn't concern me. My problem is wether I can keep him until someone else comes along. It might work if I picked him up on Friday just for the weekend. I am not sure if it works on weekdays. So all of you big hearts here. I think you all have a day job as well. Tell me how did you make this work? Educate me please. Thanks Martini |
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| Maybe you want to associate yourself with Southern Cal OES rescue to see if this is what you want to do. They handle the monetary part....spay/neuter and other medical expenses. You'd be a foster family. That way if you find you can't be a foster home, then maybe just a "go-fer"....one who goes and looks at a dog in a shelter and reports their condition, or transports a dog from one site to another, takes a dog to the groomer for someone, etc.
Head of So Cal OES rescue is Jane Dempsey. She's listed in the rescue links on OES.org's home page. |
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