I have failed fostering
I guess I really am a gluton for punishment.  I have a foster that I have had since August, foster, yeah right. I have Puddy and now a pup. Let's not forget the never ending foster parade. Yep, I have lost my mind.  |
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don't blame you! I would do the same 
he is beautiful!!!! |
| I too don't blame you. What a cutie!!! Plus, it just means lots of fun times! ...and headaches. |
| That's how I got up to 7....be careful. It's so hard to send them on, I fully understand. Afterall, they love living in a pack........ |
| LOL it is SO hard to let fosters go....
Sheepdogs are addictive anyway.... I don't think there's a thing wrong with people who have two, three, five, seven etc LOL I often wonder about people who only have one 
Congrats! |
 That a very sweet baby! A good idea to keep him! I'd love another OES and have promised Willoughby that we'll review the situation in a few years! Enjoy your new puppy! |
Apart from a small house and small yard, that is the biggest reason I've never fostered. I'd want to keep them all. 
But I dont blame you I couldnt let that little cutie go.  |
| He's adorable, Betsy! Congrats on your "failure." What's his name? |
| If you're going to fail at something, failing at fostering is a GOOD thing. Thank you for keeping this baby. And his name is????? |
| Hey Betsy.
You kept the big boy, huh? Great. He is so lucky to be with you. |
Mim wrote: Apart from a small house and small yard, that is the biggest reason I've never fostered. I'd want to keep them all.
But I dont blame you I couldnt let that little cutie go. I must be strange then because I'm never tempted to keep a rescue; several stay for months at a time like the current girl, and yet I never have a problem letting them go to a good home. They need their own homes; I have my own dogs. I think most of them do well with me precisely because I have a "pack" and they are required to be dogs, which is healthy and somehow settling for them. I too look at people with one or two dogs and think; hm, something odd here... Good possible foster home with a high potential for failure and then they'd be closer to a real pack! <right, Deb?  >
Some times failing is a good thing...
kristine |
| Congratulations of the "F" score she is adorable.
I'd be absolutely hopeless fostering as I would want to keep each and everyone. 
Nah not lost your mind, just more added to the hairy pack. Hey what's one more, the old saying the more the merrier.
What did you name her? |
Thanks, guys. I named him Houston, as in Houston we have a problem. But actually, more like Houston you are being a problem. He answers to Boo better, so that will probably be what we call him.  I figure I can fail fostering every once in a while. I have had 15 fosters in a year and a half, and only failed twice. |
| Congratulations on your addition of another dog to your pack, Betsy! Who can resist a puppy?
Kristine, you're not alone. I feel relief when a foster is placed because they always go to a home that can provide better for them. There's always another dog that needs taken in. We failed fostering with Sassy because she would not have been a safe dog to place with someone. After a few biting incidents, we know how to handle her. She's fit in fine here now. There have been a few dogs that I would have liked to have kept but have resisted the urge. We've always been able to find fabulous homes for our rescues. If we had the room to keep more here, I'm sure I'd be tempted to do so. |
Mad Dog wrote: Mim wrote: Apart from a small house and small yard, that is the biggest reason I've never fostered. I'd want to keep them all. But I dont blame you I couldnt let that little cutie go. I must be strange then because I'm never tempted to keep a rescue; several stay for months at a time like the current girl, and yet I never have a problem letting them go to a good home. They need their own homes; I have my own dogs. I think most of them do well with me precisely because I have a "pack" and they are required to be dogs, which is healthy and somehow settling for them. I too look at people with one or two dogs and think; hm, something odd here... Good possible foster home with a high potential for failure and then they'd be closer to a real pack! <right, Deb? > Some times failing is a good thing... kristine Ok ok...you KNEW I would fail! It is different when you get three. I can now really see the pack mentality in the dogs...and me. (Picture me standing up and putting my hand to my heart)... I'm a foster flunky...and proud of it! Welcome to foster flunky pack! 
We are a very special group. |
Maggie McGee IV wrote: There have been a few dogs that I would have liked to have kept but have resisted the urge. We've always been able to find fabulous homes for our rescues. If we had the room to keep more here, I'm sure I'd be tempted to do so.
Yes, the only time I feel a flicker is for a particularly gifted one in the althletic & learning department. But I already have many of my own I love working with; someone else should be able to enjoy that talent. Everyone has their own limit in terms of how many dogs are enough, and I'm right up against mine right now, so if I kept a foster, I wouldn't be able to foster any more. That makes it a non-issue from the start. That said, everyone deserves to enjoy raising a puppy now and then. Congrats on your boy! Of course, some days you wonder just what you did to "deserve" this   But as a whole it is so worth it. I have two whom I acquired as adults , three and seven years old respectively, not rescues though. And I have to say that they are no different than the ones I raised myself, though quite possibly a bit more "appreciative" But there is just something so seductive about puppy breath. Every now and then
Kristine |
debcram wrote: I'm a foster flunky...and proud of it!
Welcome to foster flunky pack![/color] We are a very special group. Yes, you are! 
Kristine  |
| Change your signature to "Betsy, Foster Failure". And congratulations to you on your new puppy!! |
| I still have room for the fosters! But, shhhhh, don't tell the hubby I said that. Seriously, though, he has a bigger heart than I do when it comes to these guys. We (he) had decided not to keep him. A few days later when I said something about getting pics to put up on our website, he says I thought YOU were keeping him. I said, but you said we should not keep him. His comment was "just when in the *%$# did you start listening to me?". So, I called Ingrid and said that as a female I was entitled to change my mind, and I had. She was very happy, she loves the boys as much as me. So, in Marianne's words, I guess there is always room for one more. |
| Congrats on your new sheepie boy! He is beautiful. |
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