Our rescue foster dog got adopted today.

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This dog came to the Rescue in June with a left rear leg that was missing below the knee. It was healed up but she had awkward movement from the remaining leg moving in opposition to the good leg. The vet said she'd do much better if the leg was fully amputated to remove the extra weight and eliminate the counter movement so on July 9th they did the operation and we picked her up at the vet in the afternoon. Amazingly a vet tech walked her out to the waiting room to us and she was wagging her tail. Her recovery was quicker than we imagined and after 2 weeks wearing the cone of shame and limited activity the cone came off and she was free to start going for walks again. She's fully recovered and not handicapped in any way. Her paperwork name was Bubbles, we thought that was just silly and started calling her Peggy. She has an amazing personality, loves attention, is absolutely no problem and is just a happy dog. We had her for 3 & 1/2 months and got pretty attached but the day finally came today and a great retired couple came to meet her and they all liked each other almost immediately. We didn't expect her to leave today but schedules for the next few days were tight and they really wanted to get her so paperwork got done, we came home with her and gathered up some things and wrote down food, eating schedule etc. and at 12.30 she was picked up by one of our adoption people and taken to her new home. Bittersweet and we're sad to see her go but she's got a great home now so it's all good. If we didn't have 2 dogs already we would have kept her.

Have a great life Miss Peggy!
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AZjeff said:
This dog came to the Rescue in June with a left rear leg that was missing below the knee. It was healed up but she had awkward movement from the remaining leg moving in opposition to the good leg. The vet said she'd do much better if the leg was fully amputated to remove the extra weight and eliminate the counter movement so on July 9th they did the operation and we picked her up at the vet in the afternoon. Amazingly a vet tech walked her out to the waiting room to us and she was wagging her tail. Her recovery was quicker than we imagined and after 2 weeks wearing the cone of shame and limited activity the cone came off and she was free to start going for walks again. She's fully recovered and not handicapped in any way. Her paperwork name was Bubbles, we thought that was just silly and started calling her Peggy. She has an amazing personality, loves attention, is absolutely no problem and is just a happy dog. We had her for 3 & 1/2 months and got pretty attached but the day finally came today and a great retired couple came to meet her and they all liked each other almost immediately. We didn't expect her to leave today but schedules for the next few days were tight and they really wanted to get her so paperwork got done, we came home with her and gathered up some things and wrote down food, eating schedule etc. and at 12.30 she was picked up by one of our adoption people and taken to her new home. Bittersweet and we're sad to see her go but she's got a great home now so it's all good. If we didn't have 2 dogs already we would have kept her.

Have a great life Miss Peggy!
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We have a 3 legger that we took home last Jan. from a rescue shelter He was at the rescue shelter for 2 years.
Best dog ever, no kidding.
He just wanted a good home and to be loved. He got it. Changed me forever.
 
YEAH! A foster dog got adopted, we hope to forever home.

One of the 55 dogs and pups my late wife and I fostered came to us for a break from shelter life, pre-surgery.
Female Chihuahua puppy.

One back leg was il-formed, and the head veterinarian thought she could fix it with surgery. Amputated instead.
Pup came back to us for several weeks for recuperation.
I am happy to tell you, missing one leg did not slow that dog down one bit.

Funny/Touching true story... about Crouton.
Some years later we were attending an event at that same humane organization with friends.
Had a question, walked to the information desk, two young women, one has a small Chihuahua on her shoulder.
I saw the dog, saw the missing back leg, recognized as our past foster.

Many humane organizations will tell you that the dogs we foster will not remember you.

Back to our story.
The dog is facing away from me.
I call out ¨Crouton, come see your Uncle!¨
Crouton immediately shifts her tail into blinding speed mode.
Young lady with the dog turns to present me the dog
Crouton practically leapt into my arms.

Later that afternoon, we saw Crouton get adopted for the third time. We hope forever.
 
fat biker said:
YEAH! A foster dog got adopted, we hope to forever home.

One of the 55 dogs and pups my late wife and I fostered came to us for a break from shelter life, pre-surgery.
Female Chihuahua puppy.

One back leg was il-formed, and the head veterinarian thought she could fix it with surgery. Amputated instead.
Pup came back to us for several weeks for recuperation.
I am happy to tell you, missing one leg did not slow that dog down one bit.

Funny/Touching true story... about Crouton.
Some years later we were attending an event at that same humane organization with friends.
Had a question, walked to the information desk, two young women, one has a small Chihuahua on her shoulder.
I saw the dog, saw the missing back leg, recognized as our past foster.

Many humane organizations will tell you that the dogs we foster will not remember you.

Back to our story.
The dog is facing away from me.
I call out ¨Crouton, come see your Uncle!¨
Crouton immediately shifts her tail into blinding speed mode.
Young lady with the dog turns to present me the dog
Crouton practically leapt into my arms.

Later that afternoon, we saw Crouton get adopted for the third time. We hope forever.
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Wonderful to hear! We don’t foster anymore because we always wind up keeping them (three dogs, two cats, two horses) so we are full but my wife does a lot of pro bono for a large animal charity and the stories you hear sometimes are so awful. The folks here demonstrate the positive side of human nature so thank you again for saving the animals.
 
RAVL said:
Wonderful to hear! We don’t foster anymore because we always wind up keeping them (three dogs, two cats, two horses) so we are full but my wife does a lot of pro bono for a large animal charity and the stories you hear sometimes are so awful. The folks here demonstrate the positive side of human nature so thank you again for saving the animals.
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This is difficult to describe. Here are my thoughts and feelings on fostering.
With very few exceptions I feel that whatever benefit the dog, including the momma dog and her pups receive I get a similar if not greater benefit.
The people! The people I have met, got to know and befriended, directly from fostering? More blessings than I could hope to count!!


P.S. Why dogs only, no cats? I have nasal allergies 24/365, some days to the point of misery. I am very allergic to cats, so dogs only.
 
Triple_Se7en said:
Did the Rescue pay for the surgery? If not, who did?
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Our rescue pays for any medical services needed for the dogs/cats we get. I imagine the cost is discounted for the rescue but it can't be inexpensive. It's not passed on to the new owners. Just checked, the bill for Peggy's amputation was just under $1,000.

Great story Fat Biker and amazing number of fosters. Keeping a foster dog is called a foster fail and if we had room we would have failed with this dog. Our first foster dog we only had 3 days and she got adopted and we still got kinda attached. We'll do it again knowing there's some pain and sadness involved when they go.

Got 7 new dogs and 7 new cats in yesterday. Our rescues are mostly from the reservations. One dog looks like she might have a surprise for us in the future. We've been doing great getting homes for momma dogs, they come in to a different rescue have pups that get adopted then nobody wants the momma. A lot of the dogs we get are about to time out.
 
Fail! Fail, you say!
Our foster dog #49 became our dog #3.
From Frido, his shelter name, to Fred/Freddie.
Fred is a 10 pound mutt with a splash of Corgi dna, with perfect Corgi coloring and shadings. Physically, his appearance is nothing like a Corgi.

Funny story, from one of our many camping trips.
First you need to know Fred responded to the noise made by a skateboard as a call to arms, we must attack! attack! attack!

His first camping trip to our very favorite State Park.
We arrive and begin camp setup.
Wife sets Fred up in a shady spot with his crate, finding nothing to secure his leash to, she foolishly attaches the leash to the crate. Bad idea. Meanwhile, I am busy doing the heavy lifting of setup.
Short time later, here comes a kid on a skateboard in the road, of course, Fred being true to type goes after the poor kid.
All I see is Fred at full speed headed straight for the kid, with his crate bouncing along behind him.
The kid stops in his tracks in the face of the charging dog.
I call ¨FRED¨ using the tone the dog knows is whatever I am doing I better stop right now or be in trouble with dad.
All these years later, Freddie is gone, I still chuckle whenever I think of it.
 
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