Enmanuel:
watt:
No fosters....... time for a snooze
Watt, this thread really makes me want to adopt a puppy. But alas, I don't think I meet the requirements at the moment. Later on for sure.
I have a question based on this last pic: How does it affect your own dogs to have so many fosters rotate in and out? I'm sure it's a lot of fun for them to have new friends but does it in any way take a toll on them to make those friends and then have them leave just as quickly?
Emmanuel, good that you're thinking responsibly about the puppy thing as they are work, one comment for when you are ready: 2 puppies is easier than one as they have someone to play with, you can let me know if you want input.
All four of my dogs are pure bred Labs, but all rescues as well, which means they had bad times and appreciate what they have now, and don't begrudge the chance they had to other dogs as no competition is allowed - everyone gets a bone, etc., and everyone gets love.
E.g., Seneca was picked up off the streets of Palmdale by the dogcatcher with a serious wound, had clearly been mistreated... they've all lived in cages, and if not street dogs, were dumped by their families.
One would expect Sun Ra, a hard alpha bitch, to find it most irritating but she has been magnanimous entirely to now 28 fosters.
My pack knows they're staying, and whilst play occurs, they don't "become friends" in a week - this is a reason while we keep foster periods short: so the fosters themselves don't bond too much and moving to a new fam becomes traumatic. Seneca and Sir Cosmic Messenger are best friends almost as though they were littermates but it took a few months. But dogs are a pack, a hierarchy first.
Selma, Stokin' Diesel and and Southern Tripp BTW are recent examples of fosters knowing the visiting prospective fam was their fam! " Let's go, see ya."
And never seen such happy labs
Perfect fit. Adios Chinchito!
Glad all is well 
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