As 2008 has been winding down, we humans here in the Owned By Pugs household have been feeling the itch to foster. Over the past few years we have created the OBP calendar and donated a portion of the proceeds to rescue groups, but we have never actually done real “hands-on” type of work like fostering. Especially in these tough economic times when many families have had to give up their precious pooches, we recognize an important need for quality foster care of dogs and pugs in particular.
While the thoughts of another beautiful snorting pug and the warm feeling of knowing you are making a difference fills our minds, we are also consumed with “foster parent nerves”. Will the new pug upset our pug apple cart? How will the foster take to the transition? What if we cannot separate when it is time to send the fostered pug to his/her forever home? As you can see, we are excited and nervous all at the same time. What do you think? Any advice or commentary would be appreciated. Have you fostered? What was your experience?
As with most things lately, it turns out I am a little late in posing this question. Sometimes, decisions get made for you. And in this case, things seem to be working out just fine. More to come.
These resolutions were made back in 2004 when the boys were about 1 1/2 years old. What is funny is that they both could make the same resolutions today!
Christmas came a little early in the OBP household. There was a “Santa” that came from Lowe’s to install shower doors in the guest bathroom. Henry was the first to go see what all the commotion had been. We were careful not to let him stay very long though because the smell of the caulk that the man used when installing the doors was quite potent. Henry might of gotten his first little doggy high if he’d stayed in there very long. So, we wisked him away, closed the door and put the fan on. This year was a Christmas filled with oversized presents in the OBP household.
