February vacation was nuts.
Remind me about this winter of the foster dogs next time I think "oh, OK, poor thing, sure I can foster just.one.more." Don't just remind me, whack me on the head with a mallet, or a shovel. Shake me, do something. I am pretty sure this is a stage I needed to go through and it will soon pass. File under just because you can doesn't mean you should.
For those keeping track. There are my two dogs, and 2 fosters, Beck and Stella. Beck is still worming his way into our hearts. Every heart except for my middle daughter, so we will see. Stella has a trial this weekend at a wonderful home of a friend of friend. I am sure they will love her, but there are young kids, so you never know how these things will turn out. Please everyone think good thoughts for her. It is amazing to think that she went from her last day on earth in a horrid southern shelter to a super home and new life in Maine.
We still have puppies Lady and Lego and at 11 weeks they have reached that stage that I refer to in my puppy classes as "OMG HAVE YOU SEEN THE WORLD!!!" That is when a light seems to click on and pups go from super snuggly, adorable, sweet, cuddly sit in your lap lumps, to pin balls. It is normal puppy stuff, but they are getting bold,. They are you know, normal pups. Oh and did I mention they sleep less and need to run more? They are cuter than ever and in a weird twist of fate, the puppy that I returned was the first one adopted. That will teach me!
A friend's dog stayed here over vacation, and guess what, he wasn't a huge fan of the fosters, so he got separate leash walks. Know what else? Bryce the big puppy didn't work out in his foster to adopt placement and he came back today. Seems there was the issue with the resident Springer with guarding .
Did I already mention that I am on my second case of paper towels?
Not looking for sympathy, after all fostering is rewarding in and of itself, but I did want a record of my insanity to remind myself not to do this again. I think in a way, taking on new fosters is not unlike forgetting the pain of child birth.
Maybe that was why my camera broke, so I can't look back at the all the cute and want to do this again. Maybe the universe did me a favor. When you look into the face of a sweet puppy.....oh rats, I am not fooling anyone. I those love those little pin balls.
Remind me about this winter of the foster dogs next time I think "oh, OK, poor thing, sure I can foster just.one.more." Don't just remind me, whack me on the head with a mallet, or a shovel. Shake me, do something. I am pretty sure this is a stage I needed to go through and it will soon pass. File under just because you can doesn't mean you should.
For those keeping track. There are my two dogs, and 2 fosters, Beck and Stella. Beck is still worming his way into our hearts. Every heart except for my middle daughter, so we will see. Stella has a trial this weekend at a wonderful home of a friend of friend. I am sure they will love her, but there are young kids, so you never know how these things will turn out. Please everyone think good thoughts for her. It is amazing to think that she went from her last day on earth in a horrid southern shelter to a super home and new life in Maine.
We still have puppies Lady and Lego and at 11 weeks they have reached that stage that I refer to in my puppy classes as "OMG HAVE YOU SEEN THE WORLD!!!" That is when a light seems to click on and pups go from super snuggly, adorable, sweet, cuddly sit in your lap lumps, to pin balls. It is normal puppy stuff, but they are getting bold,. They are you know, normal pups. Oh and did I mention they sleep less and need to run more? They are cuter than ever and in a weird twist of fate, the puppy that I returned was the first one adopted. That will teach me!
A friend's dog stayed here over vacation, and guess what, he wasn't a huge fan of the fosters, so he got separate leash walks. Know what else? Bryce the big puppy didn't work out in his foster to adopt placement and he came back today. Seems there was the issue with the resident Springer with guarding .
Did I already mention that I am on my second case of paper towels?
Not looking for sympathy, after all fostering is rewarding in and of itself, but I did want a record of my insanity to remind myself not to do this again. I think in a way, taking on new fosters is not unlike forgetting the pain of child birth.
Maybe that was why my camera broke, so I can't look back at the all the cute and want to do this again. Maybe the universe did me a favor. When you look into the face of a sweet puppy.....oh rats, I am not fooling anyone. I those love those little pin balls.
4 comments:
LOL yes, remember for the future. I am at a rescue that has twelve dogs. Hard to manage and hard to keep up with on the very best days. It is rewarding but, as always, a lot of work
Yea, cutie Lego was adopted today!
I can't wait to meet Stella! I'm sure she'll be a wonderful addition to Amy's family!
This reminds me that I am so not ready to start fostering again!
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