After two weeks on petfinder.com we have several REALLY promising adoption applicants(!!!), ideal non-urban situations for Miss Edwina complete with doggie brothers/sisters and the great outdoors, exactly what I was hoping for (and secretly dreading)!
My friends first foster pup Ruby was adopted last week by a great family with great kids and a yard and still Jess was crushed, you want to find them the perfect home but when you do...well that means they leave your home, and for the unseasoned foster mom that means mini-heartbreak. The thought of it makes me misty, and it will probably take a few dogs to adjust to my new role of halfway house. Hopefully the people who adopt our dogs will fortify us with some heartwarming "after" pictures/updates of the pooches living the good life in their forever home, that would make letting go so much easier!
If you are neutral or indifferent to dogs you probably wouldn't sign up to foster, and if you love dogs and want to help them out it can be tricky to modulate your affection and act solely as caregiver, dogs are easy to love and connect with and that will probably mean attachment every time... Darn you Edwina, couldn't you have been less lovable and awesome?! But when Edwina is adopted that means a space opens in my apartment for a new foster pup, another dog is off death row and a space is free in a shelter, so more furry lives are saved. That's the big picture, the little picture is the sweet doggie face I've been waking up next to for the last 2 weeks...
She snores a little;)
...we cant wait! fingers crossed. you talked with my girlfriend meagan today, and we are so excited...
ReplyDeletebut also! i didnt mean to downplay your sadness for possibly seeing her go soon. i couldnt imagine having to do that!
ReplyDeletedon't worry about it, I'm just getting mushy about her;)
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