Dog Rescues Review

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Pros

Fostering makes rescue worthwhile, Saving a dog's life is the greatest

Cons

Letting fosters go can break your heart

DEC

2007

I'm a reformed backyard breeder and have been doing rescue as a foster mom for almost ten years. Because of all the health problems I ran into with my own dogs, I naturally migrated into special needs care of Yorkies with Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue originally, and now with Compassionate Animial Rescue now that SPDR does not have a Yorkie rep.

Fostering is immensely satisfying and also heart-breaking. My job as a foster is to return these babies to health, evaluate them for their forever homes, and then help match them with the right placement. There have been times when fosters don't get adopted, and they just turn into forever dogs in my own home, which is just okay with hubby and me, because it's the more the merrier as far as we're concerned. We got into fostering when we lost our own babies and went from six Yorkies to only three over the course of just 2 1/2 years and it got wayyy too quiet in our house. :)

It's hard to say good-bye to them when it's time for them to go to their forever homes, but I've always been able to keep a good perspective on it. I know that they're only mine for a little while and that there's someone out there just waiting for them.

What people don't realize is the tremendous amount of work that goes into rescue, and the tremendous need for help. If someone is looking to rescue a baby, please cut the rescue organization and their helpers some slack. It takes time to return phone calls, do home checks, etc. Anything you can do to make their job easier would be greatly appreciated.

If you're looking for a baby, go to Petfinder.com and enter the pertinent info about what you're looking for. If you want to help, click on Help Pets to see what you can do to help in your area!