Foster Journal
May 2003
May 24, 2003
I am sending out another plea for foster homes. Can
ANYONE foster kittens. We are in desperate, desperate need of foster
homes for immature kittens. I know I sent an email earlier this
week but have had little or no response and we are still getting
more in daily. Please consider helping out by offering a temporary
home for some of these babies. If needed, I will supply a crate,
food and litter in an effort to get these guys in foster homes.
For anyone who can or fosters dogs:
Nash is a 5 yr. old neutered
Rott, very friendly and playful, scored an "A" on his
behav. eval, knows commands but now has kennel cough. He needs
a foster home so he can get healthy to be placed up for adoption.
Can you help him???
Diamond is a 3 yr. old female Collie Mix, friendly and quite social
who came in extremely emaciated. She needs a foster home so she
gain weight
and some general "TLC". Is anyone
able to foster her???
Please contact me at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
Beverly
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Hi Beverly,
I guess I've taken a long enough break after Murray. =) (He's doing
great in his new home, by the way!) I can help out with a dog or
possibly with kittens (though I've never fostered cats before).
I could foster either of the dogs as long as they get along w/my
crew. We'll bring our dogs in this morning to meet the potential
fosters. I love the "needs TLC" cases so I'm leaning
towards Diamond, but I'll have to see what my "alpha bitch" thinks
about that!
May 27, 2003
Thank you so much for offering. Diamond has gone out to foster,
however, Nash is still needing a foster home. Did you come in this
weekend to meet him? Please advise at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
Beverly
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Hi Beverly,
I did come to see Nash. He was apparently not feeling well (from
the looks of his kennel). I asked around and a couple people mentioned
that he was dominant w/other dogs, which rules him out as a good
fit for our canine family.
If you have any more submissive dogs needing to go into foster in
the next couple of weeks, let me know. We will be going away for
a few days at the end of June (27-30) so it would be best to either
do a short term thing soon, or just wait until the beginning of July.
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Amy,
I spoke with Gretchen about behavior issues and she said that she
noted that that there was something saying he was dog aggressive
however, her dog (AJ) and Nash both shared an office together and
there was no problem whatsoever. Either way we would want to have
them meet in a neutral setting to make sure there are no aggression
issues from either dog. But even at that, he would need to be kept
isolated from your own animals as kennel cough is contagious. Are
you able to isolate? Whatever you decide is ok :)....
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Hi Beverly,
My dogs don't do well with other dogs sharing their space unless
the other dog totally submits to them. I don't want to take the
chance with Nash, especially because he's a big, strong dog.
My dogs are vaccinated for kennel cough, so that wouldn't necessarily
be an issue with future fosters. I have had a couple fosters with
it
in the past (not very bad cases, though) and mine didn't develop
any symptoms. I do not have the facilities to isolate.
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