Fostering stories

Foster fail (not)

When I decided to foster for the first time during quarantine, I did not anticipate the amount of positivity it would bring to my life. My first foster puppy was Iggy, and she was an 8 week old timid, but energetic dog. I had never taken care of a dog so young and fragile, so…

Nice to finally meet you.

A few years ago, I met a woman who would periodically foster dogs. I was intrigued and interested but in a remote, passive way. It never even passed my mind that everyday people with everyday lives and everyday families could foster. I really thought she was a professional or at least had an animal-related line of…

Introducing… Eddy!

Fostering Eddie was the best decision I have ever made. I remember being handed this tiny, helpless, bony puppy who was shaking out of fear. He was missing patches of fur, and was severely underweight. I was extremely nervous, scared I would break him since he was so fragile and little. But holding him in…