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| How do you cope when foster dogs leave? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: 3 Feb 2013, 11:17 (592 Views) | |
| SaffBenPipArchWin | 3 Feb 2013, 11:17 Post #1 |
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I've been fostering a stray staffie since end of November - she was in the pound and turned out to be pregnant. She had 3 healthy puppies on December the 4th, all different sizes but all gorgeous. We sat with her all night through the birth as we were worried about her struggling as we didn't know what the dad had been. As it turned out, they just popped out and she was the perfect mother. Th pups are now 9 weeks old and are still gorgeous, hilarious, trusting, naughty etc. They've been socialised with our dogs from an early age, they adore people, we adore them, the cat isn't so sure yet The mum showed signs of not being happy at our house with all of our dogs the other side of a barrier, so a neighbour has fostered her for the last 2 weeks to give us all, including the mum, some time to recover. And now the day I've been trying not to think about is nearly here and my gremlins will be going on Tuesday (TAG rescue in Kent are their rescue)I'll miss them, but I'm looking forward to getting my house back to normal and to spending some quality time with our own dogs. The hard part is wondering how their new homes will turn out. Am I going to spend the next 15 years worrying about them every day? I'd really appreciate some words of comfort please as at the moment, I cant stop having sobbing fits every time I think about it. And I'm so sorry for not posting them on here, it's been a tough time the last couple of months trying to manage the mum, the pups, our dogs and work. |
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| Jazzlet | 3 Feb 2013, 14:39 Post #2 |
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I think you will always remember them, but that it will be with fondness rather than tears. I have only fostered once and one of the pair (from a home break up) ended up with neighbours. She is very very much loved, she and my two bark their hellos if they are in the garden at the same time which as she is a lab and mine are shepherds is a bit noisy The point is I know she is happy and I trust that the rescue that re-homed her sister will have checked that she went to a good family.
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| doggylover | 3 Feb 2013, 15:38 Post #3 |
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I can't help as I have ended up keeping the last 3 fosters I had ![]() I think you have to try and comfort yourself by saying if not for you they may not have been around to leave and that you have given them the best possible start in life. |
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| kimthecat | 3 Feb 2013, 18:45 Post #4 |
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I don't do fostering any more because O used to get too upset when they left or ending up keeping them. It helps to remember that you have done a good thing and that if you let them go, you have room for another foster and somewhere along the line you are saving dogs lives.
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| Rescuewoman | 4 Feb 2013, 06:55 Post #5 |
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By believing they are going on to a better life than I could offer them. That helps if you meet the family of course. Sending you
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| missuswilderness | 4 Feb 2013, 08:25 Post #6 |
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What Catherine said - exactly. My dogs have a good life - but that is because their preferences match my lifestyle. I've had fosters who needed something different and I found it really difficult to meet their needs and wouldn't have wanted to do it long term. Thw gang and me have cared for them when they needed it and found out what their needs and preferences are. So they have gone to a home where they get that. Apart from the ones who have stayed
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The point is I know she is happy and I trust that the rescue that re-homed her sister will have checked that she went to a good family.


2:27 PM Jul 11