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\u201cI am there now we have Tina and I\u2019m gonna miss her so much but I keep telling myself that her story doesn\u2019t end with us. We are just part of her story. Mind you I\u2019ve finally convinced my wife to foster fail with one of the puppies, so it\u2019s a little easier for me to say.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is hard but remember that once you fill up the space in your home, you can’t keep helping other animals. By adopting them out you get to help her and you make room for the next animal that needs help. I foster failed one but the max I have space for is 2 so if I fail another then I’m done fostering. I’m not ready to stop helping animals so that helps me know that it’s not time to fail another.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA foster dog being adopted means there\u2019s a spot for another dog to be fostered. It\u2019s tough at first, but it gets easier!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s definitely hard giving up a foster dog that I\u2019ve really bonded with. When I look back at all the dogs I placed in loving homes I\u2019m happy that I had the chance to help more animals and had I adopted the one then the dogs that came after i wouldn\u2019t have been able to help\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI just remind myself that this is what I signed up for and it’s about what is best for the dog. Plus, some adopters are really good about keeping in touch and sending updates. My 21st foster just went to her forever home last week and I’ve already received the cutest photos of her playing and cuddling with her new family and curled up in the most comfortable looking doggy bed I’ve ever seen! She’s doing great and I am so happy for her. I even follow a couple of my former fosters on social media. It is hard to say goodbye, but seeing how loved and spoiled they are in their new home makes it so much easier. And, as others have mentioned, now I am available to help the next one!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy only advice is to just get another foster directly after to get your mind off of it. It will remind you that there’s so many that need help and you’re doing the right thing\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy senior foster dog was on death row when I took him in, he got adopted yesterday…I thought he would be with us the rest of his life…letting him go was so hard!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh I know I cried but if I didn\u2019t find them a loving home I couldn\u2019t move on to give another a chance. That\u2019s the only way I could let go. I had some beauties could have kept them all.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel you, my first foster was a fail. But I committed to fostering more animals. Since 2006 I have fostered over 100 dogs and about 15 cats and have assisted in over 300 adoptions. I think of it as they are getting an incredible home and now I can help another one come off the streets or out of the shelter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep the doggo get rid of the partner.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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