Said goodbye to a foster dog

Rescue?

You're saving a lot of lives. Tell us about Duncan

Oh this makes me sad.

OP, You rule.

What a great person.

You make me so happy this evening -

That folks like you exist in this cruel world.

Duncan will be fine. And so will you.

Thanks, OP--people who foster animals are the best.

OP, you are amazing, for loving Duncan when he needed it most, and for loving him enough to let him go to a wonderful forever home. And he will never forget you.

We are all clapping our paws for you, OP!

It sounds as tho you did the right thing for Duncan. Be proud & remember your time w him will make you an even better foster for the next dog.

OP you sound like a good person and did the right thing for Duncan.

Let it be known if it doesn’t work out they can contact you.

Foster failures are not a good thing. Good for you on toughening out this one. And by now Duncan has already adjusted.

It’s like a Doctor Who special and you have fostered 33 babies and can’t wait to do it again - until govlins go back in time and steal a special one and you turn into a grouch.

Yeah, jist like that.

I've thought about doing the foster thing when my old dog finally dies...but I know I'd get too attached. I don't think I could do it. Good for you, OP, for stepping up.

Regret is an awful feeling. You sound very generous and thoughtful. Try to respect the you who made the decision to let the dog move on. You gave a couple of motivations here.

Right now the pup is having a great adventure. Maybe your work as a rehabilitator is not done, or maybe this one will find his way back to you.

Try to throw yourself into a positive activity today. It’s almost time to start seedlings soon in many regions if you garden.

It’s almost time to start seedlings soon

Pardon the redundancy ☕️

R12

It’s not always easy but you do have a different mind set about a foster. And placing dogs in happy homes becomes its own reward. And what’s the worst thing that happens? You end up with another dog.

R10, why do you say that? No judgment just want to understand.

Foster failures :-)

As anyone who is involved in fostering knows you want to avoid this. The whole system works, at least as well as it does, because dogs are moved to good homes and the foster person takes in another. And there are always more waiting and waiting and waiting.

And nothing adjusts quicker to a new home than a dog does. And the good thing——the foster person like in this thread , already knows it’s a well vetted good home with references etc that the dog is going to.

Duncan was an asshole and eats his poop.

I was so glad to get out of that fucking house. That cat in R18 was driving me nuts.