2 Dogs Adopted in 9 Days!

At the beginning of 2010 we had only fostered Sprout for three weeks when she was adopted by an awesome family in the Northland. At her adopted family's request, we immediately took in a new foster dog, Marietta. They had considered adopting her, but thought Sprout (Named Abby now) would be a better fit for them, but they didn't want to leave Marietta at the pound.

So we brought home Marietta the day after Sprout left. Our pack is so funny. They pout when new pups come and they pout when they leave. We remind each of our dogs (rescues all of them) "Don't you remember when you had no home? No People? No Pack?"

But we only had a week with Marietta before she was also adopted, by a nice lady that lives in Columbia, Mo. She drove to KC yesterday to meet Marietta and fell completely in love. So YAY for Marietta!

We already have our next foster picked out and this time we expect to have her awhile longer. Her name is LadyBird, she's a brindle pitty that at seven years old is older than we usually foster. Her story is heartbreaking, Animal Control confiscated her after she spent her life on a chain, with little food or shelter, being bred over and over. She has heartworms and you can see her skeleton because she is so skinny. Even after all the evil humans have done to her, she still loves people and is so eager to please. We took her for a walk at the shelter and she did great, following commands and loving the attention. As I said, we expect her to be with us in foster care longer than the last few, but that's okay.

I struggle with this question all the time-Do I foster and save only the cute, highly adoptable dogs or do we want to foster and save less adorable dogs that deserve another chance because they have been mistreated by humans? With Sprout and Marietta (and Sweets and Flower) we went the adorable, easily adopted route. But with LadyBird we're going to go the other direction and we'll see how it goes. We pick her up Thursday after getting spayed and heartworm treatment, I'll keep you all posted :)