Foster Dogs

Finding a dog a new home takes time, a big problem is where does he/she live during that time.  The dog may also need training, socialization, medical attention or any number of things that add to that time before the search for that perfect home begins. 

I have fostered many dogs for Pet Network, which means they lived in my home.  Some stayed for a few days others stayed for weeks or months.

YES!!!  I get terribly attached  during that time..... this is the reason that I'm picky about my fosters new home and I never adopt them to anyone unless I feel they can give them more than I can... 

... here's a few of them ... all taking pieces of my heart with them....

[ 1994 ] [ 1995 ] [ 1996] [ 1997] [ 1998 ] [ 1999 ] [ 2000 ] [ 2001] [ 2002 ] [2003] [ 2004 ]

"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful."- Ann Landers "I've seen a look in a dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts."- John Steinbeck

Molly was the first Foster Dog.
Adopted by my good friends Shirley & Chuck  1994
Shannon dressed as an Angel Halloween '94
Maggie was only with me a few days before she was adopted....or she wouldn't have left. '94
"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person."- Andrew A. Rooney "Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in."
- Mark Twain

Wrinkles '94
Pepper and Rags '94
They were the shape of boxes, they were so matted , when I picked them up
Pepper & Rags dress up for Halloween '94
"I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it".- Abraham Lincoln "If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons."- James Thurber

Harley was certainly a favorite '95
Kristi's Kahlua went to a great ranch in Morgan Hill '95
What a smart character Jena was! '95

Jenna and  my gang.  

Sophie, Mac, Issel and don't forget Guido the bird....(yellow arrow) '95

"Man is a dog's idea of what God should be."
  Holbrook Jackson
"Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail."- Unknown "Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case they need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear."- Dave Barry

Murrey was only 10 weeks old when I got him, he now weighs over 100 lbs '95
Doogie Bowser was going to be put down  because he had no hair... it grew back. Roommate Shannon adopted him. '96
Shannon & the Doogster '00

"I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better." - George Bird Evans, "Troubles with Bird Dogs"

 "Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."- Roger Caras

Angel didn't live with me, I picked her up every Saturday for the adoption shows, until she was adopted. '96
Bebe was in a kennel most of her first two years of life, we affectionately called her Bebe Butt Head. With a few months of training she was adopted.
I fostered Daisy with Bebe & they were also adopted together. '96
"Rambunctious, delinquent dogs become angelic when sitting."- Dr. Ian Dunbar "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face."- Ben Williams

135 lbs of Neapolitan Mastiff, 
Blue Diamond '96
2000 years of breeding to guard in her genetics and a little drool.
A pussy cat to those she loved
"No matter what you've done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it". - Unknown (otherwise known as the Cat's Motto.) "If you want a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him."
- Dereke Bruce

Sissy & Sassy had to adjust to a house full of dogs, '97
Tailer was a foster dog also, found as a stray...he never left. '98
Princess'98
"Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane."- Smiley Blanton "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man."
- Mark Twain

The MinPin Litter '98

 

 

 

 

 


Cheryl & Brenda with the six MinPin's.  Brenda's friend rescued the pregnant mom from a shelter, then the mom died after birthing.  The pups were hand fed, I got them at 8 weeks to keep until adoption..
"No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation."
- Fran Lebowitz 		"Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job."
- Franklin P. Jones

The pups hadn't seen anything like Tailer?
Tailer was a great MinPin Puppy Setter
Ya got to ask yourself...."How bad do you want that bone?
"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself".
- Josh Billings 		"Man is a dog's idea of what God should be."
- Holbrook Jackson

The Cutter's named their pup Cookie
Merlin gets a new home with the Drysdales
Simba too!
Then Butler
Finally Chip
"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult."- Rita Rudner "Ever consider what they must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul- chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!"
- Anne Tyler

Laurie fostered a litter of Rot mixes. Lorie & Jillian.
When Laurie went on vacation the six came to my house
Tailer had to baby set again.
"You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets."- Nora Ephron "If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owing one."- Andy Rooney

Rascal'99
Schnitzel '99
Beds are at a premium when Foster dogs & friends are there at the same time '99
"Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies." - Gene Hill "If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience."- Woodrow Wilson

Banter's New Home 4/6/00
Mimi, Barbara, Michael & Breezie
Skip came from Bow Wow Productions, he enjoyed retiring and just being a dog '00
Skippy gets adopted by Donna & Paul May'00
"My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpets or ruin our lives."- Rita Rudner "To his dog, every man is Napoleon, hence the constant popularity of dogs."- Aldous Huxley
Chester
He looks sweet....NOT !  What a little terror, but Cheryl loves him. '01		 Four doggies were found traveling together as strays. One female was very pregnant & immediately went to another rescue group. The other three came home with me, we named them 
Sammie, Guinness and Cozette '01		 Geraldine changed Sammie's name to Toby & changed his life to pure LOVE.  What a pair!
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."- Unknown "Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best friend, and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
- Groucho Marx

 Me and Josie's (Cozette) new Mom Kedra the first night 4/01
Sharon & Small Fry welcome Guinness (now named Jack) to his new home. Heidi we're sorry we missed you!
Maggie Mae Magoo on her hamburger bed...5/27/01
10 weeks old
Border Collie/Shepherd mix
"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does".
- Christopher Morley 		"Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives."- Sue Murphy
Maggie has lots of buddies to keep her busy in her new home.  Stephanie, Christine, Zeland, Maggie & Peter (left).
Stephanie, Irene, Zeland, Maggie, Peter, Zeland & Christine (right) 6/11/01
What do you get when you cross a dog and a lion?  A very nervous mail carrier. - Unknown There was a dog that tried to play tennis, but ended up with a case of puppy love.  - Unknown

I didn't foster Max, but when I found him
at a shelter I fixed him up with Marie '01
Anne, Steve and their new Riley.  I only fostered Riley for a morning before he went to his great home '01
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. - Unknown A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.  - Josh Billings

So shy and loving.  We called her Zoe but now her name is more appropriately June. 
June in her new home with Janet, Mary, Colby & Mat 6'01
Chloe is her sister was adopted a few weeks later.... we're sorry they didn't go together but we know they have good homes.

"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail." - Fran Lebowitz

"You can say any fool thing to a dog, and the dog will give you this look that says, `My God, you're RIGHT! I NEVER would've thought of that!'" - Dave Barry

Mattie and June '02
"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves." - August Strindberg" 

"I once decided not to date a guy because he wasn't excited to meet my dog. I mean, this was like not wanting to meet my mother." - Bonnie Schacter, Founder of the Single Pet Owner's Society Singles Group

Chloe was adopted by Ralph, Joan and Bailey 6/01
Syd... could you get any cuter?		 Bobi (Syd) with 3 generations of his new family '01
Anna, Robert, Dad and Granddad   and Bobby
"Did you hear about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac who stays up all night wondering if there really is a Dog?" - Unknown "I think animal testing is a terrible idea; I mean they are all nervous and probably give you the wrong answers anyway".   - Unknown

Kathy and Molly 7/01

 
Twinky went to live with Ernest & Linda with lots of visits from their grand-daughter for fun 3/02.
I didn't understand Twinky's name until someone pointed out that her star looks like the cream filling in a Twinky.
"The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or fight its enemies is lunch." 
- Michael Friedman		 "A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down." 
- Robert Benchley

Peabody almost didn't leave my house, he loved to snuggle!
Peabody's new home with Jacob and Claire 5/02
Watch out if you come to my house to watch TV..... you may have to hold a few foster dogs as well as mine.  Charice with Peabody, Faith and Tailer.  Can you see?
"In dog years I'm dead"  - Unknown "The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage."  - Danish Proverb

Checkers, what a doggie! A lover and a ball of energy.
Checkers, one of those rare moments.		 Checkers lives with Robert now.... we need to get a picture!
We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare.  And in return, dogs give us their all! It's the best deal man has ever made. - M. Acklam Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate.
- Sigmund Freud

Lexi, and Kristi in the Miata		 Kristi and I fostered Lexi. She was a petite Great Pyrenees at only 85lbs.  Here she is in her new home with David and Pam with Kristi.
Lexi's new doggie neighbor was very curious about the new doggie next door...
"When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem." - Edward Abbey "I wonder what goes through his mind when he sees us peeing in his water bowl" 
- Penny Ward Moser

Frieda, sweet little girl Nov'02
Gentle Jenny knew her Platz (down), Sitz (sit) and Fuss (heel)
but she didn't know being a part of a family
 December 2002
Freddie so spunky and so smart! Nov'02
Dogs need to sniff the ground; it's how they keep abreast of current events. The ground is a giant dog newspaper, containing all kinds of late-breaking dog news items, which, if they are especially urgent, are often continued in the next year. - Dave Barry Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog. - Franklin P. Jones
Frieda now named Lucy is  living with Gloria, Rocky, and 2003
 Jenny gets a wonderful new home and family
with Joe and Carol
February 2003
Elaine and Ted have opened their home to Freddie and  have lots of plans to keep his sharp little mind busy.
February 2003
If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise - Unknown My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3.00 a can. That's almost $21.00 in dog money. - Joe Weinstein

Mark is a real animal lover, having had dogs, cats, rats and even did reptile rescue.  Luke picked Mark out at the Pet Fair and  will  even get to go to work with him.  3'03		 January 2004
Scooby's original owners decided they couldn't give him enough attention....... so they made the difficult decision to let him go to a new home.....
.... giving Scooby attention
is no problem for
Matt, Brenda, Tim and Dann
in Scooby's new home January 2004
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
- Robert A. Heinlein		 You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'Wow, you're right! I never would've thought of that!' - Dave Barry
If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them. - Phil Pastoret

"Breed not a savage dog, nor permit a loose stairway." - Talmud
Yea! A new home for
Scooby and Daisy!
Sharp little Daisy with her special  blue eye  was all action 2004

 
Edward, Barbara and Drew
It took months..... but we finally found the home, that we were hoping for, for Daisy!
January 2004

"In my day, we didn't have dogs or cats. All I had was Silver Beauty, my beloved paper clip." - Jennifer Hart

"If your dog doesn't like someone you probably shouldn't either."  Unknown

Sweetie was just that 2004.
Bob and Ione promised to give Sweetie the affection she had been craving.   I'm sure Sweetie will give a lot in return.  Sweetie is now known as Cassie.
Marty & Pepper were such good buddies.

"Old dogs, like old shoes, are comfortable. They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit well." - Bonnie Wilcox 'Old Dogs, Old Friends'

"In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog." - Edward Hoagland

Marty the 7lb 7mo old Pomeranian was the cutest 2004

 

 
Marty went to a great home with Lola, Jim & P.J.

 

 
Pepper was a foster that I pulled from the shelter in July '04.  Here she is graduating from Obedience School in August '04.....  Pepper needed a lot of work - and when it was done she had my heart - she isn't going anywhere.

"Even the tiniest Poodle or Chihuahua is still a wolf at heart." - Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, Dogs: The Wolf Within

"When a dog wags her tail and barks at the same time, how do you know which end to believe?" - Anonymous
Frieda-Lucy lost her home again, when Gloria became ill, it seemed like fate that Freddie was visiting me and there with me to welcome her back.....
Freddie, Ted, Frieda-Lucy & Elaine
8-31-04
 ....I had pulled  Frieda-Lucy and Freddie from the shelter on the same day and they became fast friends, I had wanted to adopt them together but it didn't happen, now  1 1/2 years later,  Ted and Elaine made my wish come true.

"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

"I named my dog 'Stay'... so I can say 'Come here, Stay. Come here, Stay.'" Steve Wright

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