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fostering
I am thinking about fostering.
If anyone has experience fostering, I would appreciate if you'd share your experience. I'm looking for the cons as well as the pros. -Sunny |
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I would also add on the "cons" list the possibility of exposing your own
pets to a myriad of diseases. Make sure your pets are on every possible preventative and that you obsessively disinfect and clean up after the foster dogs. Also, look into your state regulations regarding licensing for foster homes. It is required in Illinois, don't know about the other states. -- Lori in Peoria, IL "Sunni12" wrote in message ... I am thinking about fostering. If anyone has experience fostering, I would appreciate if you'd share your experience. I'm looking for the cons as well as the pros. -Sunny |
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I would also add on the "cons" list the possibility of exposing your own
pets to a myriad of diseases. Make sure your pets are on every possible preventative and that you obsessively disinfect and clean up after the foster dogs. Also, look into your state regulations regarding licensing for foster homes. It is required in Illinois, don't know about the other states. -- Lori in Peoria, IL "Sunni12" wrote in message ... I am thinking about fostering. If anyone has experience fostering, I would appreciate if you'd share your experience. I'm looking for the cons as well as the pros. -Sunny |
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I would also add on the "cons" list the possibility of exposing your own
pets to a myriad of diseases. Make sure your pets are on every possible preventative and that you obsessively disinfect and clean up after the foster dogs. Also, look into your state regulations regarding licensing for foster homes. It is required in Illinois, don't know about the other states. -- Lori in Peoria, IL "Sunni12" wrote in message ... I am thinking about fostering. If anyone has experience fostering, I would appreciate if you'd share your experience. I'm looking for the cons as well as the pros. -Sunny |
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"Sunni12" wrote in message ... I am thinking about fostering. If anyone has experience fostering, I would appreciate if you'd share your experience. I'm looking for the cons as well as the pros. On the plus side, there is a deep sense of satisfaction in being able to help a dog along the way to a loving forever home. There's nothing like the look on the face of a dog who has never had a toy when she "gets" what a toy is for. Or watching a fearful dog who has lacked human affection learn to love and trust. Working really hard with a dog who hasn't got any housetraining and sending her off to her forever family having learned to go potty outside instead of in. Gaining confidence in yourself and your ability to "read" a dog. Giving your own dogs a broad experience of socialization. On the down side, there are going to be fosters that you want to keep. You have to know your own dog limit, once you have adopted too mnay dogs, you can't foster any more and can therefore help fewer dogs. Falling in love with a foster you just can't keep is hard. Knowing that they are going to get a great family who will love them to pieces helps. Organizational challenges -- how do you feed and exercise three dogs who aren't yet temperament tested with each other? The first few days of a new foster can be an experience in growth of your organizing skills. Crate training or housebreaking a dog who needs these skills to fit in with a family can be hard sometimes. Your carpet and floors can suffer in the process. Sometimes your heart will break when you foster a dog with medical challenges who doesn't make it. I have found fostering to be personally very rewarding. It feels good to make a difference, even a small one. I can't help all the dogs in the world who need homes, but I can help one at a time. Good luck! Mary |
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"Sunni12" wrote in message ... I am thinking about fostering. If anyone has experience fostering, I would appreciate if you'd share your experience. I'm looking for the cons as well as the pros. On the plus side, there is a deep sense of satisfaction in being able to help a dog along the way to a loving forever home. There's nothing like the look on the face of a dog who has never had a toy when she "gets" what a toy is for. Or watching a fearful dog who has lacked human affection learn to love and trust. Working really hard with a dog who hasn't got any housetraining and sending her off to her forever family having learned to go potty outside instead of in. Gaining confidence in yourself and your ability to "read" a dog. Giving your own dogs a broad experience of socialization. On the down side, there are going to be fosters that you want to keep. You have to know your own dog limit, once you have adopted too mnay dogs, you can't foster any more and can therefore help fewer dogs. Falling in love with a foster you just can't keep is hard. Knowing that they are going to get a great family who will love them to pieces helps. Organizational challenges -- how do you feed and exercise three dogs who aren't yet temperament tested with each other? The first few days of a new foster can be an experience in growth of your organizing skills. Crate training or housebreaking a dog who needs these skills to fit in with a family can be hard sometimes. Your carpet and floors can suffer in the process. Sometimes your heart will break when you foster a dog with medical challenges who doesn't make it. I have found fostering to be personally very rewarding. It feels good to make a difference, even a small one. I can't help all the dogs in the world who need homes, but I can help one at a time. Good luck! Mary |
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"Sunni12" wrote in message ... I am thinking about fostering. If anyone has experience fostering, I would appreciate if you'd share your experience. I'm looking for the cons as well as the pros. On the plus side, there is a deep sense of satisfaction in being able to help a dog along the way to a loving forever home. There's nothing like the look on the face of a dog who has never had a toy when she "gets" what a toy is for. Or watching a fearful dog who has lacked human affection learn to love and trust. Working really hard with a dog who hasn't got any housetraining and sending her off to her forever family having learned to go potty outside instead of in. Gaining confidence in yourself and your ability to "read" a dog. Giving your own dogs a broad experience of socialization. On the down side, there are going to be fosters that you want to keep. You have to know your own dog limit, once you have adopted too mnay dogs, you can't foster any more and can therefore help fewer dogs. Falling in love with a foster you just can't keep is hard. Knowing that they are going to get a great family who will love them to pieces helps. Organizational challenges -- how do you feed and exercise three dogs who aren't yet temperament tested with each other? The first few days of a new foster can be an experience in growth of your organizing skills. Crate training or housebreaking a dog who needs these skills to fit in with a family can be hard sometimes. Your carpet and floors can suffer in the process. Sometimes your heart will break when you foster a dog with medical challenges who doesn't make it. I have found fostering to be personally very rewarding. It feels good to make a difference, even a small one. I can't help all the dogs in the world who need homes, but I can help one at a time. Good luck! Mary |
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