Ruby tosses and tumbles with her foster buddies

Hello there!  My name is Ruby and I am taking a moment away from some valuable play time with my buddies (foster dogs Mo and Deacon, pictured, lower right) to have a heart-to-heart talk with some of you pooches out there who have Moms and Dads who are thinking about fostering rescue dogs.  My Mom fosters dogs for Blue Dog Rescue.  She had a talk with me and my sister about fostering.  See, she needs to spend time away from us taking foster dogs to the vet and to adoption days twice a month and on home visits.  Plus, let me tell you, some of the dogs she brings home from the shelter AREN'T exactly well-behaved at first!  She says that's because they may not have ever had someone to love them and teach them about house manners and how to walk on a leash.  And one of them pooped on the floor just the other day!!  Would you believe it?!? 

But there are many, many good things about fostering rescue dogs.  I think the best part about having foster dogs here is that some of them really know how to play.  Not that we don't break out the champagne and confetti when SOME of those pesky dogs are adopted (finally) but most of them are lots of fun to be around!  It's pretty neat to be able to show them around the yard and house when they first come out of the shelter, too.  After weeks or months in a concrete kennel, they have so much fun sniffing the grass and playing with toys and being petted and told they are good dogs.  Sometimes they are very scared when they get here, and some are pretty close to losing hope.  Some of them have had to wait at shelters for a really long time, and it wasn't even their fault.  I know how it feels, though.  I came from a shelter, too, and I wouldn't have gotten out if there weren't people to give dogs like me a chance by fostering.  Won't you open your heart and home to a foster dog?

 

Lots of slurpy kisses,

 

Ruby

 

Please consider being a foster parent.  Blue Dog is in need of both short and long-term fosters and will assist with essentials such as food and medical care for foster dogs.  There is a time commitment to consider; shelter dogs need lots of attention, love, and training, but the rewards are more than worth it!  Contact lisa@bluedogrescue.com for more information.