Foster Dogs and Puppies - 2002
In 2002, we decided to try our hand at fostering dogs for a local animal rescue group. Our first foster puppy arrived at the end of March, shown below. His name was Roscoe and he was a rottweiler mix who was 4 months old. He was pretty much house-trained so he didn’t have many accidents. He was quick, amazingly quick. When he got away in the yard and his foster mother tried to catch him, he thought it was a great game and couldn’t be caught, getting her madder and madder. Overall though, he was a good boy. He left in May for his permanent home.
Our next puppies were 4 out of a litter of 10, who arrived in early June. They were lab-rottweiler-akita mixes. They were very young and full of worms. We named them Blue, Colin, Rufus and Daisy. When they first arrived, they could all fit onto your lap, as shown here. They loved to sleep in a pile. Life was busy with 4 puppies and we had to house train all of them, resulting in many accidents on the linoleum kitchen floor.
This is Blue. When he first arrived he was very sacred and he shook a lot. He was shy and he always hung back when the other three came crowding forward. Of course, that made him very cute and he got special treatment because of it. Blue went to a friend of mine in mid-June. I hear all about what Blue is getting up to. He's now over 60 lbs. Click here to see a pic of Blue in August 2003.
Here's Daisy. She was the only female in the four puppies. She was the smallest, all black with two bright blue eyes - very striking. Daisy led the boys around the yard. She had lots of energy. She left a couple of days before Blue. According to her new owners, she did so well at obedience training that she went on to do agility training.
Here's
Rufus. He was all-black with one bright blue eye and one brown eye. He looked
like a black
Labrador. He had
that cute roly-poly
shape,
although he refused to be cuddled. He
was his own man and he had things to do! He was not going to be cuddled! In
early July Rufus went to a friend of
mine who lives in
Colin probably had the best coloring of the four puppies. He left just before Rufus but was soon back for a week or two while his new owners went on honeymoon. Colin is now known as Rufus. Here he is in early 2003.
Next
was Buster. As you can see, he is a
beautiful dog, a mix of golden retriever and
Beau
arrived in October,
a 2 year old border collie-beagle mix who was found wandering around in the
country. The man who took him in wanted to keep him but was selling his house.
Beau was very loving and undemanding. He got along with our
dog well – they ignored one
another. Beau got lucky. He left on November 4th with a retired
couple who planned to be with him all day and all night (in other words, he
could sleep in their bedroom). They will even take him traveling across the
country with them. We
heard from them in April 2003. See the collage of
Beau photos that they sent us.
The day before Beau left, Monty arrived. He was a rottweiler-beagle mix who was found wandering around on a farm. He was only 7 weeks old and 6 pounds weight when we got him. He was a cutie, just a tiny ball of black and brown puppy fuzz. We took him outside every couple of hours and he was quickly house-trained. Monty was with us for 6 weeks. He went to a couple whose dog had recently died. He spent his first night at their house sleeping between them on the bed!
Here's Monty biting on our dog's tail. And puppies have sharp teeth!
Last Edited by JMW 01/28/18
