Does the Shelter allow people to take on fosters, to alleviate the #'s of animals they have?
I used to foster Weims out here with the Mile High Weim rescue, before I got my dog. He was fine with them as a puppy, but now is too alpha/reactive for dogs that come with their own sets of issues. So, have to wait until he heads on up to doggie Heaven to foster any more of them.
I had one beautiful blue Weim that came with a laundry list of "issues", none of which were actually legit. Poor dude was a "submission pee-er", so anytime any dog in the house got disciplined, he'd wet himself where he sat. Once that was recognized, it was super easy to manage, and he was just a wonderful critter. The folks who adopted him loved him.
Another one was a stray from Wyoming and was the runt - and he'd been chomped on a lot - ears had all kinds of chomp marks and he was a basket case. But he settled in nicely with good discipline and praise and was a very affectionate/cuddly Weim that always wanted to lie in a lap. Got adopted by folks who had a brother/sister pair and the brother had died of something, and the other Weim they had was very calm/nurturing and he fit right in with her. They sent a pic of him out walking with her and another group of dogs, which was so nice to see, because he had been very fearful of other dogs when I got him.
I plan to foster more once my dog is gone, in the interim until I adopt another one...
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