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My first Frisco Humane Society foster dog! |
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By Mary Ann Davis
I have been a rescuer of animals my whole adult life. After moving to Frisco I
met other rescuers at Frisco Humane Society. I really loved the care they gave the pets, and how
particular they were about placing the animals that came into the program.
I
have been fostering cats for the past few years and every adoption event at PetSmart I
would pass the dogs and their wonderful foster moms. Darryl kept asking me if I
was ready to foster a dog. I finally said "yes". To my suprise, (LOL) they found
one for me right away.
There was a little dog in a shelter in Abilene - he had been there
for two weeks.  The owners were called and no longer wanted him. Another
rescuer drove him here to be fostered by us. When Kristin called me, I went to
pick him up. It was love at first sight. There stood a beautiful Lhasa-Tibetian terrier mix. He had beautiful brown and red hair. He was a
little skinny but otherwise seemed fine. I figured I would find out all of his
bad habits when I got him home. I was wrong, he didn't have any! Rusty is a
gentle, kind and special little dog. I couldn't help but believe he was sent to
us for a special reason.
So my next responsibility was to find Rusty a new home that would
love and take care of him for ever so that he would never be unwanted
or homeless again.
I received an adoption application from a lady called Laura, and when I talked to her, something just clicked. Kristin and I
went for the home visit and we just felt it was right. Laura and her husband
were home a lot and able to spend time with Rusty. Their precious son Will has
autism; dogs have been used in therapy for these children. For some reason the
dogs can relate to these gentle souls. Rusty went to them like he had been
there forever. Laura had been praying for a "special dog "for Will. As we left
she told us her father just passed away and she even asked him to send a special
dog their way. He did!
These dogs and cats come to us from many different
circumstances. It's hard for us to let them go. We get very attached
to them. I thought it would be with a heavy heart that I would
deliver Rusty to his new
home but I was wrong. It was a wonderful day for me. I know that this
loving
family will give Rusty the time and attention I couldn't. He'll be in
his
forever home.
People ask us how we can let these pets go after loving
them. Unfortunately, there will always be more dogs and cats that need us as a pathway
to "their" forever home. If we keep them as our own personal animals, we can no longer care for the unending
stream of lost and abused pets that come our way. We desperately need more
foster homes. Maybe you can help love a stray enough to let them go.
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