My First Foster Ever

100 foster dogs in 10 months!?!?!??! Wow!!!!!! And they got them all adopted?? That's incredible!!! Good for them. Tinkerbell is my first, and will probably be my only, foster for a while. I'm still living at home with family while I'm in school, and I was lucky my parents agreed to let me take her in. Tinkerbell's only issue is she is she snaps at strangers and dogs that are larger than her (something I discovered after I brought her home-we have 3 big dogs lol). She snaps out of fear, not aggression, and she is getting much better!!! She plays with my lab/great dane mix, and runs with him. But she'll still occasionally snap at any of my 3 dogs if they get too close to her (especially when she's eating). Other than her snapping issue she is a great little dog. She has great manners (she'll sit in my lap while I eat and not try to take my food) and she is potty trained. The only problem in that area is she doesn't quite know how to ask to go out, but as long as I let her out enough times, she doesn't have any accidents. She is good with cats, and I think she'll learn to be good with any dogs just given the time-she is living peacefully enough with my dogs. And she is a HUGE cuddler, wants to lay next to me wherever I am. And I think best of all (in terms of getting adopted) is that she can be left home alone and won't destroy anything. I think the longest I've left her is 4 hours, and my room was intact when I got home! lol

I thought I should add a picture of Tinkerbell so you guys can picture a face with all the information I'm giving you on her! lol This is a really cute picture of her dozing off with a toy in her mouth, and the next picture I got of her she was all the way asleep with the toy in her arms. But I think the dozing one is cuter, so that's the 1 I'll share.

You're right about modifying behavior. When I got Tinkerbell she would bite at anyone that tried to touch her. She would even run and bite at people who would try to pet other dogs that were in the same pen as her. Now she doesn't bite anymore, sometimes she still barks at people, but never bites. She's even let 2 different children pet her! Which is amazing! Thank you Honest!

I'm like you danish, but there are a couple things I keep telling myself that helps with that. 1) While it would be hard to give up a pet to a shelter or rescue, giving a pet you've fostered to a new loving home would make it easier. 2) The more animals I foster and adopt out, the more animals I can take in and the longer I can save more lives.

I guess fostering is easier for me because i don't have the option to keep mine (therefore I don't have to worry about being to overloaded). Haha

Yeah I am in love with Tinkerbell, but the fact that she'll be going to a home make it easier to give her up. Tinkerbell is actually good with dogs her own size (but judging how well she is with my dogs, I think she could live with any size dog) and she's good with 1 of my cats. So I don't think she has to be the only pet. She might actually like having another small animal in the household to play with and could keep her company when the people aren't home. Thank you Kash!!!!

My family is feeding some stray cats right now. But they are ferral so they won't let us near them. They just recently showed up with kittens! We want to try and trap them so we can get them fixed. We have managed to catch 1 cat and get him neutered, but that was a while ago! I don't want these cats to have a bunch of babies!