Hexx
Well-Known Member
I have done quite a lot of work with one rescue by fostering for them. I work full time but am able to get home at lunchtime so the dogs are never left more that 4 hours - the rescue knew this and were happy for me to foster - maybe they were desperate! However, I don't think I was that bad a fosterer, having fostered 13 dogs - some of them quite traumatised at the hands of humans, one deaf, one psycho, and all but 1 being terrorists!
BUT it turns out that I am not suitable to rehome a dog from any number of rescues, because I work, despite the fostering. I only gave up fostering as my eldest dog is getting on a bit and was finding it difficult to adapt to a new dog coming into the home on a regular basis.
My two current dogs (both rescues, admittedly from a rescue that don't home check and they were adopted 6 and 12 years ago respectivelt) have a set routine:
am - get up, go for walk, go back to bed for the morning
lunchtime - get up, out for wee-wees, go back to bed for the afternoon
pm - get up, walk, tea, go back to bed for the night
If I am home all day, I never see them - they are always asleep - on my bed!!! And when I do disturb them, then i get dirty looks - LOL!
All my foster dogs adapted to this routine - their new owners often comment how laid back and chilled they are when settling into their new homes, and I have kept in touch with some of the new owners. How can this routine not be better than being stuck in a kennel for the majority of the day, with hardly any interaction with human or canine?
I think you have to pick a pragmatic rescue organisation, who understand that not everyone has the luxury of not working and that can devote 24/7 to a dog.
BUT it turns out that I am not suitable to rehome a dog from any number of rescues, because I work, despite the fostering. I only gave up fostering as my eldest dog is getting on a bit and was finding it difficult to adapt to a new dog coming into the home on a regular basis.
My two current dogs (both rescues, admittedly from a rescue that don't home check and they were adopted 6 and 12 years ago respectivelt) have a set routine:
am - get up, go for walk, go back to bed for the morning
lunchtime - get up, out for wee-wees, go back to bed for the afternoon
pm - get up, walk, tea, go back to bed for the night
If I am home all day, I never see them - they are always asleep - on my bed!!! And when I do disturb them, then i get dirty looks - LOL!
All my foster dogs adapted to this routine - their new owners often comment how laid back and chilled they are when settling into their new homes, and I have kept in touch with some of the new owners. How can this routine not be better than being stuck in a kennel for the majority of the day, with hardly any interaction with human or canine?
I think you have to pick a pragmatic rescue organisation, who understand that not everyone has the luxury of not working and that can devote 24/7 to a dog.
