• Chronicles of Fostering

    Ophelia Update

    Who doesn’t love a former foster update?! Ophelia is loving life in Colorado, as well as all over the country. Her new family takes her on road trips and she’s even made it to the beach! I get picture updates every so often and it’s time I finally share them with you all. My dream is for every one of…

  • Chronicles of Fostering

    Foster Dog #7-Roo

    If you’re tuning into the blog, you’ll notice I am barely catching up on foster dog #6’s story as I’m actively writing and sitting with foster dog #7! Guys, after fostering for Big Dogs, where I would have a dog for at least a month, it is crazy to me that we’ve helped 2 dogs find their forever home, and are…

  • Chronicles of Fostering

    Foster Dog #6-Ophelia

    Generally speaking we wait about a week in between foster dogs to bring the next one home. This gives everyone time to reset and for us to get the house back in order. I also like to bring them home on the weekends, so that we have time to get to know them, how they do crated, how their eating…

  • The Process

    Choosing the Best Fit

    Today after work I stopped back at Maricopa County Animal Care and Control to meet a couple of dogs who could use getting out of the shelter. So, I thought it would be a great opportunity to share how I narrow down which dogs we can consider. As I mentioned before, part of the success of fostering is finding the…

  • Chronicles of Fostering

    Rena’s Happily Ever After

    If you’re looking for the Reader’s Digest version of Rena’s story here it is: she went home today, and not with us. If you’re dying to hear more you can read about how our day went below! After my first blog post about about Serena, volunteers from the local shelter shared her story with other volunteers. From this, a volunteer…