Foster dog #17 was 'Mystery"! She was sweet and cute and lovable but was career changed for some guiding issues. The reason was not because she ate one of my wise men her last night with us!!!
People often ask me how I keep from falling in love with each of them and how we stand to give them back. Well, I do fall in love with each of them and although he wouldn't admit it, so does George. We can stand to give them back because we know from the beginning that they are not ours and we know that they are going to have great lives either as a Guide Dog or as a much loved career changed pet.
Of the 17 we have fostered 3 were retired guides, 6 were career changed, 5 went on to become Guide Dogs, and 3 were active guides who were just being boarded while their owners went on vacation or recovered from surgery. Of the career changed dogs, 3 were career changed because of medical issues and the other 3 for behavioral reasons.
I think we are doing pretty well!
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