22 May Happy Tail for Kiba & Chibi!
This Happy Tail has been a long time coming, so long it has turned into a double Happy Tail! After two years of fostering we have “foster failed” with two very special fosters.
Part One: Kiba came to us in our very early days of fostering, he was foster number 5. I saw a foster needed post for a shih tzu mix that was brought into one of the local vet clinics. There had been an accident involving a car door and he needed to have one of his eyes removed. His previous family was not able to get him the surgery he needed but they agreed to surrender him to the rescue. He immediately underwent surgery to have his eye removed and get neutered. I like to make the joke that he lost a lot of balls that day. 🙂 I drove out to pick him up the next day and it was love at first sight. He was so excited to bust out of there and just a happy little dog, especially for just losing an eye the day before! It took me two days to get an official yes out of my husband and I signed the contract that day. Kiba has been such a great addition to our house. He is the first dog to get our grumpy little female to play and be a dog! He is so welcoming to our fosters and just loves everyone and everything. He attends nearly all rescue events with me and represents the rescue with perfection.
Part Two: It is hard to find anyone who hasn’t heard about the puppy mill that was busted around here in July of 2013. It was a huge operation for the rescue to undertake and it was one of the most rewarding things I have ever done. I, along with countless other volunteers drove out to Casselton numerous times a week to help care for over 170 dogs during their quarantine period. It was all hands on deck and I was all ready to pick out my foster or fosters that very first day. I wasn’t originally intending on taking a pregnant mama but when I saw little F4 licking the bars of her kennel like crazy I knew I wanted to foster her. Her nickname was “cage licker” and she was a hot mess of mats and nastiness but I loved her. Turned out her babies couldn’t wait and she ended up giving birth to 4 tiny puppies the day before we brought her home. It also turned out that 9 month old F4 wasn’t prepared to be a mom. She wasn’t what you would call a good mama dog but we loved her anyway. She was so silly and hilarious that when the time came we just couldn’t let her go. After having her in our home for 8 weeks we signed the contract for Chibi and we couldn’t be happier!
Fostering has been one of the best decisions we have ever made. Not only has it brought us to our two new family members but it also has brought many other awesome dogs into our lives. We, in turn, have been able pass those awesome dogs onto other families to make their lives even better.
