Open foster spot...

As you may have noticed we have an empty foster spot!  This has not been on purpose and in fact we've tried to fill it with three different local shelter dogs.

 

We were contacted by PAWS to see if we could take an 11 yr rat/jack that wasn't doing well at the shelter.  She'd also been adopted and returned to the shelter twice.  This was because the folks who adopted her didn't understand the terrier breed and she was too much terrier for them.  So, after a long talk with the shelter manager we headed up to PAWS to evaluate this little gal.

 

 

 She is a poster pup for when we tell people an 11 yr old terrier is not a dud of a dog!

 

Here's some video during our interactions with her and as you will see she's a very spry 11 year old:

 

 Yes she can jump!

 

We were all set to take this little gal into foster care and the day before we were going to get her, she was adopted out of the shelter.  This was great news as she found a terrier savvy home and we still had an open foster spot. 

 

PAWS also had another 11 yr old female rat terrier who was also adopted out the same day so, she also didn't need our help.

The next gal to appear was a 12 yr old female at Seattle Humane Society. 

As you will see in the video, there's a big difference in these two gals presentation during our evaluation.  This sweet gal was struggling at the shelter and had caught a cold.

We were in the midst of filling out all the paperwork allowing her to come into foster care when someone came into the shelter and adopted her!  Great news and we still had an open foster spot.

So, the take away from this experience is something we already knew.  The Seattle metro area has some great shelters who actively network and reach out to market and place their dogs.  Who would have guessed that 3 older terriers would get adopted out of the shelter so quickly!  And this is another reason for why we bring dogs up from the overcrowded shelters in the Central California area.  For those dogs, there are just too many of them and not enough adopters. And many never make it out of the shelters because of the overcrowding.  While we can't save them all, the ones we do save, we do help place into great homes with people who adore them!

And in case you're wondering... we have a new foster rescued from Central California for our open foster spot!  He's scheduled to arrive to us on Friday February 28th and we are thrilled to have given him a 2nd chance at a new, amazing life.