Sweet Sweet Sally, Our New Foster

We have a brand new foster at the Strait house.

Now that Ethan (briefly Coney) has been successfully adopted by a local family, it did not take us long to get a new foster dog.  

Her name is Sally, and although you might not be able to tell from the picture, she is in the small dog category.  She is short and long, and we were told that Corgi is part of her mix.  

She is of extremely sweet temperament, and gets along well with our family, pets and people alike.  She has undergone heart-worm treatment, and like Ethan, she will need to be kept as calm as possible the next few weeks.  That is why you see her on a leash in the above picture.  Even though our backyard is fenced, she's not yet ready to run around.

We foster small to medium dogs because that is what fits into our household best.  Unfortunately, the needs for care of big dogs is probably greater in our area.  Some people tend to get dogs too big for what they can accommodate, and there tends to be more big dogs in the shelters than small.  There are foster families that specialize in larger dogs, but the numbers of these dogs almost always overwhelm capacity.

I will try to run more stories of Sally, especially as she gets closer to adoption.  For all those who help support local shelters, for those who open their homes to fosters and rescue pets, for all those who love and cherish and take proper care of your pets, I thank you.

With education, love AND improved financial resources, we can turn this around.