Category: Foster Stories
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All About Fostering Dogs!
Have you ever wondered what fostering a dog is like? We put together this cute little video to introduce you to the process! If you are using a screen […]
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Dēficient-canine adoptare eleēmosyna
Dēficient-canine adoptare eleēmosyna -is a noncancerous growth that occurs in the center of the human heart muscle. It affects the pathways that connect the human heart to the brain and […]
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Foster Stories: Vanessa Reid
My “when it clicked” foster story: Like many fur fosters growing up, I brought any animal I could find home. I was convinced that every creature, wild or domestic, from […]
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Foster Stories: Eric & Jay Levy Foster parents and Adopters
We had been fostering dogs with MFDM for about 6 or 7 months when our 13 year old dog Nana really starting heading downhill. Nana was my first dog, and […]
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First Time Foster Story
The Fairy Dawg Mother is more than just one person. She’s an idea, a team, and a movement. We can’t do it all alone, and our foster parents are the […]
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You’re too doggone busy!
How do I know that, you ask? Because I’m too busy also. And so is my dad, my best friend, my boyfriend, and my neighbor. Far too many of us […]
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Operation Transport: A Lesson in Ignoring
God bless the wonderful volunteers from C.A.R.E. (please visit their website to find out more and give them your support—you can find a link on our community partners page!) who […]
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Bad News, Good News
ive me. I spoke too soon last week when I said that Gracie had been adopted. I was not lying when I told you she’d formed a particularly special bond […]
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Wait for it…
I read something this week on leaning into the discomfort of life and appreciating moments of awkward change for being just that—growth. “It’s not supposed to feel good,” the author […]
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Let’s Stay Together
So much of fostering dawgs is learning to separate—understanding healthy attachment and when to let go. A lesser known area of our world focuses on exactly the opposite: staying together. […]
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Sleep Tight Rescue Dawg
I love to snuggle. Well… I love to snuggle with my dogs. There’s just something entirely grounding in lying in my bed with four dogs wrapped around me. They share […]
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How to Love a Rescue Dawg
My favorite way to spend a Sunday night is snuggling up with my dogs and reading articles in bed. Whether they are peer-reviewed publications of social psychology research or Cosmo’s […]
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Meet the Boundaries Bottle
This week, Miss Grace Kelley joined the #rahspaws pack. (Yes, we have a hashtag.) It’s always so exciting to get a new dawg, and this time I was particularly jazzed. […]
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Forgiveness: For Giving
The world of dog rescue is all about second chances. Dogs who are abused, neglected, abandoned, and left to death roe—all given the opportunity for a new beginning and a […]
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Shake It Up
Do you ever feel stuck? I do. Sometimes, try as I might, life just doesn’t seem to be working out in my favor. Things aren’t moving, changing, evolving. I don’t […]