Bittersweet post.
Received word yesterday we will be fostering a young white boxer. I've rescued dogs before. Never fostered. They say it is no problem to Foster then adopt. Something to do with medical bills of the dog and how the pound releases dogs that are "not adoptable" due to health reasons. Meet Otis.
Now for the sad portion. We found this out yesterday. We can take him in two weeks. I was going to tell the kids today when they came home from school. Unfortunately, we found our beagle in the basement this afternoon. She was a rescue. 9-10yrs old. Good girl. Kind of a loner. Content hanging behind the couch, in our daughter's room, or the basement. Never a chewer, never grumpy, no messes in the house, minded as well as she could (we loved her but she was dumber than a bag of hammers). Not sure what happened. She was overweight. We constantly watched her food intake but she was good at fooling the wife or kids into feeding her again. Guessing possibly a heart attack? Really don't know. All I know is she has passed. Going to be a rough patch. First time in 25yrs or more I have been without a dog. First time my kids have EVER been without a dog in the house.