Puppy parents. Or dog parents. Or whatever little guy (or girl) needs a good home.
Dave and I have wanted a dog for a long time. We didn't get one when we were both working because our hours and commute had us away from home for over 12 hours, and that's just not fair to a dog. And since Dave's job future is uncertain, we can't completely commit to a dog of our own (even though we hope that he'll be working from home at least part-time when he does go back to work), we found a great organization that we had to be involved with.
All Dog Rescue is an all volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue of Massachusetts' dogs in need and matching each with appropriate and responsible owners. They find dogs from shelters or who have been surrendered by their owners, and put them in foster homes until they can be adopted into their forever homes.
We are really excited to get involved. Not only will we be saving the dogs we foster, but we'll be creating space in shelters for other dogs. Plus we'll get the joy of having a pup in our lives. And it's good karma.
We submitted our application, had a phone interview and a home visit, and are approved for taking in foster dogs. So now we begin the waiting game. The organization has a group of evaluators that go to shelters every once and a while to evaluate dogs and determine if they are suitable for fostering. Once they find a dog that's passes the evaluation, we get to meet it and see if it will be a good fit for our home. And then our journey begins.
Hopefully in the next few weeks they'll evaluate some dogs and we'll have a new little friend in our home. And I promise that once we do, I'll post pictures (and encourage you to adopt your next friend).
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