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| Laurel, Wren, and Sam |
We drove Wren to meet Laurel, Jake, and Sam, her new family. Laurel would have a dozen dogs if the fam would let her. Jake hunts birds. Sam is a German Short Haired Pointer, intact, and about 2 yo. The meet and greet went well including lots of sniffing, some batting around, and some pee-mail. Neutral ground is always better. The meet-up was at closed-store parking lot with lots of grass and space to walk away from people. The only big distraction was redwing black birds in the bushes. Sam was very interested. They are all home in Erie now and Wren is living her life on the couch. She was all about soft things under her belly and fabric to chew. She's happy.
Then, we went to a brew club social at Boal City. We delayed the meet up for 30 minutes because there was a "wake" going on, or more likely a memorial party, for a professor of meteorology at Penn State. In another corner were 6-8 people having a sip and paint. Paul went outside to check out a dog... sure enough it was a Brittany named Frisco. Orange and white male. Very friendly. A little while later I saw an orange roan chat with Frisco's parents. 2 in one day. Unusual.
The most asked question of fosters is, "Don't you get attached to your foster and find it hard to let them go?" Of course, sometimes it's harder than others, but mostly we have confidence we have picked a great match family, and the dog has found his/her perfect forever family. Then there's that fact that if we kept them all there'd be no room for the next dog in trouble. There's always another. In fact, Chris already has another lined up for us. We told her we'd be better as emergency short-term fosters, so this boy is young, neutered, and currently lives in DuBois, but is unvaccinated. So, if it works out, we'll get him, get his initial vet visit, and send him off to a longer-term foster home. Our complication is that we have a couple of travel weekends coming up and don't know how Huck canwill squeeze in between.
