I started this blog after being introduced to the online community of adoption/shelter/rescue/”pit bull” dog advocates, and seeing the amazing things they do. I was inspired by their words and photographs, and set out to follow in their footsteps.
After graduating from college in May 2011 with an Animal Sciences degree, I began working events and marketing at my local humane society. The job has proven to be one of the most influential experiences of my life. It is opening doors to so many great opportunities, one of which is saving lives through fostering.
It became clear pretty quickly when I began working at a shelter that it would be nearly impossible to not start fostering. Being involved with animal sheltering shows you how important foster homes are because you can actually see the impact with your own eyes – the one you take home opens space for another one to come in. People always ask, “How can you give them up?” and my response is simply that there will always be another one who needs my help. If you look at it that way, it’s a no-brainer.
The journey began with a little grey elderbull named Zabora (seen in the first photo below), and since then my home has been a revolving door for many “pit bull” dogs needing a temporary place to crash.
My blog is mostly to highlight my amazing foster pups in need of forever homes, but I sometimes add bits about other dog related subjects from my own experiences (especially during my breaks from fostering). I’m also slowly but surely trying to improve my photography, but that’s a serious work in progress.
Thank you for visiting!
P.S. This blog does not necessarily reflect the views of my employer :)
Found your blog through Love and a Six-foot Leash (aren’t they amazing?) Awesome blog! We just started our foster adventure too, just this week, and I am a blog virgin, too! Don’t you just love it? We have our first little guy, Tucker, who the rescue thinks will be a quick turn around because he’s just so adorable, which would be good to get our “foster feet” wet. :-) Once he finds his furever people we’re going to start fostering bullies, we just LOVE them!!
I saw the Wheaten you mentioned on your blog. Is she still available for adoption? If so, I’d like to help her find a home. We live in California and own a Wheaten, they’re great dogs. My mother-in-law lives in Maryland and may have friends who would be interested.
Luci has been adopted, sorry! They are great dogs, and little Luc was no exception. There will always be may more that need homes!
You rock!!!
Gee, thanks! : -)
Hello!
What a truly lovely thing you are doing for MCAS! I’m going to click on there now and help with a donation for food for them also.
Very sweet!
joy
Love the idea for this blog! Have you set up any other accounts to support it? Twitter? A Facebook page? YouTube?
Nice going! We have two adopted dogs, one Pitty and an Argentine Dogo. Great dogs for the right owner.
I have nominated you for a blogger award. Please see my post “In appreciation” for details.
Shannon
I’m so glad I found your blog. I need help with learning to live with my fiancé’s brindle boy. I admit he’s the cutest thing since a newborn’s bum, but he is difficult to get along with. He’s a big suck, and doesn’t listen to me. It’s been a big challenge, and now with our first baby on the way in about 4 months… I’m not sure where to go from here. Looking forward to learning. Thanks!
How did I not know about your Blog until today? It is great… especially the picture of me… just kidding. I am sharing it with all my friends. Love it! Love you too!
i’m so excited to have come across this blog! i offically became a foster mom 5 weeks ago and wow has it been an adventure! i can’t wait to follow your posts for the comraderie, moral support, entertainment, and adorable photos (of course!) thanks for doing what you do :-)
Hi there! I’m sure you get millions of award nominations, have probably have well over 200 followers, but I nominated you for the Liebster Award! If you care to participate, check out the instructions on my blog :)
So excited that I found this blog! I do events/marketing/development for a rabbit rescue (Ohio House Rabbit Rescue), and so my fosters are all bunnies :) I would love to start fostering dogs as well, and hopefully once my pup is a little more grown up we can start!
I’ve happily nominated you for the Missy Award here – http://dailyspro.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/the-missy-award/!
Well deserved! When I heard the criteria, I immediately thought of you and your wonderful blog. Keep up the pawesome work with all of your fosters (esp Johnnie – she’s amazing!)
Dailyspro
Congratulations on your Missy Award from my friend dailyspro. I have so enjoyed getting caught up on the adventures of Johhnie, and look forward to following your blog and reading about your future special pups. Great work!
Great work you are doing…making a real difference in the lives of a lot of dogs and the humans become blessed to know them. Thank you :-)
Hey! I’m at work browsing your blog from my new apple iphone! Just wanted to say I love reading through your blog and look forward to all your posts! Keep up the great work!
Hola! I’ve been following your website for some time now and finally got the bravery to go ahead and give you a shout out from Houston Tx! Just wanted to tell you keep up the good job!