By Lindsay Stordahl on February 2, 2012
Here’s a little story about a little dog named Barkley. Sometimes I think I foster dogs for the greater good. It seems like the right thing to do. I love dogs. I certainly tolerate dogs. I know a lot about dogs. There are always more dogs that need temporary homes as they transition to a [...]
Posted in Dog adoption, Dog behavior | Tagged Barkley |
By Lindsay Stordahl on January 26, 2012
No adoptable, impounded dogs were killed in 2011 in my community of Fargo (N.D.), West Fargo (N.D.) and Moorhead (Minn.), according to the pound statistics. There is a pound located in each of these three cities. Out of the 1,073 impounded dogs last year, 62 percent were reclaimed by their owners, 36 percent were taken in [...]
Posted in Animal humane issues, Cats, Dog adoption |
By Lindsay Stordahl on January 11, 2012
I try to be as compassionate to other people as I am to animals. There is a lot of negativity around someone who decides to re-home an animal. “Pets are for life.” “Why would someone with a pitbull move to a place where pitbulls are not allowed?” We are quick to judge when we know [...]
Posted in Dog adoption, Dog behavior, Dog training | Tagged Barkley |
By Lindsay Stordahl on January 5, 2012
I am excited to announce I brought home my newest foster dog Monday afternoon. Barkley is a 2-year-old Yorkie/Lhasa Apso/Maltese mix. More info about him coming soon, but he has been a good little guy so far. I’m not trying to take away any credit from Barkley. I believe he really is a good dog, [...]
Posted in Dog adoption, Dog behavior, Dog training | Tagged Barkley |
By Lindsay Stordahl on December 28, 2011
Maybe you’ve been donating your time or money to a dog rescue organization for years. It was nice at first because you weren’t too heavily involved. You were able to assume everything the group did was wonderful. But if you’re like me, you love dogs and you wanted to do even more. So you became more involved. [...]
Posted in Dog adoption |
By Lindsay Stordahl on December 22, 2011
Note: This is a guest post by Erin Shanendoah from the dog blog Life By Pets. It’s the time of year when you hear constant cries of “pets aren’t gifts,” and people call for shelters and rescues to refuse to adopt out animals during the holiday season. (You hear these same kinds of cries regarding black [...]
Posted in Dog adoption |
By Lindsay Stordahl on December 21, 2011
The owner surrender coordinator with 4 Luv of Dog Rescue knows just the right time to ask me to consider fostering another dog. She is the one who matched me up with Cosmo, my previous foster dog, who worked out well at our house. She seems to know which dogs I might consider, and that sometimes [...]
Posted in Dog adoption, Dog behavior, Dog training | Tagged 4 Luv of Dog Rescue, Barkley |
By Lindsay Stordahl on December 20, 2011
I’ve never liked the term “foster dog.” I don’t like how it puts dogs at the same level as foster children. It’s a beautiful thing to foster a child. I couldn’t do it. When I hear the word “foster” or “adopt” out of context somewhere – like the phrase “adopt a highway” or “foster parent” [...]
Posted in Dog adoption | Tagged Cosmo |
By Lindsay Stordahl on December 14, 2011
I happen to have a soft spot for big, black dogs (can’t imagine why!). I don’t believe black dogs are any more difficult to get adopted than dogs of other colors, but I do know of a few black dogs waiting for homes. I wanted to come up with a way to shine some light [...]
Posted in Dog adoption | Tagged 4 Luv of Dog Rescue |
By Lindsay Stordahl on December 9, 2011
When I drove to Wahpeton, N.D., to bring my foster dog Cosmo to his new home, I debated bringing my mutt Ace along for the ride. Since Cosmo had lived with us for five months, I wanted to provide Ace with some closure. I wanted him to see where Cosmo was going. Instead, I ended [...]
Posted in Dog adoption, Dog behavior | Tagged Ace, Cosmo |
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