For those of you who haven't heard, we're fostering a dog through the animal rescue organization that Katie is involved with, HART. His name is Trevor, and he's a 10-pound, black-and-white terrier mix who's oh so cute and spunky. He and his brother Travis were at a shelter in Kentucky that was underfunded and understaffed and was going to have to euthanize half of its animals if they didn't get help fast. HART came to the rescue (literally) and took at least 30 of the dogs, including Trevor. His original foster home didn't work out because their other dogs were mean to little Trevor. So we agreed to take him in temporarily.
He's been more of a challenge than we expected, but we're enjoying him and learning a lot from him. He's not neutered, so he tries to mark his territory in the house, and he's not completely housebroken. We've got little pants on him in the house, and he's making great progress on the potty-training (cheese treats are a great motivator for dogs). He's also still getting used to his crate, so we had a few restless, bark-filled nights at first (Trevor would get Gilmore going, then they just fed off of each other), but it's going better now. Gilmore wasn't sure what to think of Trevor at first, but now they're great buddies. The cats don't seem fazed at all by him.
We'll have Trevor until at least February 6th, when he gets neutered, dental work and booster shots. But a lady with three kids is coming to meet him and possibly put down a deposit to adopt him this Saturday, so we're very excited. From this experience we've learned:
- We definitely don't want another dog. Adding one more into the mix suddenly makes our house feel like a zoo.
- We don't want to foster dogs in the future, but we're glad we were able to help with this unusual circumstance. We prefer our Save The Animals Foundation shelter work and giving to HART in other ways.
- Kevin and I have learned to work as a team and be nice to each other, even when we're sleep-deprived and stressed, which is harder than it sounds.
- Gilmore is a really great dog!
4 comments:
Blogs rule. Pets rule. Sarah and Kevin rule. TOSH RULES THEM ALL!
Hey Kevin...Beth form CBC here! One more thing you sorta experianced with the dogs keeping you up...what it is like to live with a baby! AJ kept us up from 12:30 to 4am lastnight! And he is over 1 1/2 now... but just like dogs kids are worth the sleepless nights due to all the fun...and lessons you are taught my them daily!
Bethie
which beth would that be?
I think Trevor is adorable. ALMOST makes me want a dog again.
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