If you remember, I recently posted about our foster dog who ended up needing a limb amputation surgery unexpectedly. Well, we are more than a week after her surgery and I am so pleased to report she’s doing amazingly well!

While she’s our second tripod foster, she’s the first one we’ve taken through the surgery ourselves. I am not going to lie, it was tough! That first night, I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to do it. She hurt so bad and was so scared that I hurt for her. She broke my heart. But the rescue owner assured me she’d feel better in the morning. And then even better in 3 days. I left her sleeping on a dog bed to sleep myself, and while she cried out a few times, she seemed to have slept well. The next morning I went out to see her and she got up and went outside for a potty then ate her breakfast. By day 3 I had worried that we were running out of pain meds, but the rescue owner indicated we likely would not need them, and that any pain she was feeling was more likely the anticipation of pain from having been in pain for so long before.

She was right! Our sweet foster did so well after day 3. We are now 10 days out from surgery and yesterday we went for a walk! She hops all over the house and is clearly not feeling any pain. I am so excited to see her after she gets her staples out on Friday. The dog with the scared eyes has turned into a dog that’s just so happy to be alive, be pain free, and be giving her attentions and love to all humans. She’s a delight!

We had committed to another foster before our tripod foster, and she arrived this weekend. We do not typically take 2 fosters at once because we do not have a fenced yard and it’s tough to take 4 dogs out on leashes every time they need to go out! But we had committed and we don’t back out on our commitments to fosters.

So this weekend we got to meet our little JRT mix who is both nervous and extremely curious! She does not have any health issues to manage, and she’s ready for adoption immediately. I doubt we’ll have her long as she’s very very cute. And I’ll be honest, if she gets adopted fast, I’ll be thrilled to be left with our tripod who is by far the easier of the two fosters. Our tripod foster is a “turnkey” dog. She’s potty trained, she fits into our routine perfectly, she doesn’t destroy anything, she gets along with our dogs and she is really nice. Our new little JRT mix has energy to spare, is terribly (and cutely!) naughty, needs a LOT of attention, and whines a lot when she doesn’t get that attention. All of this makes her fun to me, but that doesn’t make her an easy foster.

Ultimately, what I look forward to most is simply seeing who will end up becoming their new homes. Will they have kids to play with? Other dogs in their home? Will the new families stay in touch and give us updates? Fostering is such a rewarding experience!