tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164642.post5528724879959187141..comments2008-04-30T19:59:16.576-07:00Jinkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07426661459735324657noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164642.post-14497114412771331062008-04-30T19:59:00.000-07:002008-04-30T19:59:00.000-07:00I am a foster failure too. It is so easy to fall in love with each and every one of the animals we foster. We have fostered several hundred animals, so I am glad we only failed a few times. ;)<BR/><BR/>We are always looking for more people willing to foster a dog, cat, and even small animals! <BR/><BR/>Our latest big rescue, was what we call our Great Guinea Pig Pound Rescue. We have a waiting list of people wanting to adopt a rescued Guinea Pig. The local animal control does not adopt out anything but cats and dogs. All other owner surrendered animals are killed. I told the local animal control that I wanted them to let me know the next time they had a Guinea Pig surrendered. On Friday, March 28, 2008 I got a phone call to come and get 24 Guinea Pigs that someone was at the pound surrendering. I told her I did not think I had enough cages. But, that I would look and see what I had before I went. They called back a few minutes later and said that an employee took 5, so there was only 19 left. After setting up cages, we went and picked them up. When we got home we counted them, and found we had 23 Guinea Pigs, as a litter had been born while in the pound. Most of the females were pregnant, so after some adoptions and some litters being born, our current guinea pig count is 34. We don't have enough cages, so we are hoping to place as many as possible at this weekend's big adoption event. As the males get older, they begin to fight, and they really need their own cages. <BR/><BR/>If you want to see photos of our animal rescues and adoption, please feel free to check out our Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mycatranch/<BR/><BR/>Keep up the great work, Carole!<BR/><BR/>Sue =^..^=My Cat Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17172331856223017895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164642.post-46436480325558824992008-03-21T10:14:00.000-07:002008-03-21T10:14:00.000-07:00Oh, Carole, I failed fostering too! I had a couple of Yorkies (for a week or so each, before they went on to their Forever homes) before I picked up Zippy, a little Yorkie Wannabe someone had found in a shelter because--get this--his owners got a new puppy that didn't like Zippy, so poor Zip was tied to a tree in the back yard for who knows how long. I already had 3 dogs, all elderly with problems, and I'd sworn not to get another dog till they were gone. <BR/><BR/>But Zippy sat on my lap while I drove him the 3 hours home, and by the time we got home, he was mine. We both knew it.<BR/><BR/>He's my baby, and I wouldn't trade him for anything.ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08670685934653870752noreply@blogger.com