My Nonprofit Reviews

I was invited to learn about and work with OFOSA through a friend. He knew I had recently lost my dog after 16 1/2 years and was trying to decide if or when I wanted to get another dog. It was a tough time, he suggested I would enjoy working with foster dogs, helping them get healthy and comfortable in a home setting. I wasn't sure, but my first foster, Palmer, was a great little dog with demadex mange. He was so sweet and smart, but not getting selected at the adoption events. He was in my home for over 3 months and in that time his skin healed and hair filled in, he gained weight, learned a handful of tricks. By the time he found his forever family, it broke my heart a little and I cried as I let him go, but still I am happy for him. He has a wonderful home on the OREGON coast. He goes for walks on the beach almost everyday and is the light of his new pet parents life. So I signed up for another foster and then another. Finally, my ninth foster was just too perfect and like so many OFOSA volunteers before me, I failed! I adopted my 9th foster myself, making me a "foster failure", but a rescue success. Now Sputnik and I welcome new fosters into our home together and I think she does as much as I do to help these wonderful deserving animal prepare for a happy new life. I would recommend this experience to anyone. It is fun, fulfilling and make a big difference for very deserving animals.

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