Dire need for Foster Homes -- As you can tell from the main page, we are desperately trying to recruit foster homes. We are having to turn dogs away every day because we just don’t have any place for them to go. It breaks our hearts to have to do this but we just don’t have any other option. We are overcrowded in several of our foster homes as it is and we can’t effectively do what we need to be able to do for the Cockers already in our foster program. We just can add even more Cockers to the ones that we already have.
Many people feel that they just can’t foster as they just wouldn’t be able to let the dog go when the time came for that to happen. I can tell you that I too felt that way. I get very attached to every dog that I foster and dearly love each and everyone of them. They all own a piece of my heart that will always belong to them. Fostering has become the most rewarding experience I have ever known!!!
When I meet the families who adopt my fosters and see how happy they are to get them, it makes it easier for me to let them go. I do stay in touch with my foster's new families and no matter what kind of day I've had, opening email and finding a note from one of the those families never fails to brighten my day. It is the first email that gets opened! They are still a part of me, they just don't live with me. There are so many Cockers really needing help and by finding a wonderful family for my foster to be loved by and loving them enough to let them go, it means that I can help another who really needs it. Getting the next foster helps fill the void left by the others but by no means, replaces that special place in my heart for each. My new foster creates a space of their own. I can not even begin to describe the way it makes me feel inside to watch over time, as so many of my fosters emerge from that very sad little guy or gal I first meet to such a truly happy dog. Silly things like the first time they jump up in the chair with you... seek you out for attention... wag their tails for the first time since you've had them.. make you feel like you just won the lottery. You never know what you really can or can not do till you try. I'm so glad that I did try!!!
There’s a link on the main page of the website providing more information on fostering, reading that will answer a number of questions that you may have. If you have additional questions, please email Lynette -- Lynette@cockerrescue.com
