We love that this rescue has so many wonderful members and so many of you that have offered to volunteer to help in our efforts to rescue, rehome or provide resources for Doodles in need.
We are, however, having a bit of an interesting dilemma. I, personally, am finding more and more owners are surrendering their Doodles to us due to economic or other reasons. This is such a responsible way to rehome a dog since, as many of you know, our application process is thorough and we work to the best of our abilities to place the right dog in the right home.
So...the interesting dilemma, you ask? We need more fosters. There already is a discussion forum about what it means to be a foster so I won't readdress that. Everyone wants to know "how long", "how many", "what if I fall in love with it?"
I can assure you that each foster falls within a Director's area of responsibility. We need the fosters as much as the dogs need new homes. I hope you understand the magnitude of that statement. WE NEED FOSTERS AS MUCH AS THE DOGS NEED NEW HOMES.
If you have been the lucky recipient of a dog offered for adoption, more than likely you can thank a foster who was willing to care for your member of the family until you were united.
If you have signed up to foster for us, but are unable to do so, please please remove yourself from the list. We are ALL volunteers and sometimes the time that we spend contacting or re-contacting members who have signed up to foster could be used to actually walk into a kill-shelter and pull an animal to save. That is NOT just me being overly dramatic.
To those of you who feel the power of the Dood and help through fostering currently so that they can reach their forever homes, thank you.
To those of you who feel the power of the Dood and sign up to help foster (believe it or not, we need fosters in every state - there are some states within my own area that have one foster signed up yet there are Doodles being surrendered or pulled from shelters there regularly) thank you.
To those of you who feel the power of the Dood, have signed up for fostering but life has gotten in the way and you just can't do it so you take your name off the list, thank you.
Rescuing, rehoming and providing resources for Doodles in need. United we stand, divided, the Dood suffers.