Tag: fostering saves lives

Currently in Rescue: Beginning of 2022

It has been a very active few months with foster dog and kitten adoptions along with some new faces joining the pack so far this year. I’ll try to keep it as brief as possible for this update on my rescue efforts and will dive into some details in other posts. I get lots of questions about supporting my rescue efforts, so I have lots of links at the bottom if you’re interested. I am always, always grateful for all of the support to help me help more of these sweet and innocent rescued souls. On to the updates: I […]

Currently: My Little Rescue is Keeping On

It’s Monday, July 5 – the final day of a long holiday weekend. I had plans to visit friends and family in Iowa this weekend, but with my replacement air conditioner taking its time, I couldn’t leave any animals here in the house without me. So we’ve had a pretty relaxing weekend – the dogs especially because they’ve been pretty drugged on calming treats to mitigate their anxiety due to the neighborhood fireworks. The sibling kittens are still battling ringworm, and we are doing our best. We were so blessed this weekend to be gifted a 3-level cat condo, so […]

Currently: Fleas & Ringworm & Eye Balls & Vet Visits & Heat, Oh [f-ing] My!

It’s been a real doozy of a week here. Such a doozy, in fact, that I should stop wondering why I’ve been so tired. First, the old air conditioning unit at my house has decided after 26 years of – what I assume to be – faithful service to this old house, she’s over it and so out of here. She spits out a bit of cool air every day, but her effort level is really no match for the humid heat that Kansas serves up. As a single homeowner with no independent wealth to speak of, the thought of […]

Second Chances are What We Do Here

When rescue dogs come to a foster home, there is a clear turning point that they are getting their second chance at a forever home. When I foster, my role is to give them a safe place to land while their forever family finds them and to love them enough that they forget they were ever abandoned. Their second chances are so beautiful to witness. But I’m also living my second chance, and my rescues are a big part of the purpose that became even more significant to me when I started my second chance. I’ll tell you about that […]

Currently: My Little Rescue in May 2021

I started writing this post with a nearly 7-week-old kitten sleeping on my chest, and it marks a peaceful moment in this very active, high-needs but filled with love house. I thought you were due an update because a lot of changes and new faces are here, and while I was thinking about that, things changed again! I’m devoted to this rescue lifestyle, and in the middle of writing committed to picking up another senior dog foster. Murphy – a 15-year-old deaf and partially blind cocker spaniel makes my fourth senior dog foster currently. Add to that the four kittens […]