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A blog by the friendly folks at Midland Humane Coalition
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Because Roxanne, now known as Ellie, was so young, she couldn't stay at the Adoption Center until she was fully vaccinated and spayed. We put out a plea for foster homes for "Roxanne". Hannah Wright first saw "Roxanne's" photo on Instagram. This was her first time to foster a pet and she shares her experience with us. Thanks, Hannah, for giving Ellie a home! What made you decide to foster a pet? I bought a house with a large empty backyard so I started thinking about getting a dog but wasn't sure of the commitment of one since I had never own one by myself, just the family pet growing up. I looked at the dogs that were available at the shelter when my friend sent me the Instagram post of Midland Humane Coalition needing a foster for Ellie (then known as Roxanne). I loved her picture and realized fostering would be a better option for me as I could give this puppy a home until she was ready to be put up for adoption. Fostering gave us an opportunity to get to know each other and bond, and see if my home and my life would be right for her with the support of the Midland Humane Coalition. How long did you foster Ellie? I fostered Ellie for a month. We waited till she had all her shots, and her spaying and then we were able to make the adoption official. What were the benefits of being a pet foster? There were lots of benefits I found when fostering Ellie with MHC. Since I wanted a puppy but was still unaware of the commitment, I was able to foster Ellie with the support of the ladies at MHC and learn all the commitments and her needs with their guidance. They were always available for questions and tips. I knew if something crazy happened or there was an emergency, I would have support while I was a foster for Ellie (luckily nothing went wrong and only smooth sailing!). Even now after the adoption, every time we got to Petsmart, Ellie first wants to go say hi to her friends who helped her at the MHC Adoption Center! What made you decide to adopt your foster pet? It took me about 10 minutes into fostering Ellie that I decided I wanted to keep her but the sensible side of me knew we still needed to make sure it was the right fit. It did not take long after for us to both feel like a family! Ellie is a Rottweiler/German Shepard/Australian Shepard mix, our best guess! I love her playful and quirky personality. She loves people and just melts when she gets pets. Ellie thinks everyone is here just to pet her and love on her! But it isn't in a needy way, more of a she is just so grateful to be in a warm safe home and wants to make up for not getting loves the first four months of her life. She also has a pretty calm personality and isn't wild like a puppy so it fit perfect in my life since it's just me to entertain her. She became best fur friends with my parents' dog who is also a rescue and they can play together for hours. Her fur is so soft, I can sit and pet her forever. She has very big paws and she has that puppy clumsiness. Ellie loves to meet new people and explore new things. Tell us about life before and after Ellie Before Ellie, I always loved dogs and being around them but never had one on my own. I have a big family and a few dogs in the family. Like I said earlier, I have this huge lonely backyard that was screaming for a dog to fill it! Now I got Ellie, it is filled with a lot more love and entertainment. I am so happy I decided to adopt her and we are already making lots of memories together. We love to go on walks together, and started the training classes at Petsmart. She keeps life interesting and me on my toes. She luckily hasn't gotten into any usually crazy puppy mischief. Ellie has done a great job fitting into my life and enjoying the things I like to do so now we do them all together, like hanging out with friends, traveling, going out for lunch, and watch dog documentaries (those are her favorites!!) You can tell she is just so grateful to have a loving family. There is the commitment side I am learning, not able to leave her alone for long, talking her to the vet, not able to just go off and do whatever whenever, luckily potty training wasn't too bad with her as she was already halfway trained but there was cleaning up accidents, she enjoyed her kennel so that wasn't an issue. All the puppy difficulties and commitments, Ellie was worth it. She is great company for me and looks like a protector (be softy though). I have loved my two months with Ellie so far and everything we have gotten to do together.
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