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by: HollyHobby Active Indicator LED Icon 9 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Jul 3, '15 5:10pm  
I was able to take in that brown dog that was wandering around Trailwood over the past few days.
 
We've never fostered before and can only keep him for a few days, but for those of you who have fostered before, do you have any tips for me?
 
This dog is an unneutered male and our spayed female isn't liking him too much. We're keeping him outside and he's barking a lot. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 3, '15 5:23pm  
@HollyHobby: Thanks so much for taking him in!! Hopefully his owner will contact you soon. There are lots of fosters on this forum. They can give you some good advice.... 4951
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lola Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 8 years ago   Jul 3, '15 5:37pm  
Thank you so much!
I'm sure he misses the other dog. If you think it might help, and you are willing to bring him in, we can lend you a crate.
 
Thanks so much!
 
Thanks for stepping up for this boy. We didn't want to send him away with the owner of the white dog who was reluctant to come get him. No telling where he would have ended up.
 
Holly hobby can only keep him a couple of days. We will need another foster if the owner isn't found. 4951
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lola Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 8 years ago   Jul 3, '15 5:51pm  
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 3, '15 5:56pm  
@lola:If it's any small consolation at all, the animal lovers amongst us appreciate what you do to help even a small few.  Especially those of us that can't foster right now - but always get the warm fuzzies when there is a happy ending. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 3, '15 6:07pm  
do you have any tips for me?
 
@HollyHobby: Kindness, love, and patience. Your will be rewarded tenfold.
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 3, '15 9:49pm  
I was able to take in that brown dog that was wandering around Trailwood over the past few days.
 
We've never fostered before and can only keep him for a few days, but for those of you who have fostered before, do you have any tips for me?
 
This dog is an unneutered male and our spayed female isn't liking him too much. We're keeping him outside and he's barking a lot.
 
@HollyHobby:
 
What's his story? 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 3, '15 11:48pm  
Go to the pet store on northpark and get him some big bones. They have a bun at the front and they are only a few dollars a piece. Keeps em busy. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 4, '15 9:33am  
@HollyHobby: How's our little buddy doing today, and how did he do overnight? Do you know anything about him? It sounded like @lola knew something about his story.... 4951
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HollyHobby Active Indicator LED Icon 9 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Jul 4, '15 10:37am  
@HollyHobby: How's our little buddy doing today, and how did he do overnight? Do you know anything about him? It sounded like @lola knew something about his story....
 
@klp1972:  I hate keeping him outside, but he's a pee-er. He peed on my flip flop and will randomly lift his leg anywhere. We have cats and I'm afraid he would try to mark their territories or that of our dog. I'd bring him inside the house but I'm already walking on very shaky ice with my husband right now.The dog has a nice temperament and is friendly but needs some training. I don't know if he's housebroken or not -- can't risk finding out. He's a very beautiful boy and was always with that other white dog whenever we saw them out. Very odd that the owner would only take the white dog -- or was reluctant enough to take the brown dog to the point that suspicions were raised that he planned to just dump him.The dog is a barker, though. If I could bring him inside, I don't think that would be a problem. He needs to be in a situation where he can be indoors. He's friendly and obviously wants to be included. Our dog does not like him at all. I have to literally shove her out the back door, and last night the brown dog was trying to pound his way through our sliding glass door into the house.  EmoticonI wish I had a better report, but if there is another foster home to be found, that needs to happen quickly. My dilemma is that he barks a lot outside and he wants inside, but if I bring him inside, he will certainly start peeing and marking.  EmoticonOn the plus side, like I said, nice temperament, friendly with our dog (it's not his fault she doesn't like him), he does calm down and will nap. I like him and I know that his future family/owner will like him, too.
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lola Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 8 years ago   Jul 4, '15 11:28am  
The white dog had a tag with two numbers. The finder left mesages and finally spoke with the owner. She said his story was sketchy and changed but the last and more believable was that the white dog was left with an 'ex' over a year ago. He didn't know the brown dog but was willing to take it off her hands and figure something out. Finder was uneasy about letting him go. She didn't really have a choice with the white dog.
 
This was the second finder. First one contacted me earlier in the week and must have let the dogs go. How long do you think they've been on the loose?
Doesn't seem anyone is looking for them.
 
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 4, '15 11:33am  
If you are bbqing today with family I would share the meal with the dog and usually fat from the meats is good enough. It calms dogs for some strange reason and works better then bones. 4951
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HollyHobby Active Indicator LED Icon 9 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Jul 4, '15 11:51am  
If you are bbqing today with family I would share the meal with the dog and usually fat from the meats is good enough. It calms dogs for some strange reason and works better then bones.
 
@CBP210: Interesting. I'm not sure what we're doing for our meal. We didn't get our roast in the crock pot in time for dinner.
 
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 4, '15 12:01pm  
If you give dogs bones, they should be raw. Cooked ones splinter. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 4, '15 12:03pm  
If you give dogs bones, they should be raw. Cooked ones splinter.
 
@lola: That is the first time I heard that. I like giving my dogs deer or hog leg bones but I usually boil it just in case.
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HollyHobby Active Indicator LED Icon 9 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Jul 4, '15 12:14pm  

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>> If you give dogs bones, they should be raw. Cooked ones splinter.
 
@lola: That is the first time I heard that. I like giving my dogs deer or hog leg bones but I usually boil it just in case.
 
@CBP210: We've given this dog a rawhide bone, because that's what we have, and he's completely uninterested. I also gave him a small round bone with some marrow in the center, and he wasn't interested in that, either.
 
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