A lot has happened since my last post! We have fostered (sorta) 3 dogs in the past few weeks. Here we go...
Angel
Angel is a 9 year old shih-tzu who's owner decided she no longer had time to care for her. The owner seemed incredibly nice, I facebook stalked her and she looked nice and normal and she had promised me that Angel had been to the vet just 2 months ago and gotten a clean bill of health.We ended up meeting her 16 year old daughter at the McDonald's parking lot to pick her up since the mom couldn't come. She hands us the dog and leaves. So we get in the car and actually look at her - the poor dog is missing most of her hair, covered in sores, the fur she still has is matted flat against her skin and she's covered in fleas. The way she was breathing, well, lets just say I had to keep checking to make sure she was alive. Her eyes were disgusting - gooey and crusty (she did tell us about this part so at least this was expected). We ended up taking her home and straight up to the guest bathroom where we proceeded to give her a bath. The water was brown and there were at least 30 fleas floating in it but you could still see fleas just crawling all over her. We were both so upset over the condition of the dog and the obvious neglect it had been through that we almost reported the family. Unfortunately, I only had a name and phone number (of the daughter) and no address so that wouldn't have worked so well. After looking at her some more, we think she might have had mange (skin disease). With all these issues, we made a tough decision. We obviously couldn't keep her for fear of her infecting our dogs (my babies come first, sorry!) and there was no way I was letting anyone else adopt her and put such a burden on them. It was too late to take her to a vet or a no kill shelter so our only other option was to give her back to the owner. As much as I hated to for fear of worse neglect, we met back with the daughter and gave her back (after giving her a dose of flea medicine!). It was a rough night. The mom called us and yelled at Jonathon for half an hour pretty much blaming us for it (uhhh, how is that our fault?) and long story short, she was just overly dramatic and stupid. So whatever. I wash my hands of it - there was nothing more I could have done.
I did learn my lesson though! I will never accept a dog without seeing current vet records and meeting the dog FIRST. And then we will go from there.
Sam
Sam is a 2 year old shih-tzu. I didn't get a story as to why his mom is giving him up but I do know she has vet records and she has sent me a picture. She knows I have to meet him in person and see the records first, too :) A lady who had originally been interested in Angel asked me to contact her if I got any other shih-tzu's so she was my first email. About 2 seconds after I hit send, I get an automated response saying she was on vacation til October 3rd and my only thought was "crap". Thankfully her cell phone was listed in one of the emails so I called her. Poor lady, she had broken her leg and is in a nursing home for rehab for the next 2 weeks! She was super excited about Sam though and is having her sister (probably) go pick him up straight from the current owner. No hassle for me and everyone ends up happy :) Yay for another success story! 
Bella
Bella is the cutest puppy EVER. She's a 5 month old Pomeranian and perfect. Her mommy called me this morning. She and her boyfriend just broke up which means she had to move back into the barracks where you obviously can't have pets. She asked us to foster her until her friend moves into a house on base on Oct. 15th. Hubby said yes so I agreed and I'm so glad we did! She's bouncy and frisky and playful but seems well trained (for a puppy) and is super sweet. She's a house guest I definitely don't mind! 
