[mercymoon]

Oh it's easy to do! Ponki gave you some good advice, I am a volunteer at my local animal shelter. I am fostering a Cairn terrier now I discovered at the pound and took her home to work with her because I believe she was once abused. A little TLC goes a long way I can tell you! There are so many stray animals off the street you can foster as well, but I don't know if you want to take that chance. I about ran over a stray simaese tiny kitten the other day so I caught it and brought it home, it was skinny and starving.

 

[mercymoon]

Before you take them home do you make sure they get along with your other dogs or do you gently socialize them? I am definetly going to wait until me and penny have done some work with our relationship with the move and all and training classes! But I just don't want my penny to feel bad if there is a new addition! She does well with other puppies we've met but there's always that thought in my mind? I'm thinking about volunteering in the shelter until I can foster and feel comfortable to take an animal home with me.

I try to study them a bit first in their kennel at the pound before bringing them home, if they are fighting with the other dogs for attention of just being hateful-that's a no-no and less of a chance for them to even be adopted. That's a good idea to work with Penny first, I have a cat that isn't used to all the foster's I bring in and becomes unsocial with all of us and hides for days. Good idea to volunteer at the shelter first.