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New foster dog arriving this afternoon. Dyson the Kelpie puppy. He's about 16 weeks. Surrendered by his owners because he is too energetic, herds the children, herds the cat and chickens and is very bored.

Former foster Maggie at the Australian Flyball Championships on 17 September 2016. She and her team broke the record again later from 16.949 down to 16.673. The team also broke it again on the Sunday with a 16.651 with a slightly different line up where Maggie was reserve. Former foster Rookie has been a very busy boy this year. He has done a term of Rally-O, is doing well at obedience, tracking and is now starting flyball. Former foster Baxter (updated in August 2012). He's still doing well and his family just had a baby :) Rescue dogs get a really bad rap sometimes and it can be so hard to overcome prejudice and the stigma associated with rescue - so it's really great to see rescue dogs doing rescue proud.

Jerry passed his trial adoption and is doing well. He is legal now, with his ACT dog registration tag and also his microchip details updated. After more than a year in foster care and a lot of time, effort and money spent on his rehabilitation - we are absolutely delighted to see him in such a loving home. Brand new crate Kennel of his own Tonnes of tennis balls Flowers Toys to destroy And lots of cuddles

Ah, black dogs ... so hard... We just rehomed Jerry and he'd been in care with us for over a year because he had some behavioural issues we had to work through. We took lots of photos of him and switched the photos around quite regularly: https://www.petrescue.com.au/listings/385364 Also did a music video: I also ran a blog for him. He had some behavioural issues - while fine with our dogs, he could be cranky with new dogs. It was frustrating because our local dog club wouodln't let us come to class with him even if we stayed at a distance. Fortunately we found a great group class that meets every Sunday in Spence so that he could be surrounded by dogs (at a safe distance) and learn to work around them. He's great around other dogs now when introduced properly. I turned down about 13 applications for him before we found what appears to be (touch wood) the perfect home for him. Good luck with your doggy! :)

We’ve Taken A Dog From An Animal Shelter (Personal Experience) Anyone seen this? Super cute and also so accurate in terms of poundies we've rescued in the past :)

Jerry went on trial adoption yesterday. He's been more than a year in care and we've rejected about 13 applications for him that would have been good homes but weren't suitable so we are so hopeful ... This is Jerry the night before his trial with his hobo bag: On trial adoption with his own collar and tag His own bowls Being naughty :p Having fun Cutie

I actually just saw a proper answer about the taping over on fb. Her handler says: Because we are running on mats I do it to help protect her feet as well as to give her some more traction so she doesn't slip when running into the box. When I run her on grass I also wrap her feet, but only the front as she has been known to rip her dew claws so this is to protect them. Thanks! We are lucky that are adopters all give us updates still!

Current foster Jerry in Raiders get up. Chilling He's been having a sleepover at his applicant's house this week. Not a formal trial or anything, just to get them both used to one another

I'm assuming it's for support. Maggie had ACL surgery a while back because she injured herself when playing in the backyard. She made a full recovery and had extensive physio etc but I'm assuming they are strapping to give her extra support. She's faster than ever, I have to say.

Photos of former foster Maggie competed out at Epic last week in the flyball and her team broke the record for an Australian team's running time. It was her team's first time competing together and Maggie has only been jumping 11 inches for a few weeks now. First unofficial record run for the day, 17.109. The previous record was 17.128. Maggie's team is the first Australian flyball team to go under 17 seconds. Here she is with former foster Juniper who was also competing that day And two videos of the record-breaking run. Maggie is the third dog

Lots of good tips above. We have rehomed interstate before but only for puppies or for 'easy' dogs with no behavioural issues to experienced owners. My previous rescue group was proud of adopting interstate so used to want to adopt interstate, these days, my preference is to adopt out locally and only adopt interstate for very exceptional applications. This is so: we can give support during the trial period we can give support after the trial period we can easily take the dog back if the trial fails if the applicant has a cat or an existing dog, we engage a behaviourist to help manage the first meeting We have a dog in care right now who has some behavioural issues we are working on so I am ONLY accepting local applications. We've had 13 applications for him so far but I've only accepted one very good one. This is so: applicant can come and take Jerry for walks I can actually show the applicant Jerry's behavioural issues that are being addressed and how they are being managed applicant can wrangle Jerry every Sunday at obedience class it's easy for Jerry and his applicant to get to know one another we can give support during the trial period we can give support after the trial period we can easily take the dog back if the trial fails His applicant has a housemate with a cranky BC so we've had a behaviourist come in to help manage their meetings. With all our adopters we make full disclosure of ALL the dog's good points and bad points that we know about. we can't possibly socialise a dog with everything but all our dogs have a socialisation checklist so the adopters know what they have been exposed to and haven't been exposed to. I write blog posts about our dogs' progress/training. For me, most of the applications we receive are GREAT, they're just often not right for the dog we have and for me, placing a dog with a home is like match-making. Some issues are manageable by some owners and less so by others. There's no perfect dog (although we've had a few borderline perfect ones) but there are a lot of perfect matches. So that you don't have the same problem again, as people have mentioned: adopt locally so that you can get to know the dog first - walks, day visits, weekend sleepovers see how long the dog has been in care. If the dog's only been with the carer a few days, chances are they don't really know anything about the dog we engage a behaviourist or a dog-savvy friend to manage introductions but you could always engage your own to assess the dog. When we adopted out Chimes, her applicants asked a friend was was an experienced flyballer to assess her be wary of anyone who's just trying to shove the dog at you Good luck with it all. Adopting a rescue dog doesn't have to be a nightmare. If you look here, you will see our adopters all keep in touch with us even years after adoption and we've had no problems with our dogs post-adoption. My husband and I offer a permanent lifetime guarantee that we'll take a dog back and refund the adoption fee but so far no one has ever taken us up on it although Chimes' owner did joke that they'd send her back to us because she's a digger - although being a flyball champion kind of offsets that ;)

Former foster Maggie (was Chimes) at a flyball comp on the weekend

Some dogs can take a while, Jerry took ages to get any weight onto him and our dog Dodge literally took a year to fill out. We feed meals for mutts kibble with the occasional tuna/sardines/egg mixed in. You can also drizzle olive oil on.

Why is that? I can't speak to petrescue but I know that I am very careful to make sure that all of my listings about my foster dogs are very honest and that the owners know exactly what faults the dogs have. We also give a lifetime guarantee on all of our foster dogs and will take the dog back and personally (as foster carers) refund the the adoption fee (as our rescue group only refund if the two week trial period fails). Or is there something else behind the scenes about the arrangements between the rescues and petrescue? As carers, we don't have visibility of the back end, we are just given details of how to create listings.

Jerry pretending to be a cow :) Latest update on former foster Frida (adopted in 2012) who is living a beautiful life in Inverloch, Victoria

Elbie had fun at Mount Painter Embarrassing Doggy Fashion Parade

What's a viable alternative to petrescue though? Almost all of our foster dogs hav found their Furever Homes via petrescue ... from memory only one has been adopted by a person I know from work and a couple via the rescue groups own website/facebook.

Thanks sarspididious. Kelpie boy looks gorgeous ... alas, we still have Jerry in care with us really can't take on another foster until he has found his Forever Home ... ETA: this post seems to suggest he got adopted??? :)

Former foster Twiggy was surrendered to a rural pound in New South Wales in 2014 after giving birth to a litter of puppies. She was very underweight, very timid with separation issues that led her to be destructive when left alone and had no training. She was adopted by a loving owner in Sydney who has continued to work with her. Twiggy's having an awesome new life and she has passed her training and is now a Delta Therapy Dog! We're so proud of her and her owner because it shows how far she's come from the pound dog she was given that she was able to .

Thank you. He has been a lot of hard work but he really is a beautiful dog, so he's worth the effort. Yes, they're massive. Give him lots of character :) Yes, they are promising us a photo in front of the White House soon. It's a long, long way from Broken Hill Pound for Cricket! :) Jerry's applicant came to take him for a walk to Mount Painter today. He had an absolute blast

Yup. He came into foster care in June 2015 and he's been with us since end of July 2015. We've been working on his issues. In the interim, we've turned down a lot of interstate applicants who don't read the bit that says ' no interstate applicants' :p He has two very promising local applicants. In any case, some dogs are adopted out very quickly, some take longer - for us it's about finding the right fit - for dog and family. I've never been to Theodore Oval. Oval is Spence Oval where he goes to obedience classes every Sunday. Teaching Jerry "are you shy"? Jerry and his Canberra Raiders collar. Jerry getting a visit from some Backup Applicants Jerry rocking the polar fleece look Jerry's applicant wrangles him at dog school every Sunday now and also comes over to our house to take him for a walk. This week he went to Mount Rogers Here he is being a couch potato at home

Jerry, current foster's music video. He has an awesome adoption application on foot.

Former foster Maggie (was Chimes) at the flyball on the weekend Former foster Cricket, from Broken Hill Pound is now living in Washington DC with his family

Thank you. They did love them. They got two each :)

I can't believe it but my puppy Elbie turned SIX yesterday ... He got Birthday carrot cake muffins to share And a new toy I can't believe it's been six years already. That means this thread of mine has been around for six years :)