Its Strange to Think...

... that this time last year I knew nothing about West Yorkshire Dog Rescue. I was living away from home and too busy with uni to even think about adopting another dog, never mind fostering. It was only when Em died that I started to browse rescues just to make me feel better in a way but I knew I wouldn't be able to adopt another dog any time soon, my dad was totally against it and I knew it wouldn't be the best idea but I still couldn't stop pondering on the idea. It wasn't long after that I emailed WYDR asking if I'd be able to foster in the Summer, I expected a no but it was worth a shot. When I got a yes I still didn't expect that I would become a foster. In March when I left uni, mainly due to the death of Em and homesickness I decided to ask Kathy again about fostering, once an appeal was made on facebook. Within a week I had my first foster dog and since then its been none stop. The rescue has well and truly changed my life, and provided me with another doggy best friend in Tinks :) 

Toby is my 13th foster dog, including Tinks. I have helped rehome 13 dogs in 9 months, that is more than one a month! 12 dogs will be spending their first Christmas in their forever homes. That is just with me, one foster, so imagine how many dogs the rescue in general has rehomed this year! This is why the rescue needs fosters, the more fosters, the more dogs they can take in, therefore the more dogs that find their new home. It all adds up. 

My 13 dogs of the year: 

Bella
Judy
Holly
Shadow 
Phoebe 
Dylan and Harley
Tinks 
Amber
Bailey and Gemma
Kali 
and Toby who is still looking for his forever home.

Toby will be my Christmas dog, the rescue will stop rehoming on the 19th for Christmas. A dog is not an item and shouldn't be classed as a Christmas present. So please don't forget a dog is for life and not just for Christmas. I'm dreading the New Year with the rescue because we all know its the time when a lot of dogs are dumped. 

Toby is doing very well, he is coming out of his shell alot now, he is showing some jealous behaviour with my 2 and is rather food aggressive so needs to be fed in a separate room. It is unlikely he will actually bite but he does growl as a warning, which makes my dogs back off. I'm looking forward to Christmas with him, I bought his presents today and he decided to rip the wrapping paper off them straight away, so watching them all opening their presents on Christmas day will be great.

Thats all for now,

Lucy, Toby, Tinks and Sally