How much is that doggie in the window...

As most of you know we have been fostering dogs for a rescue organisation called PAWS. We had a bit of a break for the past few months... but got our new foster last night... (plus an extra just for two nights!!)

But before they make their own guest appearances... I decided to put up a PAWS hall of fame for our past foster dogs.

All the dogs have been saved from the pound, where they are only taken when they are due to be put down. Without rescue organisations and foster carers these dogs would never have had a chance. So many of them have had a bad start to life, but still have so much love to give. We found this organisation when we were looking for a friend for Ciska, and stumbled across Archer. The change in him since he arrived is unbelivable, and he continues to amaze me every day!!

Basically foster carers are their chance to develop in a happy home while they wait for someone to choose them... it can be sad, it can be smelly, and it can be frustrating, but it is so rewarding!! If anyone wants to know more, or knows of anyone looking for a dog, I would strongly recommend you check out their website: http://www.paws.com.au/ (I'll put a link on the side later!!)


Anyway....These are our past puppies....


This is Charlie... He was our first... a cute corgi cross that was just so lovable!!

Next came Gilbert... we only had him for one night... he barked and barked and barked if you ever left the room (made going to the toilet quite difficult!!) so we swapped him with a foster carer who was home all day...

We swapped him for Patrick... A lovable larrikin (that scared us half to death when he ran away the first day we had him)... that was always getting into mischief (and next doors back yard!!)

Next came Benny... not a real looker... but found a home quicker than we could believe!!






Simba was surrendered coz he wasn't quite what his new owners expected, but 48 hours later they missed him so badly they decided to give him another try, and with a bit of advice have been happy ever since...




Next came my favourite ever... Little Tilly... She was just the cutest little fluff ball EVER!!

She gets two pics... not just becasue she's my favourite... but because you need to see her before and after her "Cousin It" hair style!!



BEFORE:





AFTER:

Ollie came along next and we had the most trouble finding a name for him that we'd ever had. (Lots of the dogs came with names... ie Benny, Simba, Patrick and Gilbert) We thought we'd found the perfect name... Pepper... but, it turned out we were too late - it was already taken by another PAWS foster dog... so eventually we settled on Ollie.

Stella, our last foster before Christmas had just had seven pups before she came to us for a bit of R&R!! No wonder she's so zonked out in this pic!!