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Hello! My husband and I are first timers fostering an approximately 10 month old feral dog. She was found at a dump with two other dogs (assumed to be her brothers) and was brought from a kill shelter to the rescue we are fostering her from. It is also assumed that prior to her capture from the...

What’s the best way to clean a dog when you aren’t able to give it a bath? I just picked up a foster pup from the shelter and she is VERY scared of everything. She cowers in the corner shaking and won’t move. She is quite dirty and smelly but I don’t want to traumatize her by trying to give a...

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Hello, I am new here. I have 4 dogs of my own--a German shepherd, 2 pit bulls, and a Labrador retriever. My lab is a certified therapy dog and does agility and retrieving over the high jump. I also have 4 foster dogs--a very large German shepherd, 2 pit bulls, and a big hound dog. In...

I'll try to keep this as short as I can. I have 4 cats and 1 dog - Cobber is a 7-mo, 20-lb Aussie Terrier who is just now starting to calm down somewhat from the crazed puppy and adolescent phases. I own a house with a fenced-in yard. Cobber goes to doggy daycare while I'm at work during the...

Here is my situation. I did not know that this dog was pregnant and I'm a full time student. I've had the dog for 4 weeks now and I was only giving her 4 cups of dry dog food a day. I just uppded her food intake to 6 cups a day since I was informed that she was actually pregnant. Now my question...

A friend referred me here. I am a homeschooling mom of three kids from a sr. in high school to a 6th grader. Well, we have had our 18 month old foster labradoodle, Bear, for 2 weeks. They have not had space at the shelter for us to bring him back for his evaluations (aggression which he will...

I know it's wonderful to do and rewarding, but it seems likely to contain some painful scenarios. From the Ysabel327 thread: What if I got an very scared dog? After months, it finally bonds with me but is otherwise unadoptable. And to force it into a new home would be so traumatic, that I'd...