We’ve taken in yet another foster dog that was left at the pound. The shelter contacted the Golden Bone Rescue, who we’ve fostered with before, to say that they had a small dog and they wanted him out of there. When I was asked to foster, it was mentioned that the ladies at the shelter were not a fan of this dog which made me a little apprehensive. Any dogs that display aggressive, fearful, or obnoxious behaviors don’t have a long life span at the pound. But imagine if you will being put in a cold, strange environment with a ton of other barking dogs, you’d likely be aggressive, fearful and/or obnoxious too. Generally once the dogs are in a safe and calm environment, they are just fine. So, I’m a sucker, and I said sure. What was the alternative really?
This skinny little dog weighs all of ten pounds and I can feel just about all of his bones. He is scrappy and scrawny but as sweet as can be. Now, I will say, I may have figured out why they didn’t like him at the pound. He makes this amazing noise that is the mixture of Chewbacca and a Velociraptor. If you forget the noise a raptor makes, watch Jurassic Park. The noise though is so impressive I can’t even fault him for it.
Did I mention that he has a mohawk? A few people have asked me about fostering, is it hard to give them back? Do you get attached? We do get attached but we know we are a means to an end and we have never felt bad about giving a dog to a home that we know will love it to pieces. When you get a orphaned dog they have the saddest most distant look in their little eyes. They are essentially lost. My favorite part of the whole process is watching those eyes change from lost to happy, comfortable and safe. There is nothing better than coming home and seeing that little dog wag his tail and jump on you, thrilled to see you. Dogs are so amazingly forgiving, they don’t hold on to their pasts, they move forward and live in the moment. We could all learn something from these little pups.
Now that you’ve met, you should know he doesn’t have a name. As the foster parents we get the privilege of naming the little guy. So help us out! Here are some of the suggestions so far, and feel free to send us some more!
- Scrappy
- Scoop
- Conner
- Doug
- Fritz
- Spike
- Yoda
- Benson
- Baxter
- Rex
- Buster
- Bacon
- Riley
- Wiley
- Jack
- Nigel
- Skip
What else?
Awe, I liked Scooter. He’s an adorable dog! I think it’s awesome that you’re fostering pups
He is so sweet! And I’m not ashamed to say that your post made me well up. I honestly think you’re doing one of the greatest things by fostering these pups. It seriously warms my heart every time you take another one in and find it a loving home. As soon as we get a bigger place, we plan to adopt a dog. I can’t wait! Oh, and I vote for Scrappy. Cause he looks pretty scrappy to me.
He’s adorable. And you’re right, those little eyes look very lost and sad.
I’m glad you’re giving him a new life that will change that. 
How ’bout “Mo” short for Mohawk…?
I liked Scrappy too! Scooter sounds good too!
I found a beagle running in traffic just over a year ago. He wasn’t chipped, and had no tags. His collar was growing into his neck. After he spent the night on my couch and I gave him a few baths and treated him for fleas I couldn’t bear to call the pound so I decided to foster him until I found track down his family. I looked for 8 weeks, and didnt get a nibble.
Time to find him a real home right?
Ahem. He’s sleeping under the covers next to me. Oops. Didnt do that whole “re-homing” thing so well.
We have a beagle that started as a foster too! However we never intended not to adopt her, we just figured in case it didn’t work out we’d foster first. Beagles are hard to resist!
I LOVE what you wrote here. It’s so nice and honorable that you and Kyle are doing this for as many “Lost” doggies as you can. It seriously warms my heart. And he’s such a little cutie!!! My vote is for Wiley
I really like Fritz and Nigel for some reason!
Awww, so sweet! I really like Riley
What a sweet pup-any chance we can hear this amazing noise he makes?!
Aw how cute ! How about Quigley?
Awwww Alicia, what a wonderful thing to do. Your words made me well up too. Poor little guy. I vote for scrappy or Mohawk / Little Mo.
This post makes me SO happy Alicia. I would love to do this someday! I actually really want to be a foster mom to children, but it would be amazing to foster dogs too.
I’m so happy to see sweet little pups getting a second chance and eventually going to a great home! Such a great thing you guys are doing. 
And… I vote for Baxter. Because of Anchorman. He he.
I’ve never fostered, but I recently started volunteering at the local animal rescue and I’m sure I’ll end up taking some home sooner or later! I’d imagine it would be tough to give them back, though. I can’t imagine parting with either of my dogs or cats! As for the name, I’m a fan of Riley!
I love him! Ahh! : ) He is sooo precious! And I vote for Baxter!
aw, so sweet!!!
OMG Congratulations!!
ha. Cutie patootey!