I always find myself in positions I make a specific point to avoid. Getting caught speeding; Stepping in dog crap at work. My luck never fails me.  But with every one of those unwanted situations a valuable lesson is learned.

Yes I got caught speeding; now I don't speed QUITE as much.

I stepped in dog shit, dammit. But with that I found my brother and I laughing so hard we were on the kennel floor.

So once again I find myself in a similar situation.

For the two years I've worked for the Animal Rescue Foundation, I have learned to distance myself from certain animals--a valuable trait to have in my line of work, or else I'd break down emotionally, and I'd never survive. And because of this, I've been very reluctant about opening my home to animals needing to be fostered, fearing emotional attatchment.  Only once had I fostered an animal, and as was written in past blogs, it was the hardest thing I'd ever done. And I vowed to never do it again. But my emotions took over my best judgement THIS time.

This past Thursday I left work with a 3 week old puppy, puppy milk replacement, and a mission.

This puppy was the runt of a litter of 3 chow-mix pups. Mom ignored him. Brother and sister bullied him, and he got very weak and dehydrated. That day was also an unplanned "Put-down" due to an exploding population. This runt puppy was brought in with several others that were also not expected to do well to be put to sleep. The moment I saw this puppy and his fate, all my "great traits" vanished, and I refused to allow him to be put to sleep.  Setting myself up for a major commitment: fostering. This pup was no where near old enough to be away from his mother, so I had to replace her; bottle feeding him every 3 hours, making him use the bathroom, cleaning him. I'm not quite sure If I know what I'm in for. But now I'm stuck with my decision. Hopefully I'll stay strong. I know I can't keep him or get attatched. Maybe there's a lesson to be learned in this conundrum I've found myself in.

Keep your fingers crossed, hope for the best.

I'll return with any updates, and I added pictures!

Cassidy