Without doubt, I have learned many things from my involvement with dog rescue. One of those things is that there are many good people in this world trying to do good things. The bad stuff that you hear in these efforts is sometimes enough to make you question how God continues to put up with us - case in point a dog whose human had poured gasoline over him to get rid of what was thought to be a case of mange - these are the days when the whole thing just seems impossible.
But then there are days like yesterday when good people step forward to help others that remind me it's not all bleak. Lost Dog Rescue - www.lostdogrescue.org - a group in Fairfax, VA took in 4 of our foster dogs yesterday. Melanie S. returned home with wonderful reports of the Lost Dog Ranch and the lovely people involved with the group. Thank you so much to them and to Melanie for spending her day driving Paulie, Sophie, Shep and Lydia to Fairfax where they will hopefully find their new families.
For Melanie, this wasn't easy. Letting go of dogs that you've fostered and become attached to is painful. That's the hardest part of this effort, really. Each dog takes a little piece of your heart with them, and no matter how many times you do it, it really doesn't get easier. But it is only in letting one go on to another home that you can help another. That is why we continue to do this. There is always another dog or cat in need of the same opportunity.
Above: Lydia, known to our family as Ly-ly.
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