(in reply to a post from yesterday)
Dear DR Dear Reader Laura:
I'm fully aware that we'll end up with more lads and lassies on our hands than we're planning. That seems to be part of the scheme of things, when fostering dogs. Or cats. Or humans, from what I hear.
Der B is already working on the problem. He's observed the others in the pet rescue group, and has noted that, while they're very good at getting the pets out of bad situations, they're not very good at finding new, good situations for them.
He figures that a lot of this has to do with public awareness. People don't know how to contact the rescue group, or worse don't know the group exists.
To this end, he's proposing that we take dogs out with us, sort of on display. He's looking into getting us sweatshirts with logos on them, and bandannas for the dogs that say "Adopt Me!" on them. He's also trying to get good photos of all the dogs, that we can print up and keep in a book, so people will know that there are more dogs out there than just the ones we've brought with us.
Once we get going, there's newspapers to contact, and to keep in contact on a regular basis.
The other part of the problem is screening the perspective owners. Some of the people in the rescue group are, well, shall we call them anal over-protective? Sure, I understand not wanting to hand a dog over to someone who just wants to keep it chained in a yard, or to someone who will abuse the animal. But the grilling that der B and I went through from one of the rescue people bordered on the intrusive. (Fortunately, the woman who came to check out the home environment was very easy to get along with, and we stop by her store regularly to chat about how things are going.)
