Never Again!

Dexter went to his forever home on Thursday. I can't believe how attached we were to him so quickly. I will NEVER AGAIN rescue and foster a dog. It's too painful. While we are happy to take him from a horrid situation and place him in a great one, it was so sad. He was a total sweetie. We are sad; however, I couldn't be happier with the family he went to. We'd gotten several calls about him and had appointments set for people to come meet him. But when this man called I had a really good feeling about him. (Sadly, I can't remember his name!) An older gentleman and his wife and a 17 year old daughter. They'd had Dachshunds in the past and knew just how to care for them. It was such a relief not to have to worry about explaining how to care for their backs or how to pick him up.

When this nice man came over, Dexter went right to him, tail wagging like crazy. It's like he knew and he was letting me know that "hey! I like this guy!" The man picked him up and Dexter gave him kiss after kiss and snuggled right up to him. I teared up because I was happy and sad at the same time. I couldn't be happier with his new family. And Chewy couldn't be happier that he doesn't have to share our attention with anyone else. He did like playing with Dexter, but boy was he bitter when Dexter curled up on Scott's lap! I mean, how dare he! ;)

So now I've done it. I rescued a sweet boy, nursed him back to health, and found him a forever home, and figured out that I don't have the nerves to be a doggy foster mom.