Hey guys and gals,
I had recently posted in the Training and Behavior section about how after an attempted bite from our 4 year old foster, we had made the horrible (awful, worst, hardest) decision to return our mister to the rescue we had gotten him from (as required when we signed to adopt him).
I contacted (email/phone) the rescue with our decision last Wednesday, and on Thursday was contacted by someone from the rescue. I emailed back the entire account of the "incident" and how we were absolutely devastated about it. I was advised to fill out a surrender form on their site, which I completed that night, along with a 3-4 page account of everything I could think of to tell them about our boy (food, treats, plays, tricks, etc.). I was contacted and informed that they received the surrender form and are in the process of trying to locate/set up a foster home (again ) for him, but it could take a few weeks...
My question is...what do I do now? My mom and sister are no longer coming over during the day to hang out, visits, walks, and let him out, and while I've been running home on my lunch break, it is only a few days a week (due to customer visits/meetings/lunches at work). I also have a upcoming weekend wedding that I will be attending--before the "incident," as I mentioned before, we had quite a few "plans" for what we would do with our mister during overnights/out of towns/at works, but after the attempted bite/attack/lunge, those are out of the picture (and even being alone at home with him, I am a liiiiittle more unsure, uneasy, and uncomfortable with him/his behaviors than I was before)... I totally understand that everything is volunteer based (and I think those volunteers are the absolute best people in the whole, wide world!!!), but given the situation, I guess I (perhaps selfishly) thought this would be a...quicker...process.
As I said, I am absolutely NOT bashing the rescue/volunteers WHATSOEVER, I would HIGHLY recommend them over and over and over again, I just kind of feel...stuck. My mister is getting pretty antsy from being home all day, and I'm kind of starting to panic about what to do if something comes up--who would I leave him with? It's the hardest thing in the world to look into his big ol' brown eyes (and his giant lip flaps) and know that I have made the decision to "send him back," and feel like I totally failed him, and I'm trying to do the best I can (and spoil him a little here and there), but it's a horribly emotionally draining experience, and I think he's been picking up on it . I guess I just ended up venting a little, sorry... If anyone has any experience with a situation like this, is there anything I could be doing on my end to help out/make this as easy as possible for the rescue as well as my boy? Like I said, I wrote an entire account of everything I could think of/knew about him, have all of his heartworm/tick and flea medicine, vet records, extra food, all of his collars I got him, etc. ready to go with him.
Again, thanks for all of your help and support over the past few months, couldn't-a done it without you!
I had recently posted in the Training and Behavior section about how after an attempted bite from our 4 year old foster, we had made the horrible (awful, worst, hardest) decision to return our mister to the rescue we had gotten him from (as required when we signed to adopt him).
I contacted (email/phone) the rescue with our decision last Wednesday, and on Thursday was contacted by someone from the rescue. I emailed back the entire account of the "incident" and how we were absolutely devastated about it. I was advised to fill out a surrender form on their site, which I completed that night, along with a 3-4 page account of everything I could think of to tell them about our boy (food, treats, plays, tricks, etc.). I was contacted and informed that they received the surrender form and are in the process of trying to locate/set up a foster home (again ) for him, but it could take a few weeks...
My question is...what do I do now? My mom and sister are no longer coming over during the day to hang out, visits, walks, and let him out, and while I've been running home on my lunch break, it is only a few days a week (due to customer visits/meetings/lunches at work). I also have a upcoming weekend wedding that I will be attending--before the "incident," as I mentioned before, we had quite a few "plans" for what we would do with our mister during overnights/out of towns/at works, but after the attempted bite/attack/lunge, those are out of the picture (and even being alone at home with him, I am a liiiiittle more unsure, uneasy, and uncomfortable with him/his behaviors than I was before)... I totally understand that everything is volunteer based (and I think those volunteers are the absolute best people in the whole, wide world!!!), but given the situation, I guess I (perhaps selfishly) thought this would be a...quicker...process.
As I said, I am absolutely NOT bashing the rescue/volunteers WHATSOEVER, I would HIGHLY recommend them over and over and over again, I just kind of feel...stuck. My mister is getting pretty antsy from being home all day, and I'm kind of starting to panic about what to do if something comes up--who would I leave him with? It's the hardest thing in the world to look into his big ol' brown eyes (and his giant lip flaps) and know that I have made the decision to "send him back," and feel like I totally failed him, and I'm trying to do the best I can (and spoil him a little here and there), but it's a horribly emotionally draining experience, and I think he's been picking up on it . I guess I just ended up venting a little, sorry... If anyone has any experience with a situation like this, is there anything I could be doing on my end to help out/make this as easy as possible for the rescue as well as my boy? Like I said, I wrote an entire account of everything I could think of/knew about him, have all of his heartworm/tick and flea medicine, vet records, extra food, all of his collars I got him, etc. ready to go with him.
Again, thanks for all of your help and support over the past few months, couldn't-a done it without you!
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