Category Archives: Fostering Stories

My Story as a Foster Trainer… continues… As we have learned through the many chapters that we have shared together, the fosters that arrive at my academy door come from a variety of places and backgrounds.  Many are rescued from … Continue reading →

As you probably know from my previous foster stories, I spend a lot of time on my burgundy leather couch each day.  From that comfy and lofty perch, I can survey across most of the most frequented portion of the … Continue reading →

My Story as a Foster Trainer… continues… As I have highlighted in some earlier chapters, each of us Springers is very unique, if you actually take the time to sit down and spend some time with us.  And my next … Continue reading →

As I lay here on my soft, comfortable couch and listen intently to 3 Doors Down singing their song, If I Could Be Like That, it stirs my heart to pen a little Christmas story.  It’s just a short story … Continue reading →

My Story as a Foster Trainer… continues… I knew this chapter was coming for the past few weeks and have put off thinking about it until the time when I had to write it.  Many of you followed the story … Continue reading →

My Story as a Foster Trainer… continues… In late July of 2011, one of our regional coordinators received a call from a family in south Louisiana that had lost home due to foreclosure.  Unfortunately, their new residence would not allow … Continue reading →

We don’t tend to foster so much around this house; not like my pal, Amos, in Mississippi. Seems like mom is always on the go and we have reached an age where we just can’t handle the young whipper-snappers like … Continue reading →

Fostering never sleeps…My Story as a Foster Trainer… continues… I wrote in a previous chapter that each Springer is unique, as is any doggie.  But my next two fosters were so unique that they grabbed lots of attention on my … Continue reading →

Paying it Forward…My Story as a Foster Trainer… continues… The season has changed to Fall over the past few weeks as I have been writing some foster stories.  The change of season around the academy is appreciated when the weather … Continue reading →

Paying it Forward…My Story as a Foster Trainer… continues… Sometimes things just happen for a reason in the rescue world and that was certainly the case with my next new foster cadet.  We help with rescues from Arkansas because the … Continue reading →