Wienergal
09-06-2000, 03:02 PM
Please forgive me, everyone--more rescue blather is issuing forth!
The question is to those of you who have been doing rescue for a while. I did my first transport today, but there was a glitch: The family that had been keeping Kramer, the pup being taken to Michigan, had to have him picked up last night, not this morning. So I had 12 hours of fostering. I sent my two over to Aunt Nadine's, picked up Kramer, brought him home, and was totally in love inside of about 15 minutes.<IMG SRC="http://dachsie.org/ubb/cwmsmilies/cwm38.gif" border=0> I swear--I was ready to call the DRNA rep and tell her that Kramer had...uhhhh.... gotten...ummmmm...LOST! Yeah, that's the ticket! He was LOST! And then I would just keep him.
Kramer is a three-month old dachsie mix. He has VERY long legs, a dachsie head and tail, and kind of pale German shepherd coloring, complete with black saddle. I'm telling you, this was the sweetest little pup I've encountered in a long time! He followed me everywhere, lay on my feet when I stood at the sink, lay down next to the tub when I took a shower, and, of course, ended up sleeping with me...with his little head on my neck!!!
The family told me he was not very well housebroken and would just squat and let go all of a sudden, so I should be prepared. HA! He didn't have a single accident, and that's pretty amazing, considering that I had to walk him on Chicago streets and he had never had a leash on before that moment!
When I had to hand him over to the Dachshund Underground Railroad rep in Kalamazoo today, I could hardly stand to let go of him! <IMG SRC="http://dachsie.org/ubb/cwmsmilies/cwm14.gif" border=0> Lots of big old tears, because the last sight I had was Kramer standing on Tom's passenger seat, barking to me at the window!! http://dachsie.org/ubb/smilies/crying.gif http://dachsie.org/ubb/smilies/crying.gif
I don't know how you foster folks do it. You have to keep them for weeks--I had Kramer for 12 hours, plus drive time, and I still get all choked up whenever I think about him.
Is this normal????
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The question is to those of you who have been doing rescue for a while. I did my first transport today, but there was a glitch: The family that had been keeping Kramer, the pup being taken to Michigan, had to have him picked up last night, not this morning. So I had 12 hours of fostering. I sent my two over to Aunt Nadine's, picked up Kramer, brought him home, and was totally in love inside of about 15 minutes.<IMG SRC="http://dachsie.org/ubb/cwmsmilies/cwm38.gif" border=0> I swear--I was ready to call the DRNA rep and tell her that Kramer had...uhhhh.... gotten...ummmmm...LOST! Yeah, that's the ticket! He was LOST! And then I would just keep him.
Kramer is a three-month old dachsie mix. He has VERY long legs, a dachsie head and tail, and kind of pale German shepherd coloring, complete with black saddle. I'm telling you, this was the sweetest little pup I've encountered in a long time! He followed me everywhere, lay on my feet when I stood at the sink, lay down next to the tub when I took a shower, and, of course, ended up sleeping with me...with his little head on my neck!!!
The family told me he was not very well housebroken and would just squat and let go all of a sudden, so I should be prepared. HA! He didn't have a single accident, and that's pretty amazing, considering that I had to walk him on Chicago streets and he had never had a leash on before that moment!
When I had to hand him over to the Dachshund Underground Railroad rep in Kalamazoo today, I could hardly stand to let go of him! <IMG SRC="http://dachsie.org/ubb/cwmsmilies/cwm14.gif" border=0> Lots of big old tears, because the last sight I had was Kramer standing on Tom's passenger seat, barking to me at the window!! http://dachsie.org/ubb/smilies/crying.gif http://dachsie.org/ubb/smilies/crying.gif
I don't know how you foster folks do it. You have to keep them for weeks--I had Kramer for 12 hours, plus drive time, and I still get all choked up whenever I think about him.
Is this normal????
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