Foster Fail Friday

Yippee!  It's Foster Fail Friday!

I always love hearing about foster families who find their forever family members through volunteering.  Today's featured foster fail is our amazing volunteer Allison Manz!  Here is her story:

We had our foster "Smokey" (now Remington, Remi for short) for 4 weeks and for some reason, there were no applications for him.  We had adopted Zola from GPRS last October, and we have a black-lab mix, Lucy, who we adopted from the Tacoma Humane Society back in 2004.  Zola liked Remi within about an hour of us bringing him home.  Lucy was a little leery of this new rambunctious bundle of fur at first, but has now decided he's okay!

Lucy

I have always believed everything happens for a reason.  The fact that he had no apps interested in him led us to believe he was meant to be with us.  He and Zola play nonstop together and when one of them pushes it a little too far, they seem to have a mutual understanding and respect for each other, and one of them backs off.  We humans could learn from that!

Zola and Remi

Remi appeared to know no commands when we first got him, but he has quickly learned to sit, shake, sit pretty, and stay (when he wants to).  He starts obedience training next Wednesday and I know he will be a quick learner.  One thing I found sad was that he resisted coming to me when I called him; I believe he thought he was in trouble.  I now say "come" and follow it up with "that's a good boy" and now he comes with a smile on his face, or sometimes doesn't come, because he's a Pyr after all!  He is a great dog and I'm so happy no one else applied for him!

 Both Remi and Zola look so happy in this picture, no doubt they plotted together so Remi could stay!  Check back often for more Foster Fail stories!  If you are interested in fostering for GPRS check here.