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- In many ways you've summed up how I feel about fstoering animals. I haven't personally been able to foster any cats or dogs (my apartment doesn't allow them) but my mom has probably fostered over 100 animals in the last 4 or 5 years, and for a year and a half of that time I was living at home, so I have plenty experience with the process between that, and talking to my mom about it. I try to recommend it to friends (and lets be real, relative strangers with whom I somehow strike up a conversation about it) who have lost a pet and perhaps aren't quite ready to adopt again yet, but could use some furry company to fill the void, but I'm often met with strong disinterest out of fear that they'd become animal hoarders. I understand how one might think that, if they hadn't experienced it themselves, and I will fully admit that it has been harder to send some animals off to their new homes than others (we also have adopted two cats that were former fosters) but for the most part I find it to be so fulfilling to help shape/raise/rehabilitate an animal that might not otherwise have had a chance at life. To each their own, and I'm sure some would have more trouble with it than others; we've become a bit more detached to the foster animals that are ever present in the house out of necessity, but no less caring. I think it's necessary to have some small level of detachment in order to be able to give them up to their new family (my mom also has fostered a host of sickly kittens, so sometimes its necessary to forestall heartbreak when the likelihood of their living is slim). Essentially, rambling comment aside, I really appreciate your words on the subject, and commend you for doing something that is difficult, but ultimately so rewarding. Think of all the animals (and people) whose lives you've made an enormously positive impact on! Also, this soba noodle salad sounds fantastic, and consequently I just bookmarked it for a dinner soon!
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
Jeremy
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16 december 2014, 19:21:29
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