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Are crates sold at wal-mart or do I need to find a PetSmart?

Thank you. Lots of good info in there. I guess I should get a crate for each dog then? How much bigger than the dog should the crate be? Small enough to feel secure but not too big so....twice as tall and twice as long as the dog? Chihuahuas like to burrow and get cold easily so we have pillows with heating pads inside the pillow cases and then blankets on top of that so they can burrow under the blanket. Do you think this is good enough and then they could take their pillow and blanket with them or do they need crates also? edit to add: We went thru an hour long interview this morning. It was intense but I got to hold our little amputee during the entire time. We have signed the papers and are waiting for the inspector to check out the house. They told us what to expect so I don't anticipate any problems.

This rescue group pays for everything except room and board. It's run completely by volunteers and entirely on donations. Looks like I'll be getting involved an car washes and bake sells soon. Also, we'll probably be paying for some of the medical care just to save the rescue group some money. We can't foster any large dogs because we're afraid our chihuahuas would kill them. Don't laugh....they could choke on our dogs. Our chihuahuas don't like large dogs though so we won't even try again, it was too traumatic for the large dog and our little ones the few times we've tried. So just chihuahuas and puppies for us.

SNL comes on past my bedtime.

It isn't for a Vet even though she did recommend us. It's for an animal rescue group that she works with. This Vet is awesome and word has gotten around town that she hates to see an animal put down if it can possibly be saved so people bring strays to her all the time. We have fostered several of these strays in the past. This situation is different though because someone brought in 8 puppies to the dog rescue group and two of them had to have front legs amputated. These are/were the ones she wanted us to take. One of the puppies died during surgery. The rescue group is requiring us to fill out the paperwork, which we did this morning. I guess I don't understand the need to crate because it hasn't ever come up with the dogs we've taken care of. I normally just stay with them until they work out their pecking order which has never taken more than 3 days. I am open to the idea if it is necessary though. I really just want to do what's best for the dog, whatever that ends up being.

This is a good reason to name your pet Bob or Sally.

Is it better for a quarterback to have one or two or three mansions or for a brilliant scientist to cure cancer? These two things are not mutually exclusive. In fact football programs bring in a ton of money to a lot of universities.

We should be good to go then. Both of us are retired, we have a fenced in back yard, an animal never gets crated, no kids, everyone is current on everything and all are spayed. I was concerned about not having a fire extinguisher in the house or other things that might not be so obvious.

My Bishop is teaching a financial class this month and one of the points he made at the first class was that God owns everything and we are the stewards of it. I know his point was to make us more aware of our blessings and to help us be more careful with our money but it applies across the board. My dogs belong to God, they are His. I have stewardship over them while they are on this Earth.

I just went to an ehow sight and apparently the foster program pays for medical most of the time. Sometimes they also pay for food. We know how to take care of dogs. We have 3 of our own and have un-officially fostered in the past for our Vet. I was just wondering what the official rules are, if anyone knows them.

So raise your pants if you think that was a Russian water-tentacle. (The Abyss)

You gotta take life by the pants, mister.

The flats and the baggy pants are okay but everything else is yuk.

We were originally thinking about fostering children but my hubby wisely decided I should foster dogs first to see how it went. I have a hard time letting the dogs go even though I know they are going to good homes. My Vet is really picky. We decided I can't foster children because if they got put back in a dangerous situation I might end up in jail. (only half joking)

We have un-officially fostered before for our vet. The 8 puppies she got this morning are in the custody of Animal control though so we have to go thru the paperwork process. I don't see it as a problem. We only do chihuahuas and medical emergencies. Neither is likely to do much damage. Besides, all 3 of the dogs who own us are rescue dogs who had been abused. We help them get better.

Have anyone ever been a foster 'parent' for dogs? Our Vet asked us to do this and we go fill out the paperwork in the morning. Will we be responsible for Vet bills? Will they inspect our home to make sure we have dog proof latches on our cupboards and dog proof inserts in our power points?

Fixed that for ya, Pam.

Texas would die

That show takes place in my home town. sigh

I watch Football every chance I get. Why? Because it's people trying their hardest and being able to do some pretty good acrobatic stunts. It's war but it's a war where when the skirmish is over, you help the enemy up and when the war is over you give him a hug.

Is it sacrilegious to put an animals name in the Temple?

The best bumper sticker I've ever seen was in Florida. It was on a young guys souped up Ford and it said "WHEN I GET OLD, I'M GOING TO MOVE UP NORTH AND DRIVE LIKE I'M DEAD".

I wouldn't have a problem if my RS Presidency made this decision but I would have a problem with them saying it came from somewhere like the Prophet if it didn't.

That's 461544 hours for you math nerds.

I'm 19,231 days old.