Polar Vortex Fails To Freeze Out Foster Rescues

Fenway (left) in his new New York home.

Fenway finds his home

Three times, now, since joining the Road to Forever we have sent dogs north with Dog Runner transport, and on each trip David and Elaine--the people who are Dog Runner--have faced bone-chilling cold, icy roads and near white-out conditions. All three trips were completed safely and on schedule.

If David and Elaine seem exceptional, they would be the first to counter that they are typical of the scores of folks--from Wichita Falls, TX, to Flower Mound, TX, to DeWitt , NY and points in between--who give their time and funding for their local shelter, Love on Wheels and the Road to Forever.

And why do we do it? Check out Fenway, the black-and-white border collie above. That's the face of a rescue dog who has found a secure, loving permanent home. What other motivation could anyone possible need?

Helping Hounds featured in national magazine

Regular readers here know that our Texas rescue dogs are transported to Helping Hounds Dog Rescue in DeWitt where eager families typically wait out of doors in frigid, icy weather conditions to greet each Dog Runner arrival. Helping Hounds and the Love on Wheels partnership with the Humane Society of Flower Mound are the focus of a featured article to be published in the March issue of Animal Sheltering Magazine. However, you can get a sneak peak at the excellent, informative piece here!

Scrappy foster #4 set for departure next week!

Opie ready for his shot at a home down the Road.

The little guy at right is Opie, a something under one year old cairn terrier mix and 20 pounds of chewing, licking, jumping, cat chasing energy who can steal a heart in a New York minute.

Annie:  That's the truth! I know I say this about every foster, but it's true. These dogs are so ready to give and get love - their aim is to please, and Opie is no different! He's a tiny package of affection and will make someone a wonderful forever dog!

While the next scheduled transport to Helping Hounds isn't until the end of the month, Opie needed a foster home NOW to boost his physical health and emotional well being. So we agreed to take him. 

Since bringing him home, an unscheduled transport through Texas Pit Crew became available, and Opie will have been in foster care the required two weeks to qualify. Pending a successful health certification Thursday, Opie will be on his way to a permanent home Monday, Jan. 13.

Mrs. Miller, bless her heart, falls in love with every dog we bring home for fostering, and little Opie certainly is no exception. Program rules, of course, stipulate that fosters may not adopt their charges, but Opie has had Mrs. Miller plotting abduction and relocation to a secluded, remote cabin in the Pacific Northwest!

Annie:  Piffle ... well, maybe ...