# Apparently we're bad doggie foster parents

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-were-bad-doggie-foster-parents/575998>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 25, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-were-bad-doggie-foster-parents/575998 "2011-03-25T19:21:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-were-bad-doggie-foster-parents/575998/22 "2011-03-30T02:14:55Z")

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I know better than to try fostering. As soon as I feed the first bowl of food, the animal is mine.

Congrats on your new addition!

StG

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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-were-bad-doggie-foster-parents/575998/23 "2011-03-30T02:18:53Z")

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I have to say how much I admire the people who raise guide dogs for the blind. I’ve thought about it, and I know like I know my name I could never let the dogs go. To devote a year or more to raising a dog from puppyhood, spending oodles of time with it to train it, then let it go? Important purposes be damned, I’m just not that good a person when it comes to dog-love. Once I have my heart wrapped around a dog, I ain’t letting go. And there’s no way on earth I could raise and train a dog for a year and not be hopelessly in love with it.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-were-bad-doggie-foster-parents/575998/24 "2011-03-31T17:58:54Z")

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I admire anyone who fosters a dog, whether they keep it or allow it to be released for adoption. My last two dogs were fosters, and definitely benefited from living in a house with people and getting used to household life rather than spending their time in a kennel, no matter how well-run the shelter. Taking the dog out of a cold concrete and wire pen and showering the dog with love works out for both the dog and the adopter.

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