*MOLLY*

sha · Master

*MOLLY*

max · Enlightened One

Hi Sha, Congratulations to both you and Molly, we now need photo,s pleasssse so we can see the wonderful Molly and friends.

dinomartino · Master

Molly sounds delicious.Please post some photies so Lucy can see what she's up against!

Suzanne · Guru

you kept that quiet you wee minx!!! Cant wait to come over & see her - piccies ASAP please!

Well done you on taking in another wee soul!

sha · Master

Hi

I`ll post pics asap!

Suzanne, i didn`t know i was getting her until yesterday - honest! You will have to meet Molly, she is fab!

Sha x

Suzanne · Guru

dont go getting any ideas of making me fall truly, madly, deeply in love with another of your fosters! LOL

Hope you have a peacful 1st night with the wee scone! Hope little Beanie is behaving herself with her new pal!

Lesley · Guru

Well done Sha!

Looking forward to some pics of Molly!

Christine Young · GAL Newsletter Editor

Well done, Sha! I'm really looking forward to seeing Molly's pictures. I'm a real sucker for the rough coats and she sounds gorgeous! Hope she settles in well with you tonight. Please let us know how she's getting on.

Christine

Nicki · Big Cheese

Well done Sha. Looking forward to pics and hearing all about her progress.

nicki and janie.x

sha · Master

Hi Folks

Molly isn`t with me any more After sincere attempts, i had to face the fact - Molly and my dogs didn`t get on too well. I understand that when a new foster dogs comes along "pack dynamics" change and yeah squabbles do occur. I felt it was gonna be a bit more than a squabble this time, it was only a matter of time before "fur really started to fly!". I had to decide what was gonna be best for Molly and my dogs.

Molly is now with her new foster family where she is the only pet so she will be spoiled. Molly is a super dog and i hope she finds a lovely home.

I feel a bit of a failure - i`m not one for giving up easily - honest, i really did try!

Sha

FAJ · Enlightened One

Och, Sha, enough of your "failure" nonsense! How you can possibly think that, I just don't know. You're a fantastic fosterer. It takes courage to know that things aren't working, and you've done the best by Molly. She's safe and well. Sounds nowt like failure to me.

Missy · Master

Sha

You have NOT failed. Us fosterers do hit upon these things. Sometimes things just don't work out. I had a similar incident with Maverick and had to give him up back into kennels. I felt the same as you.... I tried but it wasn't good enough which is complete rubbish. Maverick is STILL safe. You just have to put it down to experience and move on with your next foster dog but I know it won't be easy. I took a few weeks just to re-evaluate what had happened but it didn't take me long to start fostering again.

No matter how much or little you do - YOU MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE

The good times always outweight the bad - HONEST!

Katrina.

Amanda · Master

Hi Sha

There is no way you could be called a failure. Look at the way you turned wee Maisie around, I know you have fostered a fair few dogs and some of those were a challange. It takes courage to admit when things arn't working and Molly will be happier now. Dogs like humans can't be expected to get on with everyone sometimes personalities clash. That's just the way it is. Hope this doesn't put you off fostering.

Take care

Amanda

Dave · Enlightened One

Hi Sha, if it's any compensation wee Molly lasted longer with you than her second foster home........she's turning into a right juvenile delinquent. It's the same old story over and over again, adopted at 12 weeks old and given no training, no socialisation, never left alone ever and allowed to pretty much make up her own rules. She's now an 8 month old nightmare.

She'll be winging her way to foster home number 3 later today, everyone think good thoughts...

Amanda · Master

Good luck to foster family number 3!!!!

max · Enlightened One

Sha ,Please don,t beat your self up about this ,it just was not meant to be . Now you have room for another dog and Molly is safe and well. Just keep doing what you do best and things will be OK.

Teresa · Enlightened One

"failure" - codswallop! at least you tried, many others wouldn't have bothered. you did your best for Molly and now she may well be in the best place.

well done

Nicki · Big Cheese

A failure Sha. you are anything but. You do a wonderful job, just look at what you have achieved with your other foster dogs. You really do make a huge difference to these dogs lives, so please please dont beat yourself up over this.

love nicki and janie.x

p.s good luck foster family no3.

Suzanne · Guru

OI WOMAN!!! shut it! - go have a good look at the Maisie Before & After thread in About your Dogs to see just how bl@@dy fantastic a foster mum you are! You helped create the wee bundle that is presently curled up on my lap like a cat!!!

You ARE a wonderful foster mum, you also have to think of both your dogs safety AND the new dogs safety - fur flying is never a good look! So stop being daft & get the kettle on....

I feel you are in need of a Maisie face wash this weekend!!!?! Will call you hon

Much love

The GAL Happiest Family 2005

Christine Young · GAL Newsletter Editor

Hi Sha

I can only say what everyone else has - you're no failure!! Quite the opposite in fact. After all the foster dogs that you've helped on the way to finding a good home, including wee Maisie, no one is ever going to think that of you. So do as Suzanne says and have a good hot cuppa - sometimes things just don't work out the way we want them to.

Christine

Susan Ian and Erin · Old Hand

DON,T PANIC !!!!!!!!

As they say. The little minx is here ......safe and well......causing chaos.

Happy chaos however. As usual one of the troops forgot we had a new dug here and left a roll and sausage on the floor and Molly found it much wailing from Harry suppressed giggles from the rest of us as we tried to tell young Molly off. From the look on her face we reckoned she reckoned the telling off was well worth the treat she got.

She is pretty much ok. Does not listen to a word. If she gets told about somthing she looks you straight in the eye and then turns her head to start gnawing on whatever is the closest bit of furniture just to wind you up....clever!

Benson is keeping her seriously in line Erin wears her out by chasing her up and down the garden at high speed and the kids keep falling over her which means she gets no sleeps during the day so has been very tired at night which is what we like.

I will keep you updated

Susan(getting fatter by the second) and co

Suzanne · Guru

congrats Susan!! Goodness me - your family sure is expanding rapidly at the moment!! Hope you, hubby, bump, kids n dogs are all well - give wee Erin a kiss from me!

All the best with Molly - she sounds a REAL character! Hope you get some sleep this weekend! Take no prisoners! - as if you do, having 3 wee boys running amoke!

Fancy a visit b4 xmas?? when are you due so we dont clash? - my midwifery days are a good few years ago, I could give it a bash delivery another one but would rather stick to delivering puppies & kittens now! LOL

PM me if you feel up to it - Im free most weekends & finish placement on the 16th

Id love to catch up

max · Enlightened One

Good luck with Molly she sounds like some character, she will have to start listening at some point. All the best.with the little

-- Edited by max at 15:32, 2005-12-04

Christine Young · GAL Newsletter Editor

Hi Susan

Molly sounds a right wee madam, but lots of fun. All the best of luck in getting her to listen to you and do what she's told! Good job Benson seems to be getting through to her.

I look forward to hearing more about her, the minx!

Christine

Nicki · Big Cheese

Hi Susan,

Molly sure sounds like a right character, best of luck. looking forward to hearing all about her antics!

nicki and janie.x

Susan Ian and Erin · Old Hand

Thankyou for all your kind thoughts. Molly is doing fine, glad I have Benson to pal about with her though as he keeps her entertained. As we speak they are play fighting all round the living room. She is very sweet but stubborn, her and Erin were not far from a major scrap yesterday as Molly just would not back down. Thankfully Molly saw that she was likely to be in big trouble if she did not back off so she did.

She is learning fairly quickly where her bed is. She can be left all night with the other dogs and she is fine. She is learning that sofas and upstairs are out of bounds so some structure is entering her life.

Suzanne before christmas I would say is impossible...........four boys equals so many christmas parties, nativity plays and singalongs that I could cry. Junior is not due until the end of Feb so we should go for after christmas.

I will try to organise some pictures of the young Molly for you all, although her ears are hilarious, it looks like she was given the wrong set at birth!!!

Susan and co

Dawn · Guru

Susan

I dont know how you manage to juggle such a busy life and still manage to take on a boisterous but v v cute puppy, I wish you would tell me how to do it!

Good luck with Molly, if anyone can help this wee girl it will def be you and your family.

Mac (McGinty) is doing great, he has settled down well and despite me introducing two little puppy friends for him, his best pal is DENZEL.

Look forward to hearing how Molly is, take care

Dawn & family

PS my new bathroom finally got installed last week.....can you believe that!!

Christine Young · GAL Newsletter Editor

Great to hear how Molly is getting on, Susan. It sounds as if Erin and Benson are teaching her some manners and boundaries, which she needs. Like Dawn, I admire you for taking on a foster dog like Molly at probably the most hectic time of year, especially when you're expecting another little bundle in February! Good for you - I wish I knew how you do it!

Molly will settle down soon, I hope. Looking forward to hearing more about her.

Christine

emma · Guru

Sha,

I just wanted to add that I have seen the beautiful job you did mith Suzannes Maisie, don't feel a failure. You tried and made a decision that was best for your pack - and Molly. If they don't get on then you are going to worry about fights and injuries if you need to leave them alone- not good you could have come home to a disaster. I am sure you have done the right thing. The very best of luck when you get around to fostering again, you know you make a huge difference.

Susan,

I am pleased to hear that Molly has found a new foster mum. The very best of luck - she sounds like a handfull, but gorgeous with it!

Em, tig and Chad XX

Susan Ian and Erin · Old Hand

Emma

you are so right. I hasten to add that it does take a bit of organising to keep the darling molly under some sort of control but luckily I can get away with not really having to leave them alone at the moment so I can keep a firm handle on what the little monkey is doing. Also Benson does not have a grumpy bone in his body so I can trust him to deal with any situation that arises. That said his best form of defence against the spindlies (Ian and Bensons names for the greyhound variety) is to use his mass bulk......six stone of retriever and lie on top of whoever is giving him grief. Hilarious especially when he does it to toddlers that he may find irritating!!!!!

So the upshot of this is Sha at least we are all willing to try with these dogs and I am sure frequently that there will be some dogs that just do not work out. I have had to get a very young dog of ours put down in the past because of his behaviour. No one would take him to see if he would work out with them.

As long as we all do what wee bit we can then I do not think we have to worry.

Susan and co