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Revision as of 18:00, 18 January 2012
Why This Wiki?
This wiki is intended to be a resource for foster parents and adopters of WAGS Rescue & Referral dogs -- and any other homeless dogs who find themselves in need of foster or forever homes.
WAGS is an exclusively foster-based rescue group. We can only save as many dogs as we have homes for them to stay in. By fostering or adopting, you are truly saving a life.
I won't lie: Fostering a dog is a lot of work. A lot. But it is also extraordinarily rewarding to know that you have made a real and positive difference in the world by not only saving an innocent animal, but helping that animal navigate the difficult and confusing journey from her old life into her new one.
Most of our dogs come from relatively poor, less urbanized areas of the South. Some may have been "yard dogs" kept exclusively outdoors. Others might have been long-term strays. Many of my own foster dogs were unused to being indoors and were confused or frightened by stairs, glass doors, bicycles, and other things with which they had little experience. While these dogs tend to be extraordinarily sweet, affectionate, and quick to adjust, they do need some extra help early on. Good foster care makes a huge difference in enabling these dogs adjust to what is, to them, a whole new world.
