This is great! Thank you for all the advice. I've got my BDBH application all filled out, and if we can get to our wee lil' post office during their wee lil' hours, I am hoping to send it off this afternoon. I've always been bad at paperwork, but, I've read it over about three times now, so at least I haven't missed anything!
And, JeanKBBMMMAAN, I absolutely love and really appreciate each of those stories. I've found myself with tears rolling down my face after reading about the trauma dogs have went through before they found their way to their angel-foster parents, or laughing my behind off at some of the antics I've read about some foster dogs getting up to. I'm sure my husband is afraid to come into the room now, never knowing what I've been reading. I'll either start ranting about how evil people are, and that we shouldn't be allowed to be on the same planet as other animals, or I'll start telling him an amazing rescue story and how selfless the people involved were!
It looks like I have a lot of stuff to look up, and to work on, especially socialization and crate training. However, I feel rather calm about it, considering there are so many people here on this forum who seem so willing to help. I hope adoption agencies recommend forums like this to adopting parents, because this is a very valuable resource.
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