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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with the PPs - except about fostering a dog first.  It's like trying to decide if you want a child by fostering one first.  The dog you foster may not have been raised in a stable environment, may be of a personality that doesn't do well with change or with kids.  Unless it's an owner surrender, the dog likely was in a kennel for a while and then a series of foster homes.  Those dogs are not in their normal frame of mind, you won't know what their personalities are like until the dog has had a chance to settle.  We've fostered a number of dogs from several area rescue groups.  The only dogs that we fostered that were 'typical' were those that had already been with a foster family for a while and had a chance to de-stress.  Not to say that you can't get a great dog right off the rescue truck but it's not how I'd want to start out.  You'd be better working with a couple of rescue groups, tell them your needs and have them look for a good match - that's what everyone wants, a good match.  A few of them even let you have a trial period. This area has such a high adoption rate that a good number of rescue groups have partnered with more rural shelters in other state with high kill rates.  They bring the dogs from those high kill areas up here.  We've gotten some great dogs from them but most of them were highly stressed when they came to us.[/quote]

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