We were speaking with someone about pet charities and fostering and, after discussing our experience with Cosita, she mentioned how commonly fosters end up keeping their foster dogs. She then told us of a rescue group that makes fosters agree to not keeping any of the first three dogs they foster. This seems like a very smart idea. Obviously, if you really put up a fight, I am certain the organization would let you keep any dog you fostered. However, I would imagine you become less attached when you have in your head that your unable to keep your foster. The issue is that as all dogs are great, fosters inevitably become attached. Breaking this attachment for first time fosters is vital to putting fosters in the right psychological position to give their foster to a great family. In our case, we became too attached to Cosita, so we were unable to imagine giving her to another home. I am going to try and follow up with this group and see how this policy has worked over time, but it is an intriguing idea.
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