Barbara Miller Fleischhaker

Foster and Adoption Guide – Helping animals through Home-Based rescue by Barbara Fleischhaker

 

I have a Tibetan Spaniel named Twyla. Born into a backyard breeding kennel, she was rescued and placed with Barbara Fleischhaker for foster care. Over the months she lived in Barbara’s home, Twyla learned how to be a normal dog. Everyone who has come into contact with Twyla marvels at how well-adjusted and sweet she is.

Home-based foster care is the key to successful adoptions of rescued animals. It can transform abused, neglected, terrified creatures—like Twyla—into well-behaved, happy, affectionate companions. Availability of foster homes limits how many animals a rescue group can rescue. “…Sadly, there are never enough homes,” Barbara writes. She encourages those who love animals to open their hearts and homes to rescued animals. Barbara writes from personal experience. Twyla is only one of the hundreds of lucky animals transformed by her knowledge and skill as well as abundant love of animals. The simple, practical guidelines in her short book give novice foster homes and adopters the tools they need to understand and help rescued animals. The how-to topics begin with selecting a rescue group and range from introducing rescue animals into the household through healing the physical issues and dealing with the behaviors typical of rescue animals. While she offers ample advice on the challenges of fostering, she also assures prospective foster homes of the rewards. “You will witness miracles!” she tells them.

 

Susan Waller Miccio

Author of The Tibetan Spaniel: A Gift from the Roof of the World and other books about Tibbies

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened—Anatole France.