It's inevitable when you do foster/rescue that you run into dogs that you just fall in love with. We're just all nuts about Sam and can't imagine our home without him now, so we've asked to adopt him.
It was a very hard decision for me because of the tradeoffs. Sam would make a great dog for a first time dobe owner because he's so mellow, and then we'd have room for another foster. But I can also very realistically see us 6 months down the road, still no puppy, saying 'I wish we still had Sam', and after having been through that before with Sunny (another big red fosterguy, oddly enough), I don't want to regret not spending time with the ones that I love while I can.
We can still help out with short term fostering, transport, and events, so it's not like we're going to completely stop helping other dogs. I keep feeling selfish, but my lovely husband reminded me: "There's nothing selfish about giving a great dog a good home".
I should have some more pics and a couple really cute videos to post later today!
Also later today, Sam gets to meet his cousin Jason for the first time. Jason's always been great with all of our dogs, and I'm sure he'll adore Sam as much a we do.
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