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Ilsa

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9. We fostered then adopted a dog whose family had

Reply to erronis (Reply #5)

Sun Jun 1, 2025, 09:10 PM

Jun 1

split up. Nasty divorce, and the mother was moving several states away with the kids, and she didn't ever want the dog. The father was going to be working and looking for a new job in the kids' new hometown, and visiting every couple of weeks. I loved that dog. She crossed the rainbow bridge 2½ years ago.

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Watch Senior Dog Who'd Been Surrendered Twice Meet His Person [View all] catbyte Jun 1 OP

Hope he is around a long, long time. efhmc Jun 1 #1

Aawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! 3catwoman3 Jun 1 #2

K&R LetMyPeopleVote Jun 1 #3

Finally found the right home 😍 Deuxcents Jun 1 #4

Wonderful. Unfortunately many people get dogs from a shelter erronis Jun 1 #5

We fostered then adopted a dog whose family had Ilsa Jun 1 #9

My Lexy dog had a similar situation. slightlv Jun 1 #10

Thank you for your story with Lexy - it was very sweet. erronis Jun 2 #12

I would love to have slightlv Jun 3 #13

What a wonderful post. Thank you catbyte. debm55 Jun 1 #6

When the pup finally took a peek into the camera... ultralite001 Jun 1 #7

Bless the beasts and the children. StarryNite Jun 1 #8

StarryNite... love the trip to the wayback, though I'll have slightlv Jun 1 #11