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I’m a Failed Foster Dog Guardian, and I Couldn’t Be Happier

There’s something bittersweet about life with a new dog after losing my old boy

Ali Hall
Namaste Now
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5 min readNov 24, 2024

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Lenny a black and white dog with one blue eye
Author’s own image of Lenny

This wasn’t supposed to happen.

I promised myself I wouldn’t get attached. There was to be no merging of hearts here. More fool me really, because I was never not going to allow the soul of a K9 in need to melt into my being and lodge itself in my spirit.

So here we are. I’ve failed.

Within a couple of hours of being asked to foster him, I had this bundle of nervous energy in my home. After a few days of fostering him, my husband turned to me and said, “So, we’re keeping him, right?”

And I guess that was that.

But this wasn’t supposed to happen. It’s bad timing. He’s not exactly what I would have chosen. And if I were to try and pick fault with him, all I can say is that he’s not perfect.

But show me someone who is perfect, and I’ll show you a liar.

Perhaps my biggest resistance is from my grieving heart. Is it too soon? We had to say goodbye to our 13-year-old dog, Zaccy Bear, in February.

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Ali Hall
Ali Hall

Written by Ali Hall

✍Well-being, feminism, personal growth & life observations. Childfree & owner of Life Without Children & Abnormally Normal. Lover of trail running & dogs.

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