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mnhtnbb

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17. I talked with Penny's foster mom
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 10:53 AM
Nov 2022

for an hour last night and she sent me some photos this morning.

Now I'm ambivalent. She's in Tennessee with a foster taken out of a high kill shelter in Memphis. Been with the foster mom since last Valentine's Day! Had a medical issue which didn't get fixed until a third vet surgically corrected it. No problem now for months. Was adopted once, but sent back. She escaped out the front door of her new owner, but nipped the neighbor who grabbed her. Understandable and preventable.

Penny has dog and kitty siblings in the foster home, so she's now used to pals and activity.

My concern is about the medical issue repeating (prolapsed rectum) if she gets stressed coming to a new home, and the energy level she's used to as opposed to being an only fur baby in my home, and no, I don't want two dogs.

Going to see another dog tomorrow at a shelter about an hour away. This baby looks like she could be a cousin to the dog we had before Snowy, who was adopted from a shelter when we lived in Nebraska.

Penny is a terrier mix and the dog I'll see tomorrow looks like a retriever mix, but with a long coat. Both girls are all black.



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