26. August 2009 by JFargo.

My wife’s not a fan of having her picture online, but I just thought this photo was too cute not to share. Sorry, hon!

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15. August 2009 by JFargo.

You may remember Blondie from when we were fostering some Lab puppies. She was a great puppy; inquisitive, and good friends with the camera. Plus, she was easy to pick out of the bunch; all her siblings were Black Labs!

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10. August 2009 by JFargo.

I could hear them trying to send mental signals to me, saying “Mister, put down the flashy thingy, and let us play in your bedroom! We promise not to make (much of) a mess!”

For the record, they were lying. The mess was huge, but they were still adorable.

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10. November 2008 by JFargo.

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Every time we foster a puppy (especially when they’re as cute as Blondie) we get asked the same question: “Why aren’t you adopting her/him/it?” People don’t mean it to come off how it does, but most of the time it seems slightly accusatory to us, as though they’re saying “Well, you can obviously take care of this dog, so why aren’t you keeping it forever and loving it?”

Fact of the matter is, we fall in love with each dog we foster, which makes it difficult to give them up for adoption. If it were up to my wife, we’d live on a farm and run a dog rescue. That’s definitely a nice dream, and maybe if we win the lotto…

But the answer to people’s question of why we don’t adopt the foster dog is simple: If we adopt this dog, we won’t foster another. We want to help save as many animals as possible.

Believe me, it was hard to let go of all the Lab puppies, but they got adopted into good homes, and that’s awesome. Now we can keep trying to get Pooh Bear adopted into a good home. Then, the next, and the next, and the next.

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2. November 2008 by JFargo.

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If you’re seeing this, my wife rushed me out of the house before I could edit it, and I didn’t get to tell you why this little cutie always seemed to get doors closed on her.

I’ll give you a hint: It’s because she stood in the doorway, cause she wasn’t that bright.

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24. October 2008 by JFargo.

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Okay, I honestly don’t have a lot to say with this picture. It was just one of the cutest pictures I’ve ever taken, and I had to share it.

Isn’t it just absolutely adorable?

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21. October 2008 by JFargo.

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Sometimes, Monster gets a little over-zealous with our foster dogs. She forgets their around, or just doesn’t see them because we haven’t trimmed her face fur in a while. I think she knows she’s a big klutz, because around the lab puppies that we fostered she tried to be careful, not to knock into them, but every now and then she’d boot them.

This picture, for example? She’s jumping off the picnic table, and has just smashed Bully’s butt, knocking him into Blondie. Don’t worry, Blondie spent the next 10 minutes beating up Bully, and a good time was had by all.

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19. October 2008 by JFargo.

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One of the greatest things my wife ever found out about dogs is that they will eat just about anything you give them. Our girls love carrots, and our foster puppies loved ice cubes.

Cheapest. Treat. Ever!

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17. October 2008 by JFargo.

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Blondie stared at me in dismay as I took pictures of her and her siblings. I kept telling her she was such a good girl, but looking at this picture I think she didn’t care; she just wanted me to save her from her evil brothers and sisters that were holding her down.

See, when they would try to nap, Blondie would often be up and about, walking over the tops of their heads, stepping on their little bellies, and generally making a ruckus. The other puppies quickly learned that, if they wanted sleep, they had to keep her on the bottom of the sleeping puppy pile.

I miss the cute little jerks.

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11. October 2008 by JFargo.

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The fun part is when one would start barking at the others, yelling at them to give the toy up, and then they would realize that the other two were getting away. It was funny, seeing the realization spread across their face of “Hey, wait, I need to get that!”

Moments later, my big Monster swooped in and dragged them all around, trying to get the toy from them.

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