Pippin

We have a new foster dog, Pippin. He's a Chihuahua and far and away the smallest dog we have fostered. Pippin comes from a puppy mill with some serious trauma in his short past. While Chihuahua's usually strike me as pretty meek, this guy is all sorts of timid. We picked him up on Sat and it has been gratifying to see some progress already. Very slowly, he's coming out of his shell a bit and we are encouraging him to just be a dog. A 4.5 lb. dog, but a dog none the less. While I'd rather run for the organizations or donate in some other way, these fostering gigs have provided me with some pretty cool insights on helping out in a very personal way.

I don't know how long we will have Pippin before his forever home finds him, but it feels good to give this guy a chance to be what he is, a dog. Hell, every breathing creature deserves that.