Looking after a dog and then having to say goodbye as it goes to its new home is never easy, but although we find it difficult it is heartbreaking for my grandaughter Sophie. Dave and I have always felt it is really important for children to have a pet while they are growing up it teaches them to respect life and also shows them how sometimes putting others before themselves is a worthwhile thing to do.
Poor Sophie has fallen head over heels in love with every dog we have had in foster with us so far, and when I told her last week that Luke may be going to a new home she was inconsolable, I did wonder if it was fair to keep doing this to her , as it happens Luke is still here :) but when and IF he ever finds his forever home, after the initial grief at him going Im sure Sophie will be waiting for the next dog to come and make her fall in love with him too.
love from Linda and Luke x