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20 APRIL 2015 DOGGIERESCUE.COM MAGAZINE

Meet our Hello Readers,
beautiful
foster doggie Kinks (affectionately known as Bugsy)
is a very precious senior, who came
THE JOY OF FOSTERING to us in July 2008 to recover from
knee surgery as he was limping badly
By Marina De Marchi when DR rescued him from the
pound. I remember one of the DR
“ Older doggies have a real charm about them….” ladies bringing him over just a day
after his surgery. He was all
Background: Kinks ( was originally known as Bugsy ) is a small, tri colour bandaged and needed to be carried
Foxy x who came from the pound in 2008 with an injured leg which in and out of the house whenever he
needed surgery. Due to his fragile condition a foster carer was needed for needed to go to the toilet as he was
him to be able to have one on one care while he recovered from surgery pretty much on bed rest for the first
as he was limping badly. Marina was perfect for Kinks as she and her week or so.
family had fostered dogs from DoggieRescue before. This is her story.
Right from the start Kinks seemed to
understand that he was being helped
and he never once complained about
being picked up to be taken outside
or being given medication or having
his bandages checked. He just went
with the flow. A few weeks later he
was diagnosed with Cushings
disease and was put on medication to
manage the condition.

In 2010 he was briefly adopted, but
was returned to DR after a week as
he showed a propensity for chasing
the family chickens. When Doggie
Rescue called me to say he was
being returned to the shelter, we were
delighted to take him back and he
was equally delighted to see us when
we went to pick him up at Ingleside,
and he’s happily been with us ever
since.

The only reason we haven’t adopted
him ourselves was that his medication
was very expensive and we have
three ageing dogs of our own. When
you foster, DoggieRescue pays for
any medication your foster doggie
might need as well as any vet bills
( with pre approval ) so for us
fostering Kinks was ideal and we
could give him the loving, stable
home environment that he craved.