The Different Meanings of Fostering Ask any shelter or rescue what their number one need is, and it is almost always people willing to foster. While one may rightly assume shelters need food, vet care, or toys, fosters represent the greatest need. People ready to step up and provide a foster

Quila On February 8, 2020, Silver Linings Rescue was contacted by Janet Showley, the Executive Director of the Fulton County Animal Shelter. She was seeking rescue for a senior female dog named Tequila who had been kept as an outside dog most of her life. About 5

Oliver - by Kathy George & Rachel DiGregorio I occasionally help with the rehoming of pets and received a call from my groomer asking if I could help two dogs whose owner, Sam, was going into hospice care at a Bloomington facility. My groomer asked if I could speak to Sam's sister,

Suki Update! Suki was one of our very first cases and we learned a lot from him. He was our first intake and I fostered him from March- April 2019. Once he returned home, I became his case manager. I provided support to his owner and walked him weekly for many

My New Old Man We met in a parking lot. Our first picture together – taken by the lovely and over-extended Rescue Rep – depicts all three of us as nervous deer in headlights. We've never looked like that in real life. But at the time, seconds from driving back to

The moment I laid eyes on him, my heart sank. I sat down and offered him a treat, which he gently took from my hand. I could tell by the loss of fur and red skin on his body that he was seriously stressed, having a medical emergency, or both.