By Penny Eims for Dog News Examiner
Not to downplay the warm-fuzzies that a foster family gets from taking in a homeless dog, but sometimes, that’s the best you get when you foster. A Texas foster family got the warm fuzzies, and so much more from their foster dog, Vandy, last Tuesday.
Vandy, a Boxer, had narrowly escaped being euthanized at an over-crowded DFW shelter. The lucky dog was given a last minute reprieve by the Austin Boxer Rescue, and happily, wound up with a loving foster family that lives in Pflugerville.
It didn’t take the lucky dog long to prove that hers was a life worth saving. On Tuesday evening, her foster family was outside in the yard. The dogs were playing with the family’s 1 yr-old toddler when Vandy’s foster dad noticed something moving in the grass. Intrigued by the motion, the dogs and toddler began moving towards the slithering creature.
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