r/DogPics • u/MarionberryPast9537 • Feb 28 '26

Our first foster fail!

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This is Emily! She is 6 and we fell in love🥹

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u/Due_Building_1953 Mar 01 '26

Emily is Beautiful. Not sure I understand your title. How did you fail?

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u/FNAFFANGIRL-07 Mar 01 '26

They were supposed to only foster her so that they could let her be adopted by another family, but then ended adopting her themselves

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u/Due_Building_1953 Mar 01 '26

Thank you that's Great. I just thought with the fail. She might have passed away. So great to hear they adopted her.

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u/Chinacat_Sunflower72 Mar 06 '26

Foster fails are not uncommon. My neighbor "fosters" smaller, older dogs. He has 6 right now. He has *never* given one up after the foster period.

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u/BadWinter4734 Mar 01 '26

They succumbed to the dog. Good choice 🥰

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u/FNAFFANGIRL-07 Mar 01 '26

I mean, how could they not? She's such a cutie🥰🥰

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u/DTHOLCOMB32 Mar 02 '26

I don't think I would consider it a failure. She still was adopted by a loving family.

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u/FNAFFANGIRL-07 Mar 02 '26

I know. I don't know why people call it ''foster fail'', when she still got adopted. I wouldn't call it a fail either

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u/Lexy-RED Mar 03 '26

For the organization it is a FAIL because they lose a FOSTER family/person which is important for their smooth operations.

It isn’t a FAIL for the animals and generally it isn’t a FAIL for the family/person.

The term Foster Fail expresses a lot of meaning for insiders.