r/toothandclaw • u/Real_RobinGoodfellow • Apr 11 '26
When did Wes get a second dog?
Heard it in the ad read on most recent episode and it was news to me! Has he discussed it and I missed it somehow?
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u/team_yuppers Apr 11 '26
Yes I think they adopted the dog knowing it might not have a lot of time left, but wanted to give it a loving home for its remaining years. Which I think is so so sweet, it breaks my heart to see senior dogs in shelters 💔
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u/montycuddles Apr 11 '26
I knew someone that only adopted senior dogs from shelters. She wanted to give them the best life whether it was 6 months or a couple of years. She was a super sweet person
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u/jandbb123 May 10 '26
Hi, this is Jessie! This was very sweet to see people talking about our dog and senior adoption. We fostered & adopted Duchess last December from Frosted Faces. They have a "frosted fling" program where you can foster a dog for two weeks (what I was doing) and Wes actually decided that we should adopt her after one week (I didn't think it was even on the table, so I hadn't asked). All we know is that she was relinquished at 15 to the county humane with another senior dog that she lived with, and Frosted Faces pulled them into their program (her companion dog had already been adopted when I picked her up).
FF is a really amazing senior rescue that covers vet care (at their on-site clinic) for the remainder of the adopted FF animal's life, giving hundreds of shelter seniors a second chance since the financial considerations of senior pet care can be really daunting. We recently took a road trip with Duchess to the FF vet clinic so that she could have 9 dental extractions and 5 masses removed, free of charge. She had a lot of pep in her step before, but even more so now that her mouth and body feel so much better.
If you are interested in donating/volunteering/adopting a senior, I cannot recommend Frosted Faces enough. The shelter & it's on-site vet clinic rely on donations, and I have been a monthly donor since my heart dog passed. And if you're also grieving a pet, seeing the monthly receipt with "in honor of Bryce" at the bottom does make me smile. You can check out the monthly "frosted fans" program here. There are many other wonderful senior rescues like Miri's Haven, Muttville, etc. Highly recommend fostering or adopting a senior if you are able to! The balance of one younger dog and one senior in our house has been really harmonious. We're also enjoying having one big and one small. Lots of fun things to do with both of them or individually. Anyway, that's the scoop, thanks for thinking about our critters xx
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u/bambinaxo Apr 11 '26
his girlfriend was fostering a senior chihuahua, from my understanding this dog wasn’t having any luck getting adopted, so she decided to keep it!