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#foster

Andres Salomon
2 weeks ago

Happy #Caturday! This is our latest #foster, Vinnie ("Ay! I'm walkin' here!")

He's an extremely sweet old man; they're estimating 15 years old. He loves to sleep curled up next to my kid in bed at night. Unfortunately it's been difficult to get pics of him, because he's skin & bones. He was terrified at the #shelter, and refused to eat for weeks. They had to force feed him multiple times. His appetite is back now that he's in our house.

He's also extremely chill in the bath.

Completely black cat from the chest/shoulders up. He's looking to the right side of the camera. He's in a white bathtub full of water, with some tufts of hair in the water. Look at that white grout! I recaulked! So clean!
Me (a guy w/ glasses, blue Bicycle Lobby tshirt, and in desperate need of a haircut) looking down at a black cat that I'm cradling in my arms with a white towel. The cat is looking at the camera. He does not appear upset or alarmed.
Anna (green shirt, bike shorts, no head or legs visible) with a wet black cat on her lap, sitting on the edge of the bathtub. The cat is wrapped in a white towel, but still clearly all wet.
L'Osservatorio Esteri
4 weeks ago

#RegnoUnito #NordIrlanda #UE #Brexit
Tra i presenti ci saranno gli ex leader del DUP Baroness #Foster e Peter #Robinson. Il risultato di tale incontro verrà riferito al Partito alla fine di questo mese.

@OsservatorioEsteri

AnnTelope
4 weeks ago

We're talking to a cat #foster about adopting. We can only take two, max. There are three siblings. Foster is cool with us taking just two - she doesn't think it's likely that all three can find a home together - but thinking about separating them is breaking my heart. Conflicted. #CatAdoption

Mary Nelson
1 month ago

This year I discovered Claire Keegan's fiction. After I read her novella, Foster, I was truly blown away by the power of her narrative style. Having grown up in an (immigrant) Irish Catholic family, it truly resonated.

Stunned to learn that Colm Bairéad used the story as the basis of his film, nominated for an Oscar, called "The Quiet Girl", in English, (Irish title "An Cailín Ciúin") and much of it is in the Irish language.

#ClaireKeegan #Foster #TheQuietGirl #Books #Bookstodon #Film

🌈 🌷 🐝 🍝 📚
1 month ago

I just came back from #Foster's and I'm having a #burger hangover. How much beef is too much beef? Dreepy cheesy onion beef burger, baked potato, sour cream... mouth watering.

So here I am, partly #hangover, partly super stuffed... having a tea waiting for the sleep to hit. No more uni for this week... in need of some #party or drinks, friends night, confessions and hours pf #videogames... anyone up to it?

I will silently watch family guy while I think about the stuff we could be doing.

Ñas!

Spring
1 month ago

Me: Due to technical difficulties, today's main activity is postponed to Tuesday.

Myself: Hooray! Booze and movies!

Me: You still have to go give a dog a pill out in the country.

Myself: Fuck!

#foster #rescue #adopt #dogs #fosterdogs

Ryan Hyde
1 month ago

New foster pups! These two are on a guaranteed one week foster hold as they’re going to be part of a fundraising event next week before they go up for adoption. The pug is Muffin, and she’s 9 months old. The Bichon is Tippy, and he’s 7 years. They are best friends and totally inseparable! Super cute.

(Note that they’re not being held extra long for the fundraising event - this is just good timing for the shelter. And the event is on TV, so it’s low stress)

#foster #dogsofmastodon #puppy

Ryan Peters
2 months ago

Our foster, Ellie, posing with her grape she tried to enjoy, but ultimately gave up.

#dog #dogs #foster #adopt

Amy
2 months ago

Hello everyone. I’ve just moved insurance so a quick reintroduction. I’m married and we have four kids and one foster kid. I’m a #foster carer and work for a #charity. In the little free time I have left I love #photography and completed a 365 photo a day project last year. I’m taking it a bit easier this year. I also love to #sew and enjoy most #crafts and have a varied eclectic taste in #music.

CK DexterHaven
2 months ago

So because I’m trying to balance health needs with different social media platform needs, there’s going to be some experimenting. I’m doing longer form riffs on Post for now and providing blurbs and links elsewhere.

Short version- we’re in GenPop and found Momma’s bed. More of an explainer Re process on Post. #cats #mastodoncat #fedicats #HospiceCat #Foster

https://post.news/article/2KyipGO2WkdP6lGF4XwX3Rf7oCZ

When kids are tapered off one psychotropic drug only to be replaced with another, there can be huge mood and behavior issues. #Schools aren't notified during this 2-6wk period, so #disciplinary issues are attributed to the kid being defiant. This can result in #restraint, seclusion, & even #student #arrest. #Foster parents can be manipulated to agree to more restrictive school placements, if there's an #IEP. This just further damages the child's ability to receive an #education. /2 #edutooter

"1 in 3 #Maryland #foster #children are being given psychotropic #medications, often without a documented #psychiatric #diagnosis, according to the #ACLU lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for Maryland. This is compared to about 8% of Medicaid-eligible children nationwide who are not in foster care."

Aside from health risks of docs prescribing meds off-label to kids, let's talk about the #education and #PrisonPipeline implications of this atrocity. 1/2

https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/bs-md-lawsuit-foster-children-20230117-e7lyxy7gdfcv7g7ezmafgnt33e-story.html

Collieful Life 🐾
2 months ago

#Throwback photo of Dakota when we had only just started to #foster her. Two years ago I was sleeping downstairs with her on the sofa because after the first couple of nights went well she started pacing and spinning at night and wouldn't settle in the crate either. So I had about 10 nights of sleeping on the sofa! The things we do for #dogs 😂

#DogsOfMastodon #BorderColliesOfMastodon #BorderCollie #ColliesOfMastodon #FosterDog #RescueDogs

Border collie dog with pointy ears lying on her side on a leather sofa covered with a blanket looking up at the camera.  The arm of the sofa is to her right and to her left there is a slightly folded back quilt that she is resting her head on.
Gemma Abbott
2 months ago

I want to read everything #ClaireKeegan has ever written. I’m not sure I’ve ever read a writer so sparing with her words to such impact. Every single line is measured to perfection. Just glorious.

#Foster #WhatImReading #BookRecommendations

Copy of Claire Keegan’s Foster, sitting on a dark grey mantelpiece against a teal blue wall. The cover is of a simple brown house from the side, against a cloudless blue sky and a green grass. The author’s name is white embossed text, the book title in yellow. The descriptions are “a real jewel” by the Irish Independent; “A thing of finely honed beauty” by the Guardian and “A small miracle” by the Sunday Times
Eric Stoveken
3 months ago

Anyone in the #Philadelphia #Philly area looking to #adopt or #foster a sweet #pitbull #terrier? (Quite Quickly)

My wife clicked on link to this sweet girl's profile thinking it was a GoFundMe for vet bills or something.

Turns out Vivian is at a #KillShelter and timestamped for #euthanasia this Friday 1/7/23

http://www.acctphilly.org/available-dogs/?fbclid=IwAR0IUjQjHZtoZIILQKh5NXv9OV5dfiM2k1lX5avUihGBd4F7ZXYEZSHEeaw#sl_embed&page=shelterluv_embed_134581655488378088%252Fembed%252Fanimal%252FACCT-A-129005

We can't take her due to restrictions in our lease, but I promised I would do everything I c

cassi
3 months ago

sent off to her adopter! good luck Cleo (maybe now "Phoebe") 🥰

#foster #dogs, #cats, and other small animals in #Chicago:https://www.onetail.org/foster/

kissing a grey cat with yellow-brown eyes
Hanson Oak :verified:
3 months ago

What if this year our #resolution for the new year was to change someone ELSE'S life?

What if we #dedicated ourselves to bring #joy and happiness to everyone we meet - even if only for the brief moment we met them?

#HappyNewYear2023
#KindnessMatters #change #Writing #nature #science #friendship #love #bekind #music #art #writingcommunity #volunteer #foster #horror #begrateful #introduction #WelcomeToMastadon

AI6YR
3 months ago

LA Animal Services waiving adoption fees for pets #LosAngeles #pets #rescue #foster #LosAngelesCounty https://www.laanimalservices.com/

1200 dogs in LA Shelters
Priyangee :autistic:
3 months ago

Dog Foster

What should one prepare for before they foster a dog?

#DogsOfMastodon
#FosterDog
#Foster
#Fosters

TJ
3 months ago

Absolutely shocking and appalling report by NPR on a North Carolina law - and practice - that takes children from their families for non-payment of a government bill they are often not even told about. #northcarolina #foster #parenting #family

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/27/1145714364/laws-allow-kids-to-be-taken-away-from-their-parents-if-they-fail-to-pay-debts

When I was a #child, we learned "classic American" #pop #tunes like 'Camptown Races' by #Stephen #Foster. If schoolchildren of today learn the #songs of #American #composers of 80 years prior, would that be things like 'I Look in Your Face (and I see Omaha)' by #Stan #Freberg?
Random thought after hearing 'Green Christmas' yet again :blobcatstabbystab:

I'm in twitter jail but this breaks my heart. Please help if you can:
https://twitter.com/NYCDEATHROWCATS/status/1606437668006543360

#Rescue #Foster

Seán Costello
3 months ago

“Early on a Sunday, after first Mass in Clonegal, my father, instead of taking me home, drives deep into Wexford towards the coast where my mother’s people came from.” A fine film in its own right, An Cailín Ciúin is remarkably true to its source text, Claire Keegan’s brilliant Foster. #AnCailínCiúin #TheQuietGirl #Foster #ClaireKeegan

Cover of the Grove Press edition of Foster by Claire Keegan
A Muttley Crew
3 months ago

Kiki & Tasha trying out their "puppys first harness I made & their first very short walk on lead. They and their 2 siblings also made the news #foster #puppies #RescuePups #crochet https://extra.ie/2022/12/22/news/irish-news/madra-puppies-surrendered

A Muttley Crew
3 months ago

Say Hello to new foster pups Kiki & Tashi. 8 weeks old Another "accidental" litter ( aka irresponsible owners who didnt bother spaying/ neutering but expect rescues with limited resources to pick up after them) MADRA is a small rescue but today took on their 21st litter of 2022. 109 puppies, over 60 in just the last 2 months all needing vet care, food, shelter while waiting for homes. And the surrender requests keep flooding in. #foster #puppies #collies #AdoptDontShop #RescueDog

Robert MacLean
3 months ago

Say hello to Mikey

Good adoption fell through and his brother got adopted today, so I'm #fostering until he finds his forever home.

If you are in #CapeTown and want to meeta cute pupper, let me know

#dogs #dogsofmastodon #foster

Mikey the puppy sitting on my lap
Anthony Pham
3 months ago

Right out of the carrier and into the pets. She even wanted to be held for a bit.

#pets #cats #foster #CatsOfMastodon #siamese

KidsData
3 months ago

Fact of the day: In 2021, more than 32,000 foster youth were enrolled in California public schools—around one half of one percent of the student body statewide.
Learn more: kidsdata.org/topic/2202/foster-students/map#loct=3&fmt=2734&tf=141

#Children #Youth #Foster #Students #California @edutooters

Lee Hulme (it/its)
3 months ago

I'm taking part in a 12hr #twitchstream marathon to raise funds for the Families United Network, a #foster & #adoption charity.

We've got some perks & some fun planned. And we're hoping to hit $500 before the stream on the 30th - just over $100 to go!

https://donorbox.org/foster-care-families-4-kids#info

Jo de Vivre
3 months ago

A cat I fostered who was a sweetie. He was feral, which is why he has a clipped ear, and FIV+ which is why he has no teeth as they were all extracted to prevent infections, he almost always had a blep.
#caturday #blackcat #cats #foster

Black cat head, tongue blep.
Black cat looking annoyed
Black cat looking dopey with blep
Black cat sticks tongue way out at you, with squinty eyes.
prunella
3 months ago

These were some of my major accomplishments this year.

How about you? What were you up to in 2022?

prunellashome.wordpress.com
#rescue #cats #foster #adoptdontshop #adopt

Tim Gatewood
4 months ago

Happy #Caturday from foster cat Tiger, who is available as #A17445 at #MemphisAnimalServices. I have an appointment to take him and his so-far-unregistered brother Too into MAS on Wednesday so they can put them on display for adoption. Fostering to adopt from here hasn't worked. I'm hopeful they will go together and quickly to a new forever home where they can be loved as they deserve. (Looking forward to getting my home back as it was. 5 cats is plenty.) #foster #adopt #cats #Memphis

Tabbie cat Tiger, in my lap looking up
A Muttley Crew
4 months ago

Levi & Luca vs the cat toy🤣🤣🤣 #rescue #puppies #foster #adoptdontshop

A Muttley Crew
4 months ago

Luca and Levi aka Mayhem and Shenanigan! Rescues all over Ireland are at crisis point. Pandemic pups, the accomodation disaster, cost of living have created a perfect storm of surrender & rehoming requests, abandoned pups & dogs. Rescues are full with terrifyingly long waiting lists, pounds are full. Rescuers are exhausted with no let up. If rescues & pounds close, where will the dogs go?😔 #Foster if you can, #AdoptDontShop , Support small rescues, not the big ones who get MASSIVE gov't grants

A Muttley Crew
4 months ago

Finally got mastodon on my phone, which on reflection is where I should have started. Life has been full of foster pups so expect to be spammed! These two Gracie & Frankie, dumped with their 5 siblings, in the middle of freezing cold wet night headed off on Saturday to new families. From Dumped to adored. 2 more arrived on the same day. Pics later! #Rescue #Foster #AdopDontShop

Gracie and Frankie doing that adorable puppy face😍
LadySG
4 months ago

@Number10cat We're not in a position to give a permanent home to a cat now, but, just drawing attention to #foster #caring People who can't make a long term commitment can often offer a domestic home in the short term to older cats who've lost their carers and during kitten season when shelters can be full to bursting. In the past we've had a few and although it hurt when they moved on, it felt like a good thing to do #caturday

Ryan Peters
4 months ago

Current #foster #dog bunch

Tim Gatewood
4 months ago

Next is Too, so named because whatever Tiger gets, he wants it too. He's not quite as affectionate or trusting as Tiger, but they are bonded and do all sorts of cat stuff together. He's not yet been registered for adoption at Memphis Animal Services, but I hope to take care of that soon.

#cats #foster #adopt

Tabbie cat, Too (tee oh oh). Bonded companion to Tiger. Foster cat available for adoption.
Owncast
6 months ago

CATS 24/7/365 has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://home.idge.net.

CW: Poop and sick kittens.

The berry kittens are recovering very well! They're all gaining weight, learning to eat on their own, and are starting to act like kittens!

Their names are
Boysenberry (male tuxedo)
Mulberry (dark gray tabby female)
Cranberry (light gray tabby female)
Huckleberry (dark gray tabby male)
Strawberry (calico female)

#live #foster #cats #kittens

Owncast
7 months ago

CATS 24/7/365 has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://home.idge.net.

CW: Poop and sick kittens.

The berry kittens are recovering very well! They're all gaining weight, learning to eat on their own, and are starting to act like kittens!

Their names are
Boysenberry (male tuxedo)
Mulberry (dark gray tabby female)
Cranberry (light gray tabby female)
Huckleberry (dark gray tabby male)
Strawberry (calico female)

#live #foster #cats #kittens

Owncast
7 months ago

CATS 24/7/365 has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://home.idge.net.

CW: Poop and sick kittens.

The berry kittens are recovering very well! They're all gaining weight, learning to eat on their own, and are starting to act like kittens!

Their names are
Boysenberry (male tuxedo)
Mulberry (dark gray tabby female)
Cranberry (light gray tabby female)
Huckleberry (dark gray tabby male)
Strawberry (calico female)

#live #foster #cats #kittens

Owncast
7 months ago

CATS 24/7/365 has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://home.idge.net.

CW: Poop and sick kittens.

The berry kittens are recovering very well! They're all gaining weight, learning to eat on their own, and are starting to act like kittens!

Their names are
Boysenberry (male tuxedo)
Mulberry (dark gray tabby female)
Cranberry (light gray tabby female)
Huckleberry (dark gray tabby male)
Strawberry (calico female)

#live #foster #cats #kittens

Owncast
8 months ago

CATS 24/7/365 has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://home.idge.net.

CW: Poop and sick kittens.

The berry kittens are recovering very well! They're all gaining weight, learning to eat on their own, and are starting to act like kittens!

Their names are
Boysenberry (male tuxedo)
Mulberry (dark gray tabby female)
Cranberry (light gray tabby female)
Huckleberry (dark gray tabby male)
Strawberry (calico female)

#live #foster #cats #kittens

Owncast
8 months ago

CATS 24/7/365 has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://home.idge.net.

kitten cam will return 07.18.22

#live #foster #cats #kittens

Owncast
9 months ago

CATS 24/7/365 has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://home.idge.net.

Welcome to my foster kitten cam!
Hey y'all. Mama cat is stressed and has been trying to move the babies. So no kitten cam for now until she can feel a little safer in her space.

#live #foster #cats #kittens

Owncast
9 months ago

CATS 24/7/365 has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://home.idge.net.

Welcome to my foster kitten cam!
I have a mama cat and her 5 kittens that were born on 06.13. I'm also fostering a kitten born on 06.14. Right now I'm trying to get him introduced into the litter. Mama cat accepted him immediately, but he's having a little trouble nursing. Wish us luck!

#live #foster #cats #kittens

Owncast
9 months ago

CATS 24/7/365 has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://home.idge.net.

Welcome to my foster kitten cam!
I currently have a ~4 day old kitten in the incubator. Wish me luck and join me in watching him/her grow!

#live #foster #cats #kittens

Owncast
10 months ago

CATS 24/7/365 has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://home.idge.net.

Welcome to my foster kitten cam!
This is Basil and Beatrice. They're 4-weeks old, and are currently recovering from severe illness. Send good healing vibes their way!

#live #foster #cats #kittens

Owncast
10 months ago

CATS 24/7/365 has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://home.idge.net.

Welcome to my foster kitten cam!
This is Basil and Beatrice. They're 4-weeks old, and are currently recovering from severe illness. Send good healing vibes their way!

#live #foster #cats #kittens

Owncast
10 months ago

CATS 24/7/365 has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://home.idge.net.

These are 4 foster kittens I took in on May 13. They're really sick, so send good vibes for fast healing for these babies. I lost one last night, but 2 of the others seem to be improving. The 3rd is still touch and go.
TW: poop and very sick/lethargic kittens.

#live #foster #cats #kittens

Ryan Peters
11 months ago

The annoying thing about these #foster #dogs and #puppies is they need to be kept separate, but they ALL want to be around us, and sometimes stop at nothing to find their way around/under/over the gates.

Ryan Peters
11 months ago

Our current #foster #dog: Amazon

Also, no, we didn't name her.

Owncast
1 year ago

@ryan has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://live.binarydad.com.

Puppy Cam!

#streaming #owncast #puppies #dogs #foster

Owncast
1 year ago

@ryan has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://live.binarydad.com.

Puppy Cam!

#streaming #owncast #puppies #dogs #foster

Owncast
1 year ago

@ryan has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://live.binarydad.com.

Puppy Cam!

#streaming #owncast #puppies #dogs #foster

Owncast
1 year ago

@ryan has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://live.binarydad.com.

Puppy Cam!

#streaming #owncast #puppies #dogs #foster

Owncast
1 year ago

@ryan has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://live.binarydad.com.

Puppy Cam!

#streaming #owncast #puppies #dogs #foster