08/30/2026
🐾 Foster Friday: Fosters Are INVALUABLE in Helping Us Learn What Each Dog Truly Needs! 🐾
One of the most important parts of rescue is when a dog enters a foster home.
Foster families help us see who a dog really is in a home environment, allowing us to learn about their personality, habits, and unique needs. This helps us make better matches and sets both dogs and adopters up for success.
A perfect example is our adorable Basset Hound, Chester. ❤️
When Chester first became available for adoption, we received A LOT of applications. We are so grateful for all the interest, and so grateful that his foster family helped us learn things about Chester that we simply wouldn't have known otherwise. And ultimately some of those applications weren't a good fit.
Here's what we've learned:
🐶 Chester is 5 years old, but he acts much more like a teenager.
🎾 He loves toys, chewing, and playing ball.
✅ He's potty trained and leash trained.
🦴 He knows some commands but still has room to learn.
👧👦 He's wonderful with children of all ages.
🚗 He can get onto couches and into cars with a little help, but he prefers not to be picked up.
🔊 He is a typical hound and he bays, LOUDLY.
And perhaps the most important thing we've discovered...
🐕 Chester LOVES other dogs.
In fact, he loves them so much that he sometimes struggles to understand when another dog isn't interested in playing. Chester will happily bark and encourage them to join in the fun, often missing the signals that say, "No thanks."
Because of this, Chester may do best as an only dog where he can soak up all the attention, or with adopters who are willing and able to continue working on his social skills and help him learn appropriate dog-to-dog manners.
Chester is sweet, goofy, loving, and full of personality. Now that we know more about who he is, we're looking for the family that will truly be the best fit for him.
Could that be you? ❤️
👉 Apply to ADOPT Chester here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Okandogs1/DogAdoptionApplication
Want to help a rescue dog find not just any home but the right home?
👉 Apply to become a FOSTER today! https://www.cognitoforms.com/Okandogs1/OkandogsFosterApplication
