The post below is written by Lynne Fitzsimmons and shares with you one of the experiences of a foster dog.

On the 25/02/09 Funs4Paws received a dog into foster care.

Her family has been completely burnt out & the elderly couples have relocated to their daughter's house who has a family dog and two small children. The mother has suffered ill health due to the stress of their current situation.

The family made the brave decision to have their beloved dog adopted into a new forever home.

On arrival at the foster carer's home the three and a half year old dog was wide-eyed and stressed, pacing and unable to be still.

All papers were signed and the owner left quietly and very sadly.

I spoke to the wonderful couple that fostered her in the interim the following day about how their night had gone.

The environment that the dog is in is very calm and quite, no children just two adults and someone is home fulltime.

At bedtime when they put the dog into the laundry and she jumped and cried at the door, as suggested the foster carer ignored the behaviour, as the dog received no attention for the behaviour she quickly settled for the night, sleeping right through.

The following day I called in to see the dog. She is now remarkably settled, happy to go sit on her mat is still following the foster carer around but has stopped pacing.

A different dog, no more wide eyes and the panting has stopped. When the dog came in to foster care it was reported that she was barking or had been since the emergency relocation to the daughter's house, so far not a peep out of her.

The difference is remarkable.

We have a prospective adoptive home for her and will certainly let you know if we need more for this dog and any future dogs that come to us from the bush fire areas.