Welcome Teddy!

Well our surprise has arrived! Its Teddy! As many regulars know, I volunteer for Labrador Retriever Rescue of Florida. I have not been able to help out as a foster home because back before Moose's injury we were renting and now that I have my own place I have felt the excitement of a buddy would wear him out and slow down his recovery. However, at the moment ALL of the South Florida foster homes are full and unfortunately the homeless labbies don't stop coming! So I agreed to be a temporary emergency foster. Emergency means that if we don't pick the dog up he will be euthanized. And today, Teddy's time was up until another LRRoF volunteer swooped in to rescue him and our job is to give him a place to stay until one of our permanent fosters opens up.
Teddy was a stray and was just neutered today so, much like my Moose, there is supposed to be no 'horseplay' according to his chart. Moose decided that since he is a Moose and not a horse that this instruction does not apply so we are having a time trying to keep the play to a minimum. So far they get along famously with only some minor kibble squabbles.
Teddy is a sweet sweet boy but a bit of a handful. It took me about 10 minutes and a lot of chicken to get the cone on him so it has to stay on which makes the crate difficult.
He definitely has not always been a stray. He knows sit and he seems to be house broken (knock on wood) but he has no boundaries whatsoever. When I am sitting on the couch, he will walk up to me and just keep walking until he is on my lap! I would love to do some clicker training with him but it is difficult with moose there AND he is not terribly interested in anything I have given him except chicken and I ran out. I even tried a Kong and he licked it but would not really play with it. I am pretty sure it was his first Kong and he also acts like he has never heard a squeaky toy before! Poor guy.
I know most of you readers have a full house of your own but if you know anyone who loves dogs please ask them to consider fostering. Before I could commit to full time dog ownership I used to borrow friends dogs and now I know I would have been an ideal candidate for this kind of emergency fostering. It is common too that rescue organizations need foster homes that do not have dogs of their own since some of the rescues will come in with kennel cough and need to be isolated for a short time. I wish I had known about this opportunity before I owned my own dog so if you know someone who loves dogs and might be able to help please spread the word and tell them to look for a local rescue organization (or LRRoF if they live anywhere in the state of Florida)!