This is where I left off in revising old blogs... this is the next one I need to review and revise for grammatical errors, and such... not yet revised! ......... " After 13 years of fostering, for the 1st time, I’m a “foster failure!” I’m still scratching my head as to how this happened so, I’ll just blame it on my husband since it was his idea!" That was my facebook post a couple weeks ago and there was confusion about the term 'foster failure.' Let's delve into this subject a bit! Foster Failure ( noun ): a pet-foster-parent designated to temporarily keep/care for a pet that ends up permanently adopting said pet. definition provided by me Thomas, a little dog we fostered 4 yrs ago, pictured here with his adopter -If you google the term you'll find other similar definitions. And most of what you'll find is lighthearted. But ... my background in shelter and rescue work puts an entirely...