[capt_noonie]

A lot of rescues post on Petfinder. It's Craigslist you need to be more careful on. There are lots of stolen dogs getting flipped on CL.

Dena, you can also look at it the same as the foster who ended up adopting. Would you be willing to foster? Look into your local rescues and apply. If you don't get approved for fostering, you likely won't get approved for adoption either. Might be the way you are answering their questions. Anyway, I started fostering with the notion that I would never adopt my fosters. If I adopted them, I wouldn't have room to help save more. BUT never say never, bc I ended up adopting Toto. For about 5 or 6 years and several fosters, he is the only one that I even considered adopting. You will have some fosters that fit your lifestyle, and some that def won't. But usually you only have fosters for a few months, and rescues hardly ever give the tough cases to new foster homes. You have to really be experienced to foster the tough cases. It is really fulfilling to help place these dogs. When you find the right family, and the dog is a perfect match, it just makes you really happy inside. I still get Christmas cards from several of my families who've adopted my fosters.