Charleston SC Deli Sign

This week’s image was a photograph taken in Charleston South Carolina (USA). My sister is on a river cruise on the southeastern coast of the United States and boarded her ship in Charleston, South Carolina. Her cruise reminded me that I had visited Charleston early last year and had taken hundreds of photographs around the city.

Most of the photographs that I took in Charleston were not ones that I wanted to process and post because of the weather and season. Many of the historic or architecturally interesting buildings were behind bare branches. Those branches spoiled the view in my opinion. The skies were white and boring because it had been raining for days.

However, when I was going back through those photographs I saw the Brown Dog Deli sign. That name struck a chord with me, so to speak.

For over a year, soon after I moved to Florence, Alabama (USA), I had fostered dogs for an animal rescue out of Massachusetts. The non-profit rescue was called Brown Dog Rescue. The deli in Charleston is not affiliated with the rescue in Massachusetts but it sure brought back some fond memories when I saw that sign.

Brown Dog Rescue pulls dogs and cats from southern shelters, finds them temporary fosters homes, provides vetting and then arranges for transport to a quarantine facility in Massachusetts. From there the animals either go to their new adoptive homes or are fostered in that area until permanent homes can be found for them.

My experience with fostering was a positive one that lasted until we experienced a foster fail. For those who are not familiar with that phrase, a foster fail is when you foster an animal and then decide to adopt that same animal.

I am no longer fostering dogs through our local shelter or through Brown Dog Rescue. I do, however, support their efforts in other ways. For example if you purchase anything from my Going To The Dogs Collection, 100% of my markup is donated to Chloe’s fund (a fund that provides life saving treatment and surgeries for shelter animals in the Lauderdale, Florence Alabama area).

Shelters and rescues all over the nation are over capacity and begging for help to save the lives of these animals. If you are unable at this time to adopt then fostering is an awesome alternative. Shelter animals cannot go to rescues unless they are fostered first to see what their true temperament and personalities are when living in a home environment.

If you love animals please consider adopting or fostering a cat or dog from your local shelter or rescue organization.

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