09/16/2025
***A New Beginning***
We LOVE foster-to-adopt stories and today it’s all about Tinker! This young girl went from a life of wandering the streets of California to a life of love and happiness with Emilie and Brian, and their 2-year-old Boxer, Moose! It didn’t take long for this family to know that Tinker, now known as Cali, would become a permanent member of their pack. Emilie tells us how it all came to be…
“We lost our senior Boxer in June, and Moose was just beside himself. We knew we would need to find him a sibling sooner rather than later.
We had never fostered a dog before and it’s always been a scary idea, but we decided to take the leap and try it out. The support through the Foster-To-Adopt program was so nice. Everyone that reached out had wonderful suggestions about getting us used to this process. When we found out Tinker was deaf, we even got help with some best practices for learning to deal with a deaf dog.
Sometimes you know when things are a good fit and sometimes your current Boxer finds a friend and doesn’t want to let her go. While we all fell in love with Tinker it was our current boxer Moose that ultimately decided she was home. The love between them was instant and there really was never a doubt she wouldn’t stay here. She worked her way into the whole family’s hearts (and laps).”
Brian and Emilie, and especially Moose, we are so happy that you dipped your toes (and paws) into the fostering pond and found sweet Cali. We know she’ll have a great life with you all and we can’t wait to hear about the fun times you have together over the years to come. Congratulations!