A Foster Fail Story: Wingman

Written by ​Lisa Klobuchar

In the spring of 2015, the canine flu epidemic in Chicago was raging, and young rescue organization called One Tail at a Time was calling for dog-free foster homes willing to take strays from Chicago Animal Care and Control that were at risk of flu exposure. Feeling called to do something for the community during this crisis, I filled out a foster application. Then week after week I then hemmed and hawed, never feeling it was quite the right time to welcome a pup. 

July rolled around and the vans of Chicago Animal Care and Control were patrolling the streets, especially busy during the days around 4th of July fireworks, when so many terrified dogs run for the fences. On July 8, one of them, a balding, rat-tailed, malnourished, brown-toothed 12-pound scruff, was captured near Western and 35th. 

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