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Dawn was not only loved in the end, but she was home. Dawn arrived emaciated and in hospice care, and Summer knew they might not have much time together. Dodo editor Monica shares how fostering Dawn changed Summer’s idea of what it means to give a senior dog a home, and why she ultimately decided to make Dawn an official part of her family.

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00:00Summer made one of the most selfless decisions to give this senior emaciated dog a chance at
00:05the life she deserved. I saw Dawn for the first time posted in a Facebook group. She was found
00:11in a ditch. She was laying on somebody's patio but she needed a temporary foster and so that's
00:16when I took her in. They said she is not a fan of getting up so they told me we
00:22gotta kind of ease
00:23into it. You could just tell she was tired and her body was healing. Summer completely dedicated
00:39herself to caring for this senior dog during one of the most vulnerable times in her life.
00:50She ended up getting diagnosed with cancer, nasal carcinoma. It's hard emotionally to step up
00:55knowing that you're gonna have to say goodbye at some point and so I was happy to be able to
01:00be
01:00there and give her some love and time and in what time we had. Summer decided to prioritize giving
01:13her a peaceful, non-traumatic, end-of-life experience but that didn't come without giving
01:18Dawn one of the best gifts yet. I felt like the final act of love for Dawn was adopting her.
01:23Even
01:24if she didn't know it, I knew that she was worth it and she got to go and have an
01:29official home
01:30and a family and I felt like that just it means a lot. I think a lot of us are
01:35hesitant to foster,
01:37adopt, or help hospice dogs because we're worried about how it will affect us. But fostering and
01:43really the world of rescue in general is not about us. Summer couldn't change everything Dawn had been
01:48through or how much time she had left but she could make sure that while Dawn was here she was
01:53cared for,
01:54comfortable, and deeply loved.
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