Need Foster Care for Older Dog - Cocker - 3 Months

Thank you all for your responses.  I've contacted the shelters.  I know about the Cocker Rescues up here.  There is one in Hobart, NY (west Albany).  That is where I found the Cocker that my mom has now.  There is also one in New Hampshire.

I live an hour north of Albany - Lake George. Alex is a male.  He can not be with other dogs due to medical history.  He is an Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Survivor!  70% die the first week in treatment and then still not all make it.  I took him to a private, veterinary hospital located two hours away for almost two years.  Has allergies since then, one one eye was consumed by a cataract in a few months.  He gets an anti-epileptic liquid squirted on his food, and an antihistamine in his food.  I do not keep his coat long anymore.  He came from a good line and has a very thick, curly coat.  But, he's a happy dog.

The kicker is that, my parents (dad gone now) have been good tenants for 16 years.  My mom has the Cocker I mentioned and Alex is the only dog he likes. He was a rescue.  These are extenuating circumstances.  We are talking about some of the winter months (November - February).  It was not a problem during my dad's three months when he was hospitalized and I came up to help my mom and take care of his funeral arrangements.

 I need to save up to relocate to Chapel Hill.  You know how Disability can be.  They took forever to review my app then denied it, as they do most.  They are like insurance companies.  They hope you give up or die in the meantime.  In NYS, it takes a year to get an administrative hearing.  If I go to work, I loose my health benefits - I'm in a special program of Medicare's.  My alimony designed to be half of my monthly living expenses so I could re-enter the job market and get back to my usual salary level, will end in February, and I haven't worked a day.  I have a Master's plus, so that adds on to the "overqualified" excuse.

I'm going to try to find someone who will take him weekdays, and he will "visit" on the weekends as he has in the past. 

I'lll attach some photos to my profile soon - am at the library and no card reader.

Nancy

Hi - thank you for your help and making the phonecalls.  I'll let you know how it goes.  I still talk to Joan and send pics of Sunny from time to time.  She brought him to my parents in Queensbury on July 14, 2005.  My dad was very weak and Sunny got in his lap and stayed there.  He knew.  There's a funny story of how we snuck ihm into the CCU.  All of the nursing staff knew and took turns coming in to "check the patient's blood pressure".  Now, he's my mom's comfort.

Nancy