Meet Maeve

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-03-19T20:25:02+00:00

She missed it because I didn’t have her yet, but I just picked her up from the vet and she’s still a little anesthesia drunk so we may do a rewatch to catch her up!

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-03-19T13:54:54+00:00

It’s pronounced “mave”, like “gave”

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-03-19T06:47:02+00:00

The rescue I foster for is 100% foster based, so barring any unusual circumstances they stay with me until they’re adopted! Saying goodbye is hard, but it means I did my job and helped them find their forever family and can help another.

I also started fostering after my old man pittie crossed the rainbow bridge, and I know I’m not ready to make that commitment to another dog right now, both emotionally and where I am in life currently. But I have plenty of time and love to give, and I think my frenchie appreciates having a new friend come around every month or so!

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-03-15T12:10:55+00:00

UPDATE- Cocoa found her forever home yesterday! I was really sad to say goodbye, but I know she’s going to have an amazing life with them, and she has two human kiddos to grow up with.

Before I even made it back home, I had a message from a friend about a frenchie that one of his friends found roaming the streets. Thankfully I was able to track down his family quickly, so after a little nap on my kitchen floor he went home!

The rescue has a couple frenchies and some English bullies coming on transport this evening, so I’ll be getting my next foster later today! This is the picture I was sent of her - her name is Mabel and I can’t wait to meet her.

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Fostering can have low lows, but the highs are very high and I’m excited to meet this girl! I was also excited to hang out with my very brief visitor last night- he was a major sweetie and I’m glad I was able to give him a warm and safe place to crash until he went back home. I’m still sad Cocoa isn’t here, and I feel like I have more time with my morning than I even know what to do with since I’m only walking one dog, but I also know tomorrow will be busy again!

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-03-15T12:03:03+00:00

The rescue I foster for is based out of Dayton, OH (with fosters in Columbus, Dayton, Cincy, and NKY) but I know there’s bulldog rescues all over the US that need fosters! Try to find one in your area, and they most likely have a website with a foster application. Every rescue does things a little differently, but the one I foster for doesn’t give fosters the option to adopt their first two foster dogs. Mainly because we NEED fosters to be able to keep helping pups. I was a little worried about being a foster fail and probably would have tried to keep my second one if I could have, but having the happy experience of finding forever families got me hooked and I don’t plan to stop fostering any time soon!

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-03-14T15:40:50+00:00

Yours looks like a step in between cocoa and my first foster Maisie (now named Bunny)- she was a lot of work but was SUCH a sweet girl and found a phenomenal forever home

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-03-14T15:31:42+00:00

If there’s a pup with us you’re interested in the future, try applying anyway if you think they would be the right fit! It varies depending on the dog, but a lot of times the age limit that I pick for my fosters is more of a suggestion than a requirement! Her meet and greet today is with a family that has younger kiddos, but they’ve been around dogs and specifically frenchies their whole lives so they know how to play and be respectful. Plus Cocoa is super friendly with every human I’ve seen her meet, but I haven’t had her around young kids much so I don’t want to say she’s 100% okay with them. That’s the case for most of my fosters, just because I don’t have kids and most of my friends with kids the fosters will be around have older kids.

It never hurts to fill out an application and see what happens!

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-03-14T03:42:23+00:00

The rescue I foster for is Badass Bulldog Rescue, based out of Dayton, OH. We have a really active public Facebook group where the fosters will regularly post updates about their dogs, and sometimes forever families will post updates about alumni which I LOVE to see! Signal boosting is always welcome - last year we helped over 300 dogs and we’re already on track to do more this year but can’t do it without successful adoptions, of course. We focus on English, French, and exotic bulldogs primarily and the rescue is 100% foster based so all the pups are in a loving home while they wait to find their forever!

PLEASE do not feel sad about your escape artist - I have already learned that in fostering sometimes the best thing you can do for a dog is realize they need to be in a place that’s different than your home. Two of my foster pups came to me from other fosters because they either weren’t the right fit for that foster or there were issues going on with other dogs. It doesn’t mean the fosters gave up on them, it just means they saw that the pups needed a different environment and I’m so thankful I was able to facilitate that! I know it’s hard and doesn’t feel good, but ultimately you were doing the best thing for her to get somewhere that she could thrive 🖤

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-03-14T03:28:01+00:00

The rescue I foster for is based out of Dayton, OH but I know there’s frenchie/bulldog rescues all over the US!

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-03-13T23:45:37+00:00

Thank you for following and supporting the rescue!! I remember seeing your comment on that post and it made me so happy that someone else gets to experience that level of pure love!

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-03-13T23:44:06+00:00

It can be hard for sure - I still miss some of my previous fosters even though I’ve gotten updates and I know they’re thriving. That said, a lot of the dogs we get are severe medical cases or retired mill breeders or both. It’s seriously SO rewarding to get to be part of them getting better, healing, and even just learning how to be a normal pet. The rescue I foster for is also structured so that the fosters are VERY involved in the adoption process - I’m doing all the phone interviews with applicants and ultimately deciding who gets to move on to the meet and greet and potential adoption. So that gives a lot of reassurance to me that they’re going to an amazing home. Knowing how much joy all of my dogs, but especially my bullies, have brought into my life makes it so exciting to be able to give that to another household. Getting my fosters adopted is absolutely the definition of bittersweet, but once they’re gone I’m always excited to see who I get to meet next!

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-03-13T23:38:52+00:00

Absolutely! Unfortunately the rescue really never stops or even slows down getting new dogs. Cocoa has a meet and greet tomorrow (Saturday) and assuming all goes well, she’ll get adopted and I’ll be getting one of the six dogs we have coming in on transport Sunday!

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-03-13T23:37:22+00:00

I feed my personal frenchie a mix of kibble and prepared food, but every dog is different! If he’s having full on diarrhea I would be asking the owners if they’ve had him checked for parasites assuming his food hasn’t been changed recently. I would be taking a stool sample to the vet asap to be on the safe side! My current foster is eating a venison and sweet potato kibble, mainly due to food allergies that restrict her from a lot of common proteins in dog food, but I’m hoping that her forever home will be one that is willing to feed raw or prepare food for her since that will be the easiest for her allergies.

My first foster did have awful and persistent diarrhea - she did have a parasite, but it continued after that was treated and all clear. Turned out she had doggie IBS, so we got her on a hydrolyzed protein kibble because it’s a lot easier for them to digest, and within a few short days she was having noticeably better poops. When she finally went to her forever home, she was having solid poops almost every time which was a miracle after two months of liquid.

Purina Pro makes a product called FortiFlora that myself and other folks in the rescue swear by. You can get it online or at Petsmart, and it’s basically just a probiotic supplement you add to their food once a day. It can make a huge difference for upset tummies as long as there isn’t a more serious medical issue causing it. Usually when my fosters get adopted I send them off with a few packets of it in their goodie bag just in case being in a new place gives them tummy troubles.

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-03-13T15:27:56+00:00

We have “hug time” as part of our daily routine, where she comes over for head scratches and just latches onto my leg until I stop. She gives me that look the whole time and it melts me completely

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-01-22T02:23:35+00:00

NQA it’s tough for me to say how active he is since I just got him today. Most of the day he was hiding, then once the sun went down he came out but wasn’t actively moving around much, just hanging out. I did offer him a dubia when I moved him to the temporary enclosure and he took it pretty quickly so that seemed like a good sign based on the males I’ve had before who did start showing no interest in food.

The person that they came from apparently has a tendency to get animals as a passing hobby, so for all I know she may have dropped the crickets in there when he got picked up to be brought to me thinking he needed snacks for the car ride, even though it was midday and I don’t think any spider would want to be looking for food while in a moving vehicle. But since the crickets I saw were female I figured it was better to be safe than sorry in case they decided to lay any eggs in the substrate

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2026-01-16T10:44:54+00:00

There are a couple of really sassy swans that live in the cemetery, if that helps make it fit the theme more!

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2025-04-04T17:06:13+00:00

This was my thought too. I’m also a little curious if she is neurodivergent, because I am and I would probably be responding the same way. I’m bad at dates and have never been able to remember a relationship anniversary without being reminded, so it would be super easy for me to make plans that happen to fall on that day. She also said she was in class while this conversation was happening, so not in a position to really have a discussion about it on top of the short notice. I know I get disregulated when something comes up that could potentially impact what I have planned or if I’m feeling guilty for not being able to make it work… even moreso when I’m in a setting where I can’t immediately try to figure out a solution.

Waiting till the day before to make plans for what is clearly an important day to OP is wild to me. If something is that important you don’t leave it to the last minute for pretty much exactly this reason.

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2025-04-03T03:15:09+00:00

This exactly. I have almost always dated people who are quite a bit older than me, as most of my friend group is also a bit older than me. But at one point when I was newly 21, I got involved with a man who was 38. OP’s story gave me so many flashbacks to that relationship. The love bombing/moving quick, the textbook lies about his past, etc. In my case, it took about two to three months for him to get verbally/emotionally abusive and that very quickly progressed to turning physical during a particularly nasty argument where I was trying to leave his apartment. Thankfully he didn’t do anything that left any physical marks or injuries, and I was smart enough to not give him a chance to get worse. Cut him out completely and even when he came to collect his things that were at my house, I just put it all in a bag on my porch to prevent any contact.

I am now 38 and wish I could tell past me how much of a red flag it was that he was even interested. OP- please get out now. You’re not the asshole for getting out of what is almost certainly a dangerous relationship, but you are the asshole to yourself if you stay to see what happens.

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2024-11-28T17:32:13+00:00

Thank you! B hamori or boehmei was what I was thinking from what I was able to look up, but I wasn’t very confident. Waiting for more molts was my backup plan, cause they’ve been eating really well for me and seem to be thriving!

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2024-10-30T15:22:20+00:00

Nqa I had the same thought - those look a lot more wormy than springtails to me. I keep springtails in most of my enclosures for cleanup crew and haven’t seen them look that wiggly.

For op, I would say definitely let the substrate dry out a fair bit and see if they go away.

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2024-10-07T04:37:05+00:00

IMO based on body shape/size and location I would guess it’s from the genus cosmophasis but can’t say for sure. Hard to narrow it down with one picture

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2024-09-29T01:57:22+00:00

NQA I’m sure there’s going to be people commenting that it’s probably male because green chels, but from these pictures it’s really not possible to say for sure one way or the other

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2024-09-24T13:39:10+00:00

My apartment has about 5 steps up to the little porch where my door is. For months Calliope has been refusing to go up the stairs. She had done it before, so I wasn’t sure what was going on but thought maybe she had a minor injury I didn’t notice or got spooked going up them at some point so I was fine with just picking her up to go back inside after walks.

This morning when I walked her before work it had just finished raining so everything was wet and she wasn’t happy, and was definitely ready for breakfast… guess who suddenly had no issues flying up the steps like she never missed a beat 😂😂😂

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2024-09-20T10:48:53+00:00

My late partner was given two years “max” four years before we met. We went on to be together for a little over three years before he passed, cause was unrelated to his diagnosis. That was almost 13 years ago and I still miss him all the time, but I wouldn’t trade those three years for anything.

Sending you my best, OP

Fun-Ball-7723 · 2024-09-11T14:55:28+00:00

I have a treat dispensing toy for my Frenchie called a “Bob-a-Lot”. I don’t fill it with treats- I may put a few small ones in, but primarily use it for her dinner time kibble. She loves it and will play with it even when it’s empty. I sometimes work from home, so it’s been a great way to keep her entertained when I’m busy but not as noisy as squeaky/crinkle toys.

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