Shout out to Hippo, Douglas and all the other pups my son and I snuggled at shelters to lessen his fear of dogs. What started as exposure therapy became adoption talk, but we couldn’t land on “the one” — and my husband, who enjoyed a dog-hair-free decade after our last rescue died, wasn’t fully on board. Within hours of learning that foster-based Proverbs 12:10 offers a no-pressure adoption trial period, we picked out a super-chill hound mix at their weekly Bellevue Petco event. By the end of the week, all three of us had fallen in love with Pi (formerly Gidget) on our own time, in our own home.
Best Pet Adoption for Scaredy Cats
