I had to give up a foster puppy and I'm sad :(

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On my birthday about 2 weeks ago we found a 4 week old wet puppy in an old tire behind my house. He had a serious upper respiratory infection. We gave him to a vet friend who checked him out and said he would be unadoptable because of his illness. We said we'd foster him until he recovered. So the past 2 weeks have been catering to the sick little fellow and we really bonded.

Unfortunately, we know the mom (we leave food for her.) She's an abandoned, abused pit bull. It's breaking our hearts, but we can't take him. We have no money to make our bills and I can't care for a puppy right now (I have an academic deadline that requires 12 to 16 hours a day until May 1st.) When he started regaining his health he was showing signs of having been bred for aggression: he'd go from being a sweet adorable 6 week old flopping puppy to a blank-eyed, snarling, snapping lunatic in an instant. Training him (and my girlfriend is experienced with aggressive breeds) was a full-time job.

He's healthy and at the vet now and they're preparing him for adoption. I stressed to them that he needs a home with people who know how to handle an aggressive dog. We told him that if they couldn't find a home for him and they were going to have to put him down to contact us first and we'd try to find him a home ourselves. :(

I miss the little fellow. He's adorable and charismatic...sigh...but he has horrible timing.