A few weeks ago, I happened upon this picture while googling dachshunds. Slinky was listed under dogs for sale on kijiji as a 4 year-old very timid "dorkie" in desperate need of a foster home. After having a discussion with my husband, we decided that we would offer to foster Slinky to try to help her become trusting of people and situations. We were fully aware that if she was a dog that fit into our already large fur family, that we would offer to adopt her. When I first went to the meet and greet with Slinky at Dogspaw (the kennel that generously houses, trains and socializes the rescues until they go to foster homes), she was very nervous, timid and yappy. After a few minutes of sitting on the floor in the training room with her, she eventually came over for a sniff and after a while allowed me to pet her. She seemed "okay" with it which was a good sign that we would at least have another meeting. I came back a few days later with husband, 4 y