From Foster to Furever; Mishka the Husky

sheridandinsdale
Jul 9, 2017
2 min read

In WA the number of dog’s given up for adoption each year is heartbreakingly high, but from the heartbreak comes success stories like Mishka the husky

RSPCA WA reported 625 dogs were surrendered to them last year alone and these numbers do not include those dogs surrendered to smaller organisations such as Husky Rescue WA, which re-homes unwanted Huskies.

One of the dogs handed to Husky Rescue WA was Mishka the Husky.

After the marriage breakdown of her humans, Mishka travelled around the state from foster home to foster home in search of a forever home.

Mishka’s search took her all the way from Albany to Caversham, where she landed on the doorstep and into the hearts of the Sullivan family.

Samantha Sullivan decided to foster Huskies after meeting and falling in love with the breed at the Whiteman dog park, where she spoke to a husky owner and found out about Husky Rescue WA.

Samantha said she contacted Husky Rescue WA, found out about Mishka and went through the foster process, which led to Mishka’s adoption.

“I adopted Mishka 18 months ago, I actually fostered her to start with to see if we would like having a husky and if she would get along with our Samoyed Casper and she just kind of never left” Samantha said.

Mishka on-route to her new home with her human brother Stevan, middle and sister, Bethany Sullivan, right - Picture: Samantha Sullivan

Samantha said Mishka fit in with her family straight away.

“It’s like she has always been with us,” she said

“Casper loved her from the second that he met her.

“Every time we go somewhere we usually take the dogs with us, my weekend pretty much revolves around when I can take the dogs to the dog park or to the beach.

“It’s more about how we fit in with her.”

Casper meeting his new sister Mishka for the first time – Picture: Samantha Sullivan

Mishka’s 10-year-old human brother, Stevan Sullivan said he loves Mishka because she is gentle, cuddly and protects the family.

“My favourite things about Mishka are that she’s playful, she helps me calm down, she’s just really cute and soft and my friends like her a lot,” Stevan said.

The Sullivan’s still foster because of the amount of dogs that need a loving roof over their heads while organisations look for forever homes for them.

Stevan thinks that other people should foster or adopt dogs too.

“People should foster or adopt because it reduces the amount of dogs that have to spend their lives in kennels and it makes the dogs happier,” he said.

Mishka and her forever human brother Stevan Sullivan - Picture: Sheridan Dinsdale

To find out how to adopt or foster a dog, contact one of the many organisations doing their part to ensure all dogs receive the love and attention they deserve.

Dog rescue organisations WA:

http://www.huskyrescue.com.au/ http://www.dogshome.org.au/

http://www.dogshome.org.au/ http://www.safeperth.com.au/index.php/en