I loved your Leo stories.
Hubby and I have also had to admit that our days of baby to senior pet ownership are over. We have 2 cats now, 1 is 10 and the other is 4.
but we are planning on trying 'foster to forever' set ups. My aunt does this. The dogs go to her house sometimes just for a week when they are being transported to new homes, and sometimes they stay until they've found a home. She hasn't had ANY foster-fails thus far, but her favorite went to my OTHER uncle and aunt, so keeping it in the family so to speak. LOL
I want to foster kittens who are going to put up for adoption, but hubby doesn't think I'll actually let any of the kittens be adopted. aaaaand he might not be wrong. not at all.
but for pet-lovers like us, it's so hard to think about not having one in the house. We've had a pet free home for about a year and it was just terrible. We couldn't wait to get furry beasts back in our lives.
You know, I don't recall anyone setting us up for these kind of aging heartbreaks.