A Mississippi hotel lets guests foster dogs during their stay and now more than 60 have found...

[demmiblue]

Teresa Johnston, Director of Sales at Home2 Suites by Hilton in D'Iberville, Mississippi, noticed that despite all of the amenities available for long term guests something was missing to make guests truly feel at home: pets.

That's when she had the idea to partner with the local humane society to turn the hotel into a foster home for homeless dogs.

Through the program, "Fostering Hope," the hotel takes one foster dog in at a time and allows guests to walk, feed, and babysit the pup during their stay.

If the guest — and, in some cases, the hotel employee — strikes up a special bond, they can adopt the dog right from the hotel. Then the hotel will take in another.

"They were missing something, I could see it, '' Johnston told Insider about her guests. "They were missing home and they were missing animals. I thought, 'why can't we put the two together?'"

https://www.insider.com/a-mississippi-hotel-lets-guests-foster-dog-during-their-stay-2020-2

[PJMcK]

1. Wow, in Mississippi, no less

What a wonderful program!

Major kudos to Teresa Johnson for a brilliant idea and for making it work.

[Scarsdale]

2. What a great idea.

Lucky pups get pampered, then possibly adopted. Cute dogs in the photos. Who could resist?

[Duppers]

3. Brilliant!

And she's right, a house isn't a home without a critter or two.

💕

[Skittles]

4. when I was in a hotel in England

a cat wandered down the hall and into my room with me.....I figured she must be the "house cat" - the next day I told the desk folk I really enjoyed the house cat - they rolled their eyes and said, no, that's Embeth, she belongs to a retired farmer in the house next door but constantly sneaks in to spend the night in various rooms in the hotel

[JudyM]

5. Best post I've seen all day.

Thanks, demmiblue