05/29/2026
Mariah, now Mia, was a foster fail for one of our new foster families. A foster fail is when a foster family decides they cannot live without their foster dog and they adopt! To me, foster fail = adoption success. Mia’s family shared the story of her foster journey and how she’s doing
“My first contact after submitting my foster application was with Heather. She was warm, informative, and reassuring from the very beginning. I was excited to get started, especially after recently losing my last pug. We’ve had pugs for over 20 years, and to us, they are the only dogs — LOL! I was looking forward to fostering and spending time with different pugs, and eventually hoped to adopt a male pug someday.
A short time after, Heather contacted me because Mariah needed to move from her current foster home to another placement, and I happily agreed to help. Heather was incredibly helpful and even arranged for the foster parent to meet me partway since I was about an hour and twenty minutes away.
Sarah, the foster mom, was absolutely wonderful. She was kind, helpful, and made everything so easy to coordinate.
After only five days, we knew we could not let this sweet little pug go. She is everything we could have hoped for and more. We never expected to “foster fail” so quickly, especially as first-time foster parents! Heather clearly understood our needs better than we did ourselves and gave us the opportunity to welcome Mia into our family.
Throughout the process, Heather was always available to answer questions and guide us every step of the way.
I truly believe Evergreen is an amazing rescue organization that serves both pugs and people with grace, compassion, and wisdom. “Thank you” hardly feels like enough. We are beyond grateful for our little girl, Mia, and for everyone at Evergreen who helped bring her into our lives.
Mia is thriving here. She has neighbor dogs she loves to play with, and we take walks every day — she gets so excited when it’s time to go! My husband constantly says she is the best dog ever.
We are absolutely open to fostering again in the future and would love the chance to help more pugs while they wait for their forever homes.”