Fostering Olive for a Phuket Rescue Group

Olive came to our apartment in Kathu three months ago as a foster. She is a nearly six-year-old Beagle with a nose that never stops. The rescue group found her wandering near a market, thin and nervous, and asked if we could take her in until she found a family.

The first week she hid under the dining table and would not eat while we were watching. We left her food in the corner and sat quietly on the sofa, reading the news on our phones.

Now she greets us at the door with her tail going, and she steals socks from the laundry basket. Every Saturday we take her to the beach near Kata pier, where she sniffs everything and then rolls in the sand.

The rescue group says a family has applied to adopt her. My wife cried a little when she heard, though she will not admit it. Olive leaves us next week, and we will miss her more than we expected.