To rehome rescue dogs seperately. Feeling guilty

[mariasgotabrandnewbag]

I’m after a little bit of advice, I agreed to foster with a view to adopt two large breed dogs that had been kept in a cage for the first five years of their life. They are both absolutely wonderful dogs gorgeous temperament friendly, gentle with my little boy, but they are a nightmare to walk together which is making life incredibly hard. Out of everything that I factored into my decision to take on both dogs the walk inside never really came into my head which I feel very stupid and naive about. We desperately want to keep one of them which is the boy and he has formed a very strong bond with all of our Family. The girl hasn’t formed quite such a bond she’s a bit more aloof to keep herself to herself even though she’s absolutely lovely. Would you feel as a family that she could be rehome separately. Alright however the guilt of separating them is keeping me up at night and I feel incredibly overwhelmed by my decision. They didn’t play together they would do sleep on the same sofa and they don’t walk together because it is impossible for me to walk them together. Walking separately is fine walking together is another story completely. Obviously, I’d go back to the charity. I got them from to help with rehoming one of the dogs but I’m I the worst person in the world doing this.Any advice greatly appreciate

Speak with the charity sooner rather than later. It seems you are fostering still, so no need to feel guilty that it isn't working out.

Hopefully you'll feel able to keep fostering her until she can be rehomed, if the charity agrees, in order to prevent her going into kennels.

There is no shame in admitting defeat.

I'd go back to the charity ASAP and have the girl removed from your home on trail

By the sounds of it, she probably relies on her brother for security... hence the shyness. So it might work or not.
It all depends how bonded they are.

Foster with a view to adopt is just that. A trial period to see if it works for you and the dogs. It isn't working and there is no reason to feel guilty about that. Taking in two large dogs with their backgrounds would be a huge commitment.
You would have to speak to the charity as to whether you could keep just one of the dogs. Sometimes rescues want to keep bonded pairs together. But it doesn't sound like these two are particularly close or dependent on each other, so they might allow the dogs to be separated.