Off We Go on Shelter Tour!
We leave for our shelter tour in two days. As always, I’m excited but nervous and slightly overwhelmed. There are so many details, so many new people, new places, and hundreds of miles to drive. Often when I reach out…
Advocacy
Uncomfortable Conversation
Okay, let’s talk about something that’s super uncomfortable for me…. Money. I try hard to keep it in perspective. When my husband and I have to spend large sums of money on something truly un-fun or unexpected but necessary like…
Now You Can See It Too
The smell is familiar to me now, but that hot August day in 2018 it overwhelmed my senses. The mix of disinfectant, urine, feces, mildew, and desperation was powerful, made even more so by the heat. Shelters, even the good…
A Tale of Two Shelters
Private animal shelters often are built near public shelters to do the job that the tax-payer funded shelter is not. They literally rescue dogs from the public shelter. Why is more not expected from a government run shelter? Why do citizens pay for two shelters - one with their taxes and the other with their donations (and hearts)? And why, pray tell, do we allow this to go on?
Let’s Go to Camp!
Let's go to @CampJean and save some dogs!
YOU Can Help Let the Dogs Out
Now that Who Will Let the Dogs Out (otherwise known as Waldo) is official, we need YOU. You knew this was coming, right? After all, I did warn you in my previous post.
Somebody Oughta Do Something About It
We have BIG news! Read all about it....