Kentucky is different. Now that we’ve been to over twenty Kentucky shelters, at least when it comes to animal shelter, that much is clear. Municipal animal control shelters usually fall under the realm of the sheriff’s department, the agriculture department,…
Dogs just aren’t moving. Like everyone else’s, my foster dogs linger as adoptions have slowed down all over the country. And no matter how many efforts are made to ‘clear the shelters’ or ‘sponsor’ dogs, dogs just aren’t moving. The…
This year marks five years for WWLDO, and we’re evaluating the impact we’ve had and mapping out a plan to greatly expand that impact. As part of that process, we recently polled some of the shelters we visited in the…
Walking this morning as the sun rose and the cows on either side of our dirt road watched me warily, I thought about attitude. How it can make or break a day, a situation, a life, really. Right now, things…
We see a lot of hard situations on shelter tours, but sometimes what we see is flat-out inspiring. That was the case with Meade County Animal Shelter, a small municipal shelter in rural Brandenburg, Kentucky. They are proving that with…
Daniel and Gary at Eufaula Al Animal Control defy the stereotype. Many of the men we meet in shelters, especially ACOs, tend to be gruff, all business, following the rules, and a bit indifferent to the dogs in their care.…
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Animal Shelter is a typical municipal shelter with too many dogs, only two volunteers, and very little community engagement. But that’s where the similarities end. Despite having nearly twice as many dogs as the shelter was…
It’s been a week since we returned from our latest shelter tour. Once again, it was a learning experience. We visited ten shelters in five states – South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Kentucky. We spent most of our time…
My mother-in-law needs a dog. That was the impetus for my visit to Humboldt County Animal Control Shelter in McKinleyville, California. We were visiting, so I suggested we go visit the shelter. I was curious to see if California municipal…
It’s time for another shelter tour! This time we’re headed to five states with ten, possibly eleven stops, so it’ll be a lot of driving and a lot of gathering stories, meeting heroes, and of course, hanging out with adoptable…