Traveling north to visit rescues was eye-opening. Our goal was to learn about the situation in the north and how southern shelters might be able to partner with northern shelters to save lives. I’m still processing all that we learned…
The dogs at Lucky Dog Rescue Ranch, Inc are indeed just that – lucky. Julie is the director, kennel attendant, intake coordinator, rescue coordinator, vet tech, fundraiser, and pretty much every other position necessary for rescuing 300 dogs each year.…
Every shelter tour is a little bit different. I am always inspired by the people we meet and while we can’t pull dogs, I do carry many of them home in my heart. I’m still thinking about the Rottie mix…
Our first shelter visit in Georgia was at Murray County, Georgia Animal Shelter. It was a gorgeous day in North Georgia, and when we arrived, Julie (director/ACO) and Torie (ACO) were outside with Reece, a gentle and gorgeous German Shepherd.…
Last October, Nancy and I gathered with 75 animal shelter and rescue staff, volunteers, and advocates at a community center in Radcliff, Kentucky for the first Stronger Together Retreat . We listened as one person after another expressed how exhausted…
We can’t save them all. That’s what I’m telling myself as my heart is crushed knowing a dog I so wanted to save is being euthanized today. I’m getting a tiny taste of what so many shelter directors and ACOs…
As we traversed Arkansas on our shelter tour last April, I grew more and more frustrated (read: ANGRY) with the state by the day. I know anger doesn’t help, so I focused on the amazing people we met, including Corinna…
Our latest shelter tour was a little different, mostly because we didn’t have to travel far. We visited five municipal shelters, one nonprofit (with the animal control contract for two municipalities), and another nonprofit that’s just in the process of…
I’ve had a google alert set on the words, ‘animal shelter overcapacity’ for several years now. It’s one of the ways we find shelters that are struggling and need help. Normally, I would get google alerts a few times a…
It was a beautiful drive up to Mountain City, Tennessee. We followed a dead-end road up a hollow where it ended at the animal shelter. Mandy had told us to drive until the pavement ended and there would be the…