Focus On: Marketing – October 2025 Focus On: Marketing (by WWLDO co-founder Cara Achterberg) Marketing dogs is like marketing anything else: It’s storytelling. Sharing pictures, even videos of your dogs, is helpful for people who are actively seeking you out…
Focus On: Enrichment – September 2025 Focus On: Enrichment Providing Canine Enrichment is Easier Than You Think (by WWLDO co-founder Cara Achterberg) As dogs linger longer and longer at shelters, enrichment becomes a critical lifesaving necessity. In the state of…
Focus On: Dog Days of Summer – August 2025 Focus On: Dog Days of Summer –and Exciting Updates (by WWLDO co-founder Cara Achterberg) Summer might be winding down, although the temperature may not reflect that, but we at Who Will…
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…
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,…
People ask me quite often what exactly Nancy and I do on shelter tour. I thought I’d give you an idea of a typical day. Most days we rise by six (although I am usually up before five and try…
Our First Year! Thanks to you, in 2022, Who Will Let the Dogs Out: Your continued support and donations embolden us to travel further and do more to support the lifesaving work of shelters and rescues, AND find solutions to…
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…
“Are you a rescue?” This is the first question people ask when I tell them about Who Will Let the Dogs Out? I have to explain, that no, we aren’t a rescue, but we help rescues. We aren’t a shelter…