Keeping the Animals Out of the Shelter
Owner surrenders are swamping this tiny county as they labor on offering foster care and advocating for spay/neuter.
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Saving Webster Dogs
Saving Webster Dogs is truly saving Webster County's dogs (without the help or funding of Webster County). You'll be amazed at what these remarkable women do and, if you're a hound lover, you're in for a visual treat! Please read, share, and help @SavingWebsterDogs if you can.
Shelter Tour Week Two
Our second week on tour coincided with Hurricane Ida, which thankfully skirted around the places we planned to visit mostly dumping a bit of rain here and there. We were able to rearrange our visits and move our one all-day…
Fall Shelter Tour Part One
Traveling through the south this time around feels different. It’s not just the masks that are sometimes prevalent and other times completely absent. As we wind through the mountains on our way to Nashville, I wondered about priorities. Is it…
Top State Killing Dogs?
North Carolina has been named one of the top five states killing animals by Best Friends. I’ve been to North Carolina. I’ve visited shelters and rescues, know animal advocates in the state, and fostered plenty of dogs from North Carolina…
An Angel in the Tennessee Dog Pounds
As we walked through several municipal pounds in Tennessee, I kept thinking, “Thank God for Amber.” Truly. She and her husband Brandon and their rescue Halfway Home are the only hope for too many animals whose lives could so easily…
Attention Gibson County, Tennessee: Do YOU Know What’s Happening at YOUR Dog Pound?
It was late afternoon on a Thursday when we reached Gibson County dog pound and the kennels were filled with dogs. The pound is tucked into a corner of the fairgrounds and you really have to be looking for it…
If Only Everyone Would Pause To Care
In 2017, the Dyersburg-Dyer County Humane Society was killing as many as 90% of the animals it took in. When I heard those numbers and that date, I had to ask Diana, the president of Paws To Care, to tell…
Valuing Dogs Others Have Dumped
After our day with All 4s in Memphis, we were dirty and tired but we still had one more stop—Horn Lake Animal Shelter. We were headed there because of a woman named Julia who had contacted me shortly before we…
Anger Won’t Keep the Dogs From Dying
Okay, the first thing I need you to do before you read this post is park your anger somewhere. You’ll need to set it aside and listen with an open mind and heart. And remember that anger won’t solve this…