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Memories of the Puppy Mill Rescue
It’s been five years and while I still think of it often, even now it feels a bit unreal to me. How could we have really shut down the largest commercial puppy mill in our state and probably in the… Read More ›
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Not Today
I’ve been thinking about writing this blog for days but was stymied both by doubt of how best to share my desired message and in part because my dearest, greatest dog of my life is dying and that was overwhelming… Read More ›
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Sacraficing for the greater good (Guest blogger Michelle Earl)
My friend Michelle sent me this and I just had to share it. While it does make me sound smarter than I deserve, the message and lesson is so important in considering becoming involved in the world of fostering. Yes,… Read More ›
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A Day in the Lobby
Never fear, I’m not going to ask you to go in the back. You know back into the rooms where all the animals are living. Behind the doors that lead to the kennel areas where you’ll actually have to see… Read More ›
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One friend leaves our shelter as a new one enters.
Frankly I often haven’t a clue what I’m going to write about here until I start writing. Obviously there are those times when something happens that inspires me but other times I feel like I’m waiting for the something to… Read More ›
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Hoping Tomorrow Brings a Miracle Instead
7.8.13 Update: Less than two weeks ago I wrote this blog with little hope. And yet today I handed these darling babies to a wonderful woman who will love and care for them for life. While it feels a tad… Read More ›
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Free To Good Home
In my self-professed half-full way, I dislike having to be the pragmatist or as some people will surely suggest, the pessimist but I feel compelled to at least be informative. Maybe enlightening for some. As this week in the classifieds… Read More ›
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The Only Mother They Have
I wrote another blog last night or started one anyway but as often is the case, my plans were overcome by other events that caused me to write this one instead. In part because the last 24 hours have been… Read More ›
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Be the Change You Want to See
The following blog is the work of my new friend , volunteer and foster for our Shelter, Michelle Earl. As you will read, after completing our volunteer orientation program just a few months ago, Michelle and her daughter Anna, jumped into… Read More ›
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Outrage replaced by a promise
Update to this story. Seven days after being left at a vet clinic to be put to death, GeeGee has found a forever home with a wonderful family that will give her the life she should have had all along! … Read More ›
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