Posted in Adoptions

Curry was dropped off yesterday at his new home. His “Dad” is very excited about adding Curry to their family. The family is friends with one of the shelter’s staff so in many ways this is an ideal adoption. Liane and I fostered Curry for about 19 weeks. Our longest previous foster was two weeks and there were several that we only did f… read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

Until the story of the Bad Newz Kennels and Michael Vick’s involvement with dog fighting came to light, there was a commonly held belief that all Pit Bulls that had been subjected to abuse and dog fighting had to be humanely euthanized and were unfit for adoption as companion animals. After the story about Vick’s involvement with dog fighting … read more

Posted in Shelter Makeover

...and does another journal entry really matter? Let’s see if I’m right or if I’m wrong. I’m saying that the Fat Lady has sung. Today is the last day of phase I, for which I am grateful. I don’t think that you will see the standings for the top six change between now and tomorrow. (That is the only place in the standings that I h… read more

Posted in General

Here we go gain with the "journal seems too similar." Some people get to post one sentence. I write a paragraph and its "too similar" I don't remember writing this before. Maybe something remotely similar but certainly not too similar. Let's try again. Take it from the top. I actually used to run for exercise. I used to do anywhere from 15… read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

Today was Dottie’s first time for Pet Therapy reading. We went to the North Edison Branch of the Edison Library which is actually walking distance although we drove. This wasn’t exactly what I expected. I expected the children to have serious reading deficiencies. Some of these kids could reader better then me. One young fellow was actually r… read more