8:50pm

Please, God, help us now!

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For every animal that ever passed through the doors of our little shelter in Madison Couty, Ohio, and every one yet to come, Please God, let us somehow stay in the Top 20 and then be picked for the Makeover! Please let those shelters who are most in need be those that at least make/stay in the Top Twenty and know that we have all tried so hard to do what's right, get by with so little for so long, and run on a wing and many prayers. Thank you for the great gift of … read more

11:02pm

Wiggles coulda been a rescue/shelter dog

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... and if he had, I would have hoped his shelter experience would have been like that experienced by the animals at the Humane Society of Madison County (HSMC). Today's Journal Entry was inspired by what I read here: zootoo.com/journal_peytonplace2001/entry/wouldlovetohavethat It moved me to tears -- tears of appreciation, love and prayer that I live in the same community as the awesome folks that volunteer and do so much with so little, putting the… read more

7:12pm

When a pet dies, your heart breaks, even as it gro…

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Seventeen years this month Smoke, my "horse of a lifetime," passed away peacefully in his sleep, three weanling Arabians nestled round him, sleeping, too, after sharing his last ten years and countless adventures and blessings with me. I still miss him more than there are words to express. I dare not even think about the time when my beloved dog of a lifetime, Wiggles Blue Heeler, will no longer be at my side, in my heart and earthly life. A huge lump rises in my throat… read more

3:50am

What would Wiggles want me to do

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if, God forbid, something like this happened to him? Regarding Lagodi and the mistake that caused his death zootoo.com/petnews/animallawgrowswithamericansaff (mine is comment number 1110) I will likely catch a lot of flak for this, but I can almost hear the giant sucking sound as megabucks, which could be helping so many deserving and needy dogs and cats, are diverted into the pockets of lawyers. Mistakes happen. The shelter will bear that shame for its mistake for … read more

2:30am

When a dear is not a deer, but a dog!

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Wiggles is such a dear; all the dog attack problems have left him unaffected and still he loves everyone. His girlfriend is a Jack Russell Terrier named Katie and he lets her roughhouse with him something atrocious!!! Sometimes he just flops on the floor and lets her 'run laps' around him, occasionally putting his paw up as if to say, "Time out, Katie girl!" Did I mention that Wiggles has been blind for the past three+ years? Imagine how you or I would b… read more