Posted in Shelter Makeover

Angel Acres will catch us and knock us out of the top ten if we don't do better than the 7,059 we got yesterday. I still don't understand why we should be concerned with giving the Zootoo people the keys to the city if the final prize is a matter of mass voting American Idol style, in which there is no way we can compete with those who have sever… read more

Posted in Adoptions

What a treat! I drove up an old and hazardous dirt road and approached a nice looking brick house and there, snoozing in the shade under the Century21 sign, was Denver. He seemed interested to see me, smelled my Shelter jeans, let me hug him, and otherwise was as content as could be. He was just hanging on the front lawn, with another dog doing th… read more

Posted in Shelter Makeover

We achieved a new high yeterday with 13,023, which is great! BUT WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET FOR TENTH PLACE. Angel Acres, which is right behind us, ramped up their daily total with about 10,000. But more worrisome are the two shelters just behind them: Safe Haven got about 16K and Potsdam about 17K, with Minn-K getting 15K. We have lead on t… read more

Posted in Shelter Makeover

Tentative visit from Zootoo officials: Wed Mar 18. So we must get our munchkin outfits on so as to welcome the visiting judges so as to give the best impression we can. Maybe we can get some of the local mucky-mucks to join in our efforts. read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

A few visitors. No adoptions of dogs. WE have six cute little puppies in the outside pen where the Arkhola puppies were. There are three traumatized bigger puppies in Gravitt. Poor things, but they'll come around. Lou and I got puppy shots and other puppy meds to dumped bunch at Rocky Top. We got most of Herrin walked--except for Harley and the n… read more