Posted in Shelter Makeover

My first rescue was from the Butte Humane Society. I adopted my dog Barkley. He is an American Staffordshire Terrier. I think he came from a bad place before because he doesn't like when people yell and for a while he was scared of sticks and umbrellas and sometimes skateboards. Barkley was two years old when I got him and totally ignored … read more

Posted in Shelter Makeover

When I saw this title I thought of all the fire victims from this last summers string of fires in Butte County. I work with the North Valley Animal Disaster Group and for the majority of those fires I was on the hotline, which means I was the one taking all the calls requesting an animal evacuation. It was very sad to take some of those phone c… read more

Posted in Shelter Makeover

My dad just e-mailed me and told me one of his co-workers was e-mailing his friends to tell them about the makeover. However, when he went to send it he hit the wrong button and inadvertenly sent it to 2,000 businesses! My dad just wrote me back and said that 6 of those just registered! Yipee! read more

Posted in Shelter Makeover

By no means are any of these in order. In fact they’re all my number one. 1). Our cool new Executive Director. Heather rocks! She’s done so much with this shelter with so little resources but tons of support! 2). Shelter support. Our volunteer base. The shelters volunteer program is large and very in charge. We have more and more … read more

Posted in Shelter Makeover

I don't remember exactly when it was I got involved with Butte Humane Society but it was about 3 years ago after I adopted my dog from there. After I adopted him I decided to sign up to volunteer. I've always been interested in animal welfar and caring for animals and did a lot of working with animals in my lifetime. I didn't really know much … read more