Posted in General

Since I teach 9th grade English, my students often know and hear a lot about my animals. (And they even know that Winkie is my favorite dog at the shelter... I talk to them often about my love for animals! ha.) With "The Odyssey," there is a section when Odysseus has finally returned home from Ithaca after being away for 20 years (10 at the Trojan … read more

Posted in Health & Wellness

It was a beautiful day to walk dogs... hard to believe that it was *SNOWING* yesterday! It has been about a month and a half since I have been able to get to the shelter to walk dogs, it was nice to say "hello" to all of the pups! However, some of the "puppies" are indeed no longer puppies. They grow up so fast! It was also odd not to tote around m… read more

Posted in General

Please read!!! > > > > If you are an owner of a dog that belongs to a 'dangerous > > > > breed' category and you also have a small child please take > > > > this as a warning. Don't leave your dog with the child > > > > unattended under any circumstances. > > > > Only a little moment was enough for the following to happen. > > > > See t… read more

Posted in Adoptions

I miss zootoo. I have noticed in the past week that when I come across a funny animal email, or want to know who has been adopted/walked/new, I turn to zootoo. I still wish we could use it as a means of staying in touch (regardless of points!). It truly is a great way to stay updated on the animals! I hope to get out to walk dogs the next couple of… read more

Posted in Shelter Makeover

Well CONGRATS HSCC for enduring the contest! ;) I am sorry I was not a better contributor, but I do know that every point helped, so I hope I helped in some significant way. I keep getting messages about zootoo cleaning up their pages... and this means they are taking away points. However, I tried to be very diligent about duplications. So I will s… read more