2:12pm

ShelterKarma.com

ShelterKarma.com is now up. Currently, it's only a home page, but there's more coming, so stay tuned. It will be a community site where all of you can share stories and photos about your animals. Please check it out and spread the word. Thanks to you all. read more

2:37pm

The Space Shuttle and My Furry Kids

Living in Central Florida, we have the unique pleasure of viewing space shuttle launches from Cape Canaveral. Even here in Orlando, we can see the shuttle's huge smoke plume and if the skies are clear enough, we can make out the bird itself as it moves across the sky. An amazing thing to watch. Of course, there's always a catch. The launch is one thing, the return something else. Since the shuttles travel at supersonic speed, upon return they break the sound barrier and two VERY LOUD sonic … read more

11:11am

If You're Not Here to Adopt, Please Leave

I love volunteering at my local shelter. I love the animals and I love the happiness when pet and new owner find one another. But, I HATE idiots. I have no tolerance for fools. When two grown men who ought to know better come into the shelter and act like buffoons, I feel I have no recourse but to ask them to leave. Don't shout at the animals, don't poke things into their cages, and don't think you're being funny when you tell me about your dog eating your ex-wife's cat. I'm betting there'… read more

4:02pm

Well, this is new!

A journal, eh? Okay. I can't imagine anyone else is going to be interested in this, but here goes. First, I'd like to say PLEASE SPAY AND NEUTER your pets. Secondly, thank you to Zootoo for this site. Last, but not least, I feel so fortunate to be a volunteer at the SPCA of Central Florida. Wonderful place, wonderful people and very, very special animals. Sometimes, I look at my cats and think, "Wow. How cool is it that animals live with me and are my family?" I… read more