The Red Dress Syndrome
In the world of animal sheltering there is a science to getting animals adopted in the shortest amount of time. I would never had thought that much about it before I got started in rescue, but it is true. You have to keep a variety of animals on your floor that all look different. If you have two hound dogs, you don't pull another until those are adopted. If you have two Pits, you get those adopted before pulling more. I often compare it to shopping for a red dress. If I go t
Giving Tuesday
WHAT IS #GIVINGTUESDAY? We have a day for giving thanks. We have a day for trampling people in stores to make sure we get the best deal of the year and, most recently, we have a day to shop online all day to get a bonus day of holiday sales and great bargains. During the holiday season, we all tend to be a little more generous. Maybe it is the season of giving or maybe it's just all of those cookies we ate that somehow made us sweeter. Either way, we hope you will participate
WELCOME the Despicable Me Litter
She went into labor on November 30 at around midnight. Poor girl took what seemed like forever before we began to see the puppies arrive. It was a LONG night and day for her foster Mom and our Executive Director, Bethann, but one by one Miss Hattie delivered eight beautiful and healthy puppies. She had four boys and four girls all named after the Despicable Me movies (hence the name Miss Hattie... we had a plan!) Now puppies are adorable (we've never met an ugly puppy) and we
