She was hit by a car and was never taken to a vet — but she survived. She had an intolerably itchy skin condition — but she tolerated it. She was on Death Row — but she escaped it just in time. Jade isn’t much more than a year old, yet she’s already gone through […]
I get the questions all the time. “Isn’t working with shelter animals too sad?” “Don’t you want to take them all home?” “How can you do it?” The answers I give people are usually long and involved. So here’s the short version: 1) Yes, working with shelter animals can be very, very sad. 2) While […]
No one looked at Bitsy. Ever. It was a silly name for such a massive dog. She was part pit, part whatever … and she possessed the strength of a Mack truck. Days and weeks passed, and Bitsy sat in her cage at the shelter staring glumly at the people who walked up and down […]