Call it what you will, commitment, tenacity, stubbornness, or any other word to describe that sense of “stick-to-itiveness”, and I believe I’ve got a healthy dose of it in me. At least I think I do. At least I do to the living beings who are most important to me, and our dogs feature prominently… Continue reading Commitment
I’m not delusional, I know that North America has bigger problems than breed specific legislation (BSL), but since this blog is about my volunteer work with shelter dogs, specifically pit bulls, this is my time to address it. Montreal’s recent passing of BSL against pit bulls has simultaneously caused my mind to race and my… Continue reading BSL is the Pits
On a Tuesday evening in March, my phone rang from a number I didn’t recognize. I was just about to put Calvin to bed, so I didn’t answer it, assuming it was a wrong number. A few hours later, I was surprised to see there was a voice mail and even more surprised to learn… Continue reading Forever home for Bonita
No one knows what fate has in store for them, that is part of the intrigue and mystery of living. Sometimes when we are so stuck in whatever is getting us down about our current situation, we can’t imagine that life will ever change for the better. Some dogs in the shelter clearly show this… Continue reading The Possibilities are Endless
It seems that humans have some mechanism in our brain functioning for grouping like items (whether they are socks, cookies, people or animals) in order to see patterns and understand new information relatively quickly. We do it all the time, instinctually, looking for similarities among objects to then make a conclusion, such as, “My Honda… Continue reading (Not) All the Same
While organizing photos on my computer the other day, I stumbled upon one of my young son Calvin next to one of our early fosters, Ramsteen, in the back yard with my husband Dave throwing the ball in their direction. I had one of those moments where I immediately thought, “What a beautiful dog!” before… Continue reading Attachment
The last six weeks have been eventful around here with good news and not such good news with our fosters. The good news is that our latest foster girl, Bonita (now renamed Bella), found her forever home quite effortlessly one Saturday about a month ago. I brought her to a large adoption event and met… Continue reading They Come and They Go and They Come Back Again
I just started reading a fascinating new book, “Extreme Medicine,” which outlines the origins of several medical advancements from the 20th century. Author Kevin Fong, M.D., begins with the story of a skiing trip gone terribly wrong in Norway in 1999. Three young doctors who were experienced skiers head to the slopes and one of… Continue reading Optimism
Recently the Albuquerque Journal published a story titled, “Dangerous Dogs Being Released by City,” profiling a complaint filed by two former Animal Welfare Department employees alleging that the city shelter system was knowingly adopting out unsafe dogs. From the title alone, you might suspect that this was an inflammatory, sensationalized story intended to scare the… Continue reading Not a Black and White Issue
Whenever I take on a foster dog, the goal is very simple: get the dog out of the shelter and into a forever home. Over the past 2 ½ years, I have succeeded in meeting that goal six times, not once becoming a “foster failure,” a situation in which I adopt my foster dog. It… Continue reading Letting Go
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