Busy summer

It has been a busy summer at the “furry foster home”.  Two kittens and two adult cats have gone to their fantastic forever homes in the last 4 weeks. Yeah! Dusty is still doing well.  He is still jumping and laughing and playing with the other animals.  Susie, the little Lhasa rescue who  owns me, [...]

Kittens by the baker’s dozen

It started with one little 3 week old tabby found on the side of a street one rainy cold day.  Kermit was brought into the shelter by a loving stranger who couldn’t take her home and wouldn’t leave her there to fend for herself.  I walked into the shelter two hours after she had been [...]

One puppy, two puppy, three puppy, four…. TEN??!!!

A few years ago I received a panicked call from the shelter. Ten three week old puppies had been brought into the facility by a local policeman.  Several officers had been involved in a drug arrest in a small local colonia.  One officer had entered a school bus which was on the back of the [...]

Ho’oponopono…a dog blessing too.

Cats and kittens have always made up the majority of my fosters.   This tale is about Dusty, a 12 yr old German Shepard whose owner died a year ago.  His owner’s kids (adults) brought Dusty and his sister to the shelter because no one wanted to take them.  His sister who was 6 at the time was adopted [...]

Orphaned kitten tails.. er tales.

I have been closely associated with the local “no-kill” shelter for that last 7 years.  I began volunteering there in August of 2001.  I decided to help out because  when I dropped off a dog that had wondered onto our property and promptly began to bite my husband ( ex now.. should have listened to [...]

What makes a furry foster mom?

To be a foster mom or dad to newborn and older young animals requires several things: 1. Must love animals. 2. Must be very, very patient. 3. Must be willing to fore go a clean, smell free house for 4-8 weeks. 4. Must be willing to do lots of extra laundry. 5. Must be able [...]