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Success Stories

January 15, 2018

Bigger than her body gives her credit for

Agatha was part of a litter that we pulled from BARC.  When little Agatha and her siblings arrived at FFL, this tiny little creature made it clear

Category iconBlog,  Success Stories

October 18, 2017

Emma, The Velveteen Dog

Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But

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September 8, 2017

Harvey Response

On Sunday, August 27, while the storm was still raging and waters were still rising, we were asked to manage the care for animals arriving with

Category iconBehind the Scenes,  Disaster Preparation & Emergency Care,  Shelter Best Practices,  Success Stories,  Unsheltered Tag iconcommunity,  disaster relief

December 6, 2016

Old Dogs

By the time a dog has a muzzle as white as Maisie's they've lived to see a lot of things.  You hope the white muzzle represents years of

Category iconBlog,  Success Stories

May 23, 2016

Two Seniors. One story. 13 years.

You want to do an extreme sport? Try being over 50. Like Bette Davis said, "Getting old is not for sissies." I remember looking at the brightly

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April 15, 2016

Start with protecting life. Go from there.

Tarleton looked like he might have just been lying curled up in any cat bed. Except that it had been a bucket of molten roof tar when he first

Category iconBlog,  Shelter Best Practices,  Success Stories,  Unsheltered

November 22, 2015

Time is on our side

Not every animal that needs help is visibly hurt. Some are just afraid. They take time to trust us. In sheltering, time is life. But at traditional

Category iconBlog,  Success Stories

August 14, 2015

You Gotta Have Faith

I fell in love with Faith while touring a crowded county shelter. She was lying on the floor of her kennel. She didn't lift her head, just slightly

Category iconBlog,  Success Stories

July 13, 2015

Love is Patient

Sayali and Neel adopted their dogs Neo and Maahi from Friends For Life. We are deeply honored to have been a part of connecting this incredible

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