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Success Stories

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

Category iconBlog,  Success Stories

June 16, 2015

Rubi’s Salvation

Today someone posted a video that I think is making the rounds again of a group of soldiers coming home from somewhere as they get off the plane. An

Category iconBlog,  Success Stories

Conor dog after recovering

June 8, 2015

You don’t have to “fail” to succeed in fostering

This program runs on fosters like a plant on sunlight. I mean, we need you guys like hackers need hot pockets, like Adam Sandler needs to stop making

Category iconBlog,  Success Stories

June 4, 2015

“As If”

It’s not just for Alicia Silverstone, anymore. Richard Parker lives at the shelter. He is a big, buff-colored boy with a loud purr and bright, wide

Category iconBlog,  Success Stories

May 15, 2015

When Kona Met Cassie—or Sleepless in Pearland

A common movie premise is two main characters who seem different and thus don't get along at the start. The audience, however, sees many things in

Category iconBlog,  Success Stories

March 7, 2015

Monty’s Village

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. A shattered piece of overlooked pottery is reawakened with veins of shimmering

Category iconBlog,  Success Stories

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