How Cute Is My SISTER????






Lil' Lisa, as Daron calls her, has been getting along just fine in her new house in Kentucky. She lives in Louisville to be exact. You pronounce it like Lew l ville. So don't embarrass yourself by saying Lew Us Ville. That is a big no no and makes you look like a dork. Hate to say it but it is true. Anyhow, this is her photo and the cute gal next to her is her friend Jill. Jill is cute and pretty but not as fabulously gorgeous as my sister. I am biased I know but if you want to remain my friend you will agree.

HOW CUTE IS MY HUSBAND?







So it is a beautiful fall day, BEAUTIFUL and I am driving home thinking what perfect weather to take fall photos with the doggies. Daron comes home and takes a few shots of Rodeo and me. Rodeo couldn't sit still and I pray I look better in real life than I do in photos. Anyhow, Daron was looking very handsome in his fall colors so I asked him to pose for some photos. Whatch out Paris and Milan we have the new IT guy in Kanab, yes K-A-N-A-B Youtaw. I love love love the one of Rodeo and Daron and Zeena and Daron! Who's the cutest dog ever?

Lebanon Compound
Best Friends and BETA staff and volunteers arrived safely in Las Vegas at approximately 1:00 a.m. PST with 295 cats and dogs. They arrived at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary as I was pulling into work this morning! From my office you can see into the lower canyon where we set up a temporary quarantine shelter for the dogs and cats. You can hear the excited barks from the dogs. They are thrilled that thier long journey is over and probably pretty excited to relax in Angels Canyon far far away from the war zone. I will keep you updated on their progress or you can check in at http://network.bestfriends.org for up to the minute news. Also, if ANYONE see's an article in thier newspaper or hears anything on the news please let me know. Thanks Everyone!!! Oh, many might ask why go so far out of the way to rescue these animals in Lebanon when Best Friends gets 500 request a week to take an animal. We network all over the country to try and get those 500 request the training, help, contacts they need in order to solve their problem. A big reason we are helping the Lebanon animals is as much for the animals as it is for the rescuers. From what I remember from past conversations there were 4 ladies running the shelter. They were doing their best but were running into many obstacles. Aside from shelters being destroyed by war they ran out of kitten food and unlike the U.S. you can't just run to PetCo and pick up more! In fact, we helped them contact neighboring countries (not cities COUNTRIES!) and no one had kitten food. So we sent two people who check 175 pounds of baggage. You guessed it, all kitten food.

I took a photo of the Best Friends Welcome Center for Karen. It is really pretty. I also took a photo of the shooting range that I drive by on the way to the sanctuary. I am sure they aren't practicing to shoot anyone or any animal. (this is what I tell myself!) I also added photos of my friend Marissa and her 8 week old Gabriella and two dogs we have at Best Friends from Iran. They are sweet and pretty well trained!

Hello everyone, I am back. Last week was very busy. I was able to attend one of our workshops - the Dog Behavior and Training Workshop. Fun. I am posting photos of the instructor Sherry Woodard and in the background Ethan - Ethan was one of the rescuers during Katrina. He got a first hand lesson in dealing with all sorts of dogs - scared, tired, aggressive, etc.

Party in the kitchen?

Why is it that whenever you have people over they congregate in the kitchen? It is the most unattractive area in the house yet EVERYONE ends up there. Here are two of my favorite couples from work (yes, they all work for BF) One couple is from Chicago and one is from Dallas! How can you go wrong with that! Notice Rodeo is the center of attention - of course!

Saltydogcreations is back up!!!

It is not 100% but it is off to a good start. The best part is the icon that Daron and I came up with. See for yourself. Visit the site - the link should be on the right hand side. Please bear with me it is not finished yet!

Our Guest Volunteer at Humane Ed.


I have always loved Catahoula dogs. They have a beautiful speckeled coat. We have a regular volunteer that comes down from Salt Lake with his dog Max. Max is a Catahoula. Max is a talker. I love Max. He is also great with the other office dogs - Oscar, Zeety, Binika, Clover, and spotty the cat. Yes, we have more animals than people in our office. We have two guinie pigs and sometimes my boss Cathie will bring two of her four dogs and sometimes I bring Rodeo... Ah, the joy of being an animal person and working at an animal sanctuary.