Pictures

Pictures From the Shelter - Friday, September 30, 2005

This is Amy. She is a 4th year Vet Student at LSU and has been working tirelessly at the shelter while still taking classes and major exams. Soon after we arrived at the shelter, I accepted a couple of dogs to be taken in. I wasn't aware of all the fuss that would surround this action. Lots of people caught hell for it because they were "rescue" dogs and we don't take rescues. Also, it was 9:30 at night and we were technically closed. But I'm just a girl who can't say NO and luckily so is Amy and Dr. Jans who was on duty that night and did the hard work. Amy had to decontaminate the two dogs. They had been touched by that filty water and needed baths before we could even touch them. The story of these two dogs ends happily and is actually documented in the following webstory: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4854734




This is my buddy Charmian. She is from Australia and has been here for nearly three weeks as well. She took over front of house operations after another volunteer walked off the job. She has done a fantastic job. Her compassion is huge and she is one of the loveliest people I have ever met. She has been so good and loving to me. My very special "Shelter Mom".

Dog people, doing what dog people do when they are not scooping poop! Holding and loving dogs! That's Tom Sparks on the right holding this little piece of a dog named Hank. Tom is the "DOGGIELAMA". He knows every dog in the place. Hank will be staying with him until his adoptive father (also his rescuer) finishes his active duty in the army and can go and make a home for him in Kentucky I think.

Front of house people. Nikki on the left, me in the center, and my replacement, Becky. Charmian is seated. This is the table where volunteers and owners sign in and get their wristbands for entry into the building.

A mess of German Shepard Puppies! These 5 pups and their parents went home on friday. It was chaos up front while they got checked out. Their human family was two, now is two and seven!

This is Stacy. She is the gal we met the first night we got here. She's the one that Gabby put up fans in the barn with for the first week we were here. She is an amazing person. Like many other volunteers, she was also displaced by Katrina. Tough as nails with a heart of gold. We love Stacy.

Gabby, Me and Tom Sparks: The DoggieLAMA. Tom has 11 dogs of his own, but that isn't stopping him from fostering up to 9 more. He is taking in any dogs that he can to help the owners till they get back on their feet. He is even putting in a bigger fenced area in his yard to make his fosters welcome! An angel on earth for dogs and their owners!

Wonderful, amazing Allison. She will do anything for animals and the people who love them. Allison is the heart of front of house operations!