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Negotiating the Emotional Trenches

Spock. You were loved... The after-effects of an emotional time tends to wear you out. Best Friends sometimes has that effect on the people who volunteer. While confronting the work that they do, you tend to examine yourself. Here are... Continue Reading →

The Lightning Bolt

The Parrot Garden Staff has an expression they use. When a potential adopter comes in to see the Best Friends Birds, more often than not, the bird tends to choose the person. They call this "The Lightning Bolt."   And... Continue Reading →

Layla The Victory Dog

Getting licks and kisses from Layla Layla is a pit bull that was one of the 22 brought in by Best Friends to rehabilitation. They aren't sure what Layla's role was at Bad Newz Kennels, but they know she had... Continue Reading →

There’s Usually a Reason

Occasionally, I get mired in something. And for the life of me I can't understand why. I'm a fairly sensible person. I know it sometimes doesn't appear to be that way, but I am thrifty, responsible and I don't hesitate... Continue Reading →

Twisted Heart

It's happened again. Another seizure, another rescue in trouble. It's easy for all of us to point fingers and make judgements. It's wonderful to sit back with our two or three birds or whatever sized flock we can comfortably handle,... Continue Reading →

An Urgent Situation

I recieved a phone call from Jacque Johnson at Best Friends on Sunday. I would like you to carefully consider sending just five or ten dollars to this fledgling rescue to help out these birds. It's a horrible situation and... Continue Reading →

How Big is “Big?” Well, let me show you.

People who have never been there, really have no idea how huge best Friends Animal Society grounds are. It's about 3000 acres. And it borders on 30 thousand acres protected by the Bureau of Land management. But how big is... Continue Reading →

Horse Haven

Best Friends has horses. And they are up for adoption. I went out with Caregiver Joseph and a couple of volunteers to muck some fields and other jobs that needed to be done:

Dani At Dogtown

I was up at Angel Canyon with Brandy and Patti having some lunch and ran into DogTown Caregiver Tom with his good friend Dani:

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