While a foster home environment may seem like a more desirable situation for homeless pets, we have a different approach. Our shelter is not like other shelters. It is a house that has been modified over the years to accommodate as many homeless pets as we can manage. We may lack in the state-of-the-art conveniences that big shelters have but we make up for that with our home-like environment where our pets see happy, loving faces each day. Being exposed to different volunteers every day is one of the reasons we are able to rehabilitate scared and timid pets. If we placed them in foster homes, they would bond with their foster family but would likely maintain the same fear of strangers if not regularly exposed to new people.

We do have a small team of fosters that are all shelter volunteers. We utilize these foster homes for very young, very old, and sick pets who are not able to thrive in our shelter environment. We also use foster care for pets whose temperaments are declining at our shelter. All other pets are housed at our shelter and cared for daily by our dedicated team of volunteers.

Our shelter is much different than a municipal shelter. We have no paid employees or tax-payer funding to cover our operating expenses.

What do we have? We have a property that is owned free and clear by our non-profit organization. We have a team of volunteers who work tirelessly to perform all duties necessary to take care of the animals. We work 365 days a year. Most of our volunteers have full time jobs yet they make our shelter and shelter pets a priority.