shelter procedure

Often when people protest the cost of buying a rescue pet they get a diatribe “you’re getting a bargain!” We proceed to tell them how much desexing and vaccinations cost and all about our extensive bill at the local vet and how our organisation rarely covers costs and how time is running out for them […]

When I was working at PetRescue our whole aim was to bring in as many potential adopters as we could, then match them with as many available pets as possible. ‘Throwing the net wide’ is a hugely beneficial strategy on the inter-web, with most successful sites being based on this premise (think Ebay or Seek). […]

I’ve met a lot of people in rescue who think their job is to run a pet zoo. They must do, because they spend all of their day working inside their organisation or sitting by the phone waiting for it to ring. Sure, some rescues are so well known that their phone does ring off the […]

Yesterday, I went to the hardware store looking for a door handle. I had the handle with me (which fell off – hooray for old crap houses!)  and I’ve walked up and down every isle looking for a similar one without success. Defeated, I’ve attracted the attention of a staff member and I waved my […]

This morning I at 7.30 in the morning, I was on the hunt for a certain girly item that sometime girls can’t do without (hint: it’s featured in tv commercial with a girl scrambling around the bathroom going through drawers). Since I’m working in the suburbs at the moment, I was seriously struggling to find […]

If you adopt a dog from me, but aren’t inspired to read a behaviour book or attend a training class, that’s not your fault, it’s mine.   If you’re having a problem with your new pet, but don’t come to me to help you with it, then I’ve let you down.   If you come […]