It's always challenging here, but there is good news to report.  I will also bore you with a few just so you know points.

The road man came Monday to refresh his mind and drop off a peice of equipment.  Today he is supposed to start our gravel and lime stone service road to the canine care and office areas.

Nine covered dog decks went up last week.  I was disappointed because the roofs were metal.  We will put donated insulation below the metal to absorb the noise rain and hail make.  The last two decks for the current project are being built today.  They have the wooden and shingle roofs.

The storage shed is under way, and as you may know all but one section of the fencing is done.

The company that made our shade cloth is going to donate privacy blinds for two sides of the canine area, and three tops for the portable pens for dogs that must be temporarily separated.  (Will be ready next week.)  The company owners were key participants in the Catherine Twiss cruelty case involving 86 lions, tigers, and bears.

It has been a week of giving advice and making arrangements for the care of an orphaned fawn, 4 pups thrown in a dumpster, abandoned kittens, and more.  We took in 2 of the kittens, Doc placed 5 of the pups, and Dr. Johnson’s staff is caring for the 3 surviving dumpster pups.  We got coverage for the pups thrown in the dumpster.

Walley, the lost dog I finally captured at Wal-Mart has a home.  Poor Walley was somehow lost in the area of Walley-World and the Jamison Inn.  He would howl in despair, then throw himself down and stretch out on the parking lot.  I worked for 4 nights, nearly all night each to catch him.  He escaped from the facility (unnamed to spare embarrassment) where we had him under care.  Lo!, there is always a plan we mortals cannot foresee. Frightened Walley ran until he came to a country home with children that greeted him with open arms.  He is now happily staying with the Spencer family.  If the family he was separated from does not come forward the Walley will be a Spencer.

I contacted Best friends for ideas on our sanctuary plans.  I am sure they will give us been there done that advice.

Margo and I are working on grant requests for funding Project Hope growth.

I put in for 3 days at Petsmart's photos with Santa event.  It will aid us with our spay/neuter, inoculation, and care bills for rescues.

There are several cruelty cases in the works, and new reports on 2 puppy mills.

I inspected the Coldwater Trade day Saturday.  There were no bunchers or dealers, but a good many of the animals were over-crowed and needed shade and water.

I am cutting this short because I have some over-due tasks to accomplish today.  One is to finish my letter to the Amory Shelter board.  I was so thrilled when I went last week and saw the tremendous improvement in cleanliness and care for the animals.  I also came back with 2 of 4 pups 2 men and a boy found on a county road.  They agreed to adopt 1 each.  The shelter manager could not accept dogs from out of the city, but she and I wormed and vaccinated them.  She gave the men low cost spay/neuter coupons for the 2 they adopted.  We placed one of the pups Sunday.