madison petting puppy

As you already know, I am a big fan of animals, small, medium and or large, but mostly large or extremely large dogs.  I have written many times about our critters living in our home: Tigger, Pooh the cats and Houdini the Great Pyrenees.   The picture here shows a visit we made to our local animal shelter with Madison and her petting one of the puppies.  I do believe she has inherited the same love for the animals that we have.

For three years I visited each week and took pictures of the dogs and cats available for adoption and placed them on www.petfinder.com and as a result many of the pets have found good loving homes.  In fact, Houdini came to live with us because of one of those visits.  A few weeks ago, an opening became available for assistant at the shelter and I applied for the position and I have been working there a few hours every day and I truly enjoy every minute that I am there.  I still take the pictures and place them on the website and help out by answering the phone and a few other tasks.  I really can’t consider it a job because it is so much fun and I look forward each day to going in and meeting the new pets that have arrived.

If you are looking for a pet, please visit us or your own local animal shelter and consider giving a needy pet a loving home.  We are located at 27252 Porter Lane, Abingdon, Va or visit www.petfinder.com  to see what is available each day.  The pets will benefit and you will be very happy to have a new family member also.  Christmas is coming up and our pets will make great gifts.