I could not get Tuttle to turn around and have his picture taken. We tried for 10 minutes and finally made do with what we were lucky to get. This rather senior fellow was rescued by Indelab Rescue from the Camarillo shelter. They asked me to transport him to Goleta, first stopping at Diane’s grooming shop to have him cleaned up. My opinion was that he was one of the cleanest dogs I have seen come out of the shelter. Yes, he needed to be bathed, but didn’t look all that bad to me. His back-story was that his owner had died unexpectedly and I guess nobody in the family wanted him, so of course off to the shelter he went. Now, not many people will adopt a 10 year old, overweight lab. But Indelab Rescue came through and I believe this fellow is going to start a second chapter in his life, maybe one a little more active as he seems to have lost some of his abs over the years. But whatever may come, I am sure he will be one happy camper living the good life.

Sarge, Bunnie, and T-bone have left the building. They are now on the first leg of their journey to Tucson and from there, an adoption home. People don’t realize how many people it takes to accomplish this. And every one a volunteer. Each of these wonderful people give something to each dog that passes through their hands. Some weep tears of joy at the prospect of these guys finally having a chance at a life that they could have never known here. Others weep for all those who didn’t have this chance and are now dead. And some shed a tear for all those that we can’t save, no matter how many leave the building. All of us just keep saving one dog at a time.