On Friday I pulled 10 dogs from the Ventura County Animal Shelter to open kennel space so other dogs would not be killed. The shelter is running at maximum with 185 dogs in the shelter at this time, there is no more room.

We scheduled these 10 dogs plus 8 other dogs to be in Castaic Junction for a 2pm pickup by a transport going to Oregon, Washington and Canada. With a total of 18 dogs present and waiting for pickup the came the call I was dreading, “we’re full, sorry can’t take your dogs”. Ok, here we are with 18 dogs, in the heat and there were two of us. Oops doesn’t quite describe that moment of panic. After an hour of frantic phone calls, we found room at Carl’s Pet Boarding in Santa Paula and Bartons Boarding in Sun Valley. So we loaded everyone up again and off to boarding we went. They will be reloaded on another smaller transport going north either Monday or Tuesday.

A Very Big Thank You to Rene, Maripat, Bonnie, the crew at Carl’s and Rose at Bartons for helping out on a very hectic day. All ended well, at least for now.

Today was very hectic transporting so many dogs to different places, in an effort to open space at the Ventura County Animal Shelter to keep the kill list down.

I transported 6 chihuahuas for a rescue to a vet in Simi Valley to be spayed and neutered.
Then I went to the shelter and pulled the husky that is pictured below. He will be transported to Utah by Best Friends Animal Society on Monday. I have to transport him to the collection point, in the meantime he is in boarding for safe keeping over the weekend.

Then I pulled two more (a terrier and a corgi mix) and transported them to a foster who lives way up in the hills in Studio City, near the big Hollywood sign (even the GPS got lost.)

Then I picked up the 6 chihuahuas from the vet in Simi Valley to be returned to their rescue after their surgery was completed.

All was accomplished and everyone was delivered where they were supposed to be – happy and safe! And I am exhausted.