The Blog
The War Has Begun
More than 30 years ago the concept of No-Kill was introduced. The idea was simple -- no adoptable or rehabilitatable animal in a shelter should be killed. There were two early advocates -- Pets Alive and Best Friends. We strongly believe in No-Kill at Pets Alive, and...
New Case Study – Tommy
As each dog newly arrives to any shelter environment, I’m sure a plethora of emotions overwhelms them. Where are they? Why are they here? Who are all these strange people and loud noises? We are obviously not shocked to see some dogs behave very introverted before...
Kerry's update – March 1st
Sanctuary animal updates: Since our last update on February 17th, we have found homes for Kane, Chip, Johnny, Kenny, Ned, Badgee, Newby, Barney (again), Elmer, four of the puppies, and Mr. Big (one of our cats). Did you notice that name? Yes! Our sweet Badgee got...
My Secret Life
Running Pets Alive can be challenging. Draining. Disheartening. Even if you're lucky enough to have someone like Kerry Clair doing all the real work. Sometimes it just seems like one big Rube Goldberg device (Sigh...those of you who don't know what a Rube Goldberg...
Kerry's update – February 17th
Sanctuary animal updates: Since our last update on February 5th, we have found homes for Scarlet, Barclay, Lexi, Dusty, Tina, Sherry, Dawn, Poncho, Buttercup, Valentino, Barney (but he came back), and Roxi. Three of our other dogs - Poppi, Royce and Tugger were also...