01/15/2026
Sometimes I feel like a rescue dog myself.
I’m trying to find my place in this world of unpredictable people and circumstances that can always have a chance of being totally out of my control. I’m slow to trust because in the past people have feigned nice and then hurt - offered rewards and then dished out punishment based only on their own selfish desires and demands. I live each day like it’s a fresh start- forgetting the past and focusing only on one moment, and then another. I feel blessed by gentle weather and comfortable places to rest. I feel grateful for food that feeds me well and leaves me satisfied. I want for nothing when basic needs are met and balance is in tact. In rescue, there are always many- never only a few. The need never relents and the desperation of dogs about to lose their lives is palpable and inescapable. So we always try to help as many as we absolutely can. The result of this is big families of misfits relying on the stability of a couple or a few or a group of humans. Resources are always divided - time, money and all the things a dog needs in the world. Like an orphanage, rescue dogs learn to live among many other lost souls like themselves - all hoping for a home. Here we never want a dog that we have brought home to feel anything but content. Arriving with so much erroneous information to unpack and discard - these dogs need guidance daily to show them better ways to live. We want every dog to realize that they ARE home and never have to worry about change and challenge again - no turmoil or chaos - no reason to fight or flight. The two humans here, after all are rescue dogs themselves- committed to this environment we share and every moment of time we spend together. We have created this world - away from the whole world - to be honest with each other about how we feel - trying in every moment to be better - to find goodness wherever it arrives and to repel negativity to protect this world. These rescue dogs look to us to prove to them that this world can be enough for All of us. Every day that it is - is a blessing. ❤️