Animal Haven: Dogs Rule

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After a three-week hiatus, I count wet noses as soon as I arrive at Animal Haven. [...]

Happiness Is Many Warm Puppies

Happiness Is A Warm Puppy

A Warm Puppy

Do I smell like puppy poop to you?
Puppies haven taken over at Animal Haven. Sets of two and three puppies are cuddled together in nearly every dog corral and crate.
I spend my volunteer shift alternating between cleaning up runny puppy poop or holding puppies while another volunteer cleans up the poop. We all work together.
Animal Haven is hosting a wine event on the 3rd floor  which I can’t get anywhere near because the puppies are moving . . . to foster homes, to permanent homes or just worming around the joint.
Chaotic shouts heard on the lower level:
—Inchworm just got adopted!
—Carnation is adopted!
—Missouri is going home tomorrow!
Seeing these sweet innocents finding homes so fast cheers the heart. I whisper to the small, timid Black Lab siblings, “Don’t worry, you guys will be next.” Continue reading Happiness Is Many Warm Puppies

Hurricane Irene Brings People & Pets Together

Ready for the Storm

A mandatory evacuation of our neighborhood sent me, my husband and our dog Shadow scrambling to the home of our friends Heather and George in Murray Hill. They extended an invitation that included said dog, despite their pint-sized NYC apartment and a jungle of plants brought in from the [...]

Puppy Takeover

Animal Haven Poodle Leo

Sweet Leo

Returned to volunteer at Animal Haven after skipping a week and the shelter is swarming with puppies. I walked five pups, one after the other. I was never quite sure who was on the end of my leash. Later, I figured my guys must have been Alan Stuart, Montauk, Hampton I [...]

Cha Cha and Bubbles Find Homes

Cha Cha Gets Adopted

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