21 May Arkansas: Day 4!
On our fourth day of our trip to Arkansas, we visited the Warren animal shelter. The day started out with about a 2 hour drive out to the country where Warren is located. A tree covered dirt road led us to a small 3 sided...
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18 May Arkansas – Day 3!
Written By: Kelli Leahy Assistant Director, Home Visit Coordinator, Member, Board of Directors Last Hope K9 Rescue “My mission is to rescue. My dream is that one day, I won’t have to.” Day 3 is officially in the books! We had the opportunity to visit not one, but two...
14 May Arkansas – Day 1 & Day 2
Written By: Jill Monahan Foster Manager Secretary, Board of Directors Last Hope K9 Rescue It’s the morning of day 3 and I’m just getting around to writing our first blog post…it's safe to say we’ve been busy! Our first day was spent at West Memphis Animal Shelter, and if you...
08 Apr Meet Lucuma the tripawd!
from Lulu's (wonderful) former adopters: Meet Lucuma! Lucuma—Lu or Lulu for short – is a medium-sized, medium-energy snugglebug tripod who is housetrained and crate trained. Lulu has some special needs that I want to explain to you, her potential future adopters. As far as we know,...
29 Jan Flash Back Friday…
By Jill Monahan Five years ago this January, a group from my college did a Habitat for Humanity trip to New Orleans. It was there that I was first exposed to the realities of dog fighting and to how severe the stray dog problem is in some parts of our country, especially...
19 Apr Day 3!
Written By: Krystal, Database Coordinator On Saturday a group of us spent some time at Benton Animal Control in Benton, Arkansas. This was the largest shelter we visited, and also the fullest. I came to the Benton shelter last year as well and was happy to have...
17 Apr The Adventures Continue…
Written By: Steph Phenix, Medical Coordinator On the final day of our trip, all of the volunteers traveled to Bald Knob, a town of about 3,000 people in a rural area northeast of Little Rock. The Animal Control Officer, Threasha, met us at the local police...
15 Apr Day 2 – Part 2!
Written By: Kate, Events Coordinator On the other side of the state, Group 2 headed east… to West Memphis! And yes, it is west of Memphis, on the western side of the Mississippi River. We met Cassie, an Arkansas foster who volunteers at the West Memphis...
14 Apr Day 2 – Part 1!
Written By: Kelli Leahy, Home Visit Coordinator “Rescue: It’s not just a verb, it’s a promise.” An amazing day one was in the books!! As I opened my eyes on Friday morning, I had no idea what was in store…what dogs would we meet? Which of our...
10 Apr Day One!
Written By: Mallory, Volunteer Today was the first day of an adventure that myself, and many others, have been waiting to start for a long time. Months ago the process of planning this trip began and, since then, we've all been waiting with anticipation for this...