The New "Leashed" Blog

I have made some dramatic changes in this blog tonight. I'm not entirely happy about having to make them but they come in deference to some small minded people in an organization that I care about with all my heart. First - the disclaimer. I volunteer many hours a year in a variety of roles at an animal shelter in south central Montana. This blog reflects my own opinions and not any official opinion, feeling, thought, information, news, or anything else of this unnamed shelter. Nothing on this blog has been approved of by said shelter. I have removed any references to the shelter or its location from previous posts. And if you read this blog before tonight - forget you ever knew which shelter this was.

Second - I had really hoped this blog would serve as a way to feature some dogs, cats or other critters needing homes or as a way to touch the hearts of some people willing to help us financially (which we always need). But in the interest of "protecting" the shelter from my writings I will no longer use the real names of animals needing homes because people might be able to trace the names back and identify our shelter. Sorry animals. I will also no longer provide our name, address, phone number or a link to our website where readers could donate on-line or find out more information. Sorry folks. I may have caved in to the demands of these very short sighted individuals but it is only because of my concern for the animals. In my service as President to the animal shelter I work with I have only 3 missions: 1) To leave an organization that is financially strong - prepared for unforeseen financial disaster and well equipped to meet the demands of the future. 2) To ensure that each and every animal that enters the shelter is given not just the basics of food, water, shelter and medical care but that they have adequate human contact, the individual time each day to be talked to, groomed, played with or just touched. That's the difference between being an animal storage facility and an animal shelter and we haven't gotten there yet. 3) To educate people about realities of animal overpopulation and how it affects animal shelters. More Thursday - but the picture today is just a happy dog. As they - and we all - should be.

Yours honestly - Lisa