Welcome & Prepare Yourselves

Hey all! When I first started thinking about what I wanted to make my blog about, a lot of ideas came to mind-- yoga inversions, tea concoctions and their health benefits, coffee, the best Texas state parks to visit, I even considered Starbucks: How College Kids Can Learn to Afford It (since it's such a great, little known secret, I'll go ahead and give y'all the insider scoop: you can get a short cup of steamed coconut milk for 60 cents, YUM!!). But in the end, I realized I wanted to write about something that mattered, something that had a purpose. And if there's anything I'm passionate about to the point where I easily get into heated arguments, it's the ethical treatment of animals. However, I knew I had to narrow this broad topic in order to create my niche, so I decided upon rescue dogs, since it's a topic that hits so close to home.

That being said, this blog will mostly focus on warm, fuzzy stories about dogs who found their forever homes--whether intentionally or unintentionally. However, in order to stress the often times forgotten, yet continuous need for volunteers, fosters, and adopters, I will venture into the Beaumont Animal Shelter and feature some of the long-time residents there that may not have a happy ending to look forward to. By doing so I hope to make my readers face the harsh reality of euthanization and support adoption instead of breeding, which often times occurs via cruel puppy mills. Hope I make some sort of a dent in your position on shelter dogs (and I guess on cats for those of you who aren't dog people)!!