In May of 2022, I had the opportunity to visit Animal Aware in Guatemala and complete a circle. This story actually begins back in 2008, when I was looking for a dog to adopt. I looked for quite some time, but that magic connection just wasn’t quite happening…until one day I went to the Marin…
Molly’s adoption was unusual – at 8 years old, with a skin condition and a thyroid problem it was unlikely that she’d ever find a home, and would spend the rest of her life in a cage. Nevertheless, given her sweetness and nobility, it was easy to adopt her. Leaving the Shelter, she calmly sat…
In May of 2021, Dani and I got married and started our new life together. At first, just like with a lot of newlyweds, our lifestyles went through a lot of changes. After a few months, Dani started feeling anxious because she was spending so much time home alone in the apartment while I was…
We didn’t weigh Cariñitono when he first arrived at Hound Heights because we weren’t sure our scales would be robust enough. Yes, the poor old guy was quite unbelievably overweight, maybe 100lbs, maybe more. He probably loved and worshipped his owner, who fed him a normal dog-food diet – plus everything he ate himself: cake,…
Thursday, April 29, 2021 was a difficult day for Enzo. He was dumped and left for dead outside an animal shelter. He was 3 to 4 months old, extremely malnourished, dehydrated and had a severely injured leg. To make matters worse, he had been attacked by another dog who had bitten him in the head….
We are a non-profit organization and for more than 15 years we have been working to transform the lives of many animals that have suffered abuse, through education and neutering campaigns. Currently we have over 300 dogs and 30 cats for adoption, living in our shelter and waiting for a family to give them a…