We ended up finding two new foster families, a brother and sister at that, who took in these two dogs. Oakley got adopted rather quickly and Bailey was recently adopted by her foster parents! Austin Pets Alive! is truly a team effort and these dogs would not have made it out alive without all of the people working behind the scenes. This includes the euth walkers, the foster families, the foster coordinator, those who answer the adopt emails and voicemails, the adoption counselors, the adoption site volunteers…the list goes on and on…
My dream would be to have a team of APA Angels such that we have people at the shelter daily, one for dogs and cats, walking the list with our euth walkers. I am no behavior expert and don’t plan to become one, though I’m able to take notes and post to craigslist so that we can get as many animals out as we can. The euth walkers have a very short time frame to accomplish a lot, so the APA Angel is more of an observer and note taker. The euth walkers' job is stressful and often they take on posting to craigslist to get out as many animals as possible. I’d like to help them out with this as they already do so much.
