A Birthday Adventure

 For her birthday, Callie wanted to visit a Japanese Animal Shelter.  Fortunately, someone posted on a local FB page about one where volunteers were welcome.  I emailed them and got the okay.  It was a fair distance away, but worth it to make my little darling happy.

I was getting a wee bit nervous as we turned down this road after a 30 minute drive.  But the shelter was just around the curve at the end.  Lots and lots of dogs, and it is a no-kidding no-kill shelter.  Even the sick dogs, the unsafe dogs, the unadaptable dogs are housed there and not put down.

We got to take some dogs for walks.  I want to say everyone had a good time, but Delaney and Rylee did not expect to walk that far and it was hot.

Heat didn't bother Callie.  She had a blast with her little charges.

And then we visited the cats.  We had been teased that we could go inside and hang out and socialize with them, but it was feeding time and we could not.  Callie was bitterly disappointed, but managed to make friends anyway.

 And Rylee was happy to pet kitties.  It almost made up for the heat.