The above are views of the shelter today. Even though we do not have separate rooms for dogs, the shelter is well-organized and functions according to industry standards and best practices with healthy animals separated from sick and aggressive animals isolated from friendly.

Because we do not have the benefit of using hoses to clean and disinfect, the kennel staff must scrub each kennel/run by hand to ensure that animals remain healthy. While the run is being cleaned by one staff person, another staffer takes the dog for a walk. Although the dog area is not air conditioned, fans are set-up throughout the facility to circulate the air. The cement is surprisingly cool. The new shelter (moving date January 2007!) will be entirely air-conditioned with extensive drainage systems so we can once again clean kennel areas with hoses.