08/30/2026
For those who don’t know, I have two members of my pack who just don’t really see eye to eye: Cooper and Milo.
Thanks to Lisa and her incredible Marketplace shopping skills, we now have another tool to help us work through it! I had been looking for one of those GINORMOUS ###L Great Dane collapsible crates, and Lisa found one for a killer deal on Marketplace near where she lives and picked it up for me.
This thing is massive, and yes, it takes up a good chunk of my living room, but I will happily give up the space if it helps me get these two boys over their differences so my entire pack can finally be together again.
Once we successfully get Cooper and Milo to that point, my next project is Uke the Nuke, our dog-reactive pit bull who has been in foster at our facility since January. He was supposed to go into a board-and-train program, but unfortunately they haven’t been able to find room for him. In nine months, he has received only ONE application. So if another option isn’t opening up for him, we are going to start putting in the work here.
Some people may wonder why it has taken me so long to really buckle down and work on getting Cooper and Milo together. The reality is that running a wildlife sanctuary and doing everything else I do means there simply aren’t enough hours in the day sometimes.
But life is finally starting to slow down a little. Balance is starting to come back, and I finally have more time to dedicate to working with my own pack again.
Today is Cleaning Sunday, which means EVERYTHING gets cleaned—dusting, wiping down, floors, ceilings, you name it. And while I’m working, Cooper and Milo will continue their rotations and learning that they can peacefully coexist under the same roof.
One day at a time. The goal is a peaceful, balanced pack under one roof again, and I’m excited to finally have the time and tools to really work toward it.
