When it comes to saving an animal - it's never just one person

It takes a community of dedicated humans to save one little Black and Tan

Olivia

In the summer of 2006, we adopted our Black and Tan Coonhound, Olivia Rose,
from Town Lake Animal Center (TLAC) and began our friendship with Jerry
Dunham.

Jerry Walking the Kennels at TLAC

Jerry lives in Austin and is a familiar face to the staff at Town Lake. As a
Placement Partner, he volunteers his time at TLAC looking for dogs that he
have not been claimed and ones that he can pull out of the center and place
in foster care. Walking the cages is an unenviable task; many dogs only had
a few days to find a home. Today¹s ³live out² rate for TLAC is stellar.

Our little B&T was pulled and fostered by Lynn McConnell who traditionally
fosters Malamutes but generously gave up some her precious space for our
skinny little girl. Lynn took the extra time to nurse Olivia back to health
after a scary infection set in.

We stayed in touch with Jerry and had a chance to visit TLAC a couple of
years later. There we met Kathryn Sharp, the Rescue Coordinator for TLAC. I
wanted her to get a chance to meet one of the dogs that had come through her
program full circle and was now a healthy family pet, living in her forever
home.

We are happy to see TLAC doing well and saving more dogs than ever and can¹t

Angela Faeth
CoonhoundCompanions.com

wait to visit again when the improvements are completed, and visit our

"forever friends" again!

Coonhound.