Wilson’s World: Celebrating National Puppy Day with “Tails of the Trail” Dog Walk
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The Williamson Source was out at the SHEL album release show and Tails of the Trail fundraiser on June 24 at the historic Franklin Theatre. The venue also celebrated its fifth anniversary that night.
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With Chelsea’s adoption of Regina today, that makes it an even 50 adoptions/fosters precipitated by Tails of the Trail! Chelsea volunteered with fellow employees from naviHealth to walk shelter dogs at Metro Nashville Animal Care & Control. naviHealth employees receive paid time off to give back to the community.
It was the first PupFest: An Irish Faire held March 19, 2016 at Nashville Pet Products in Hermitage, TN, featuring five shelters, Irish music, and the Apollo Food Truck. We had a wonderful morning hike with our shelter pups.
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Famished after our hike, even we humans had to eat! Business was bustling at the Apollo Food Truck, but Cassie (a food truck worker), couldn’t take her eyes off of Roc. Roc had arrived from Cheatham County Animal Control (CCAC). The shelter was temporarily closing due to much needed renovations.
Finding a home for Roc and the other dogs at this shelter was a top priority. Would the luck of the Irish be in Roc’s favor?
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I spent the better part of the afternoon walking Roc alongside the Apollo Food Truck; Cassie couldn’t leave her work post, and having Roc nearby definitely made Cassie’s day. She totally delighted in watching Roc… so much so that she decided to adopt the precious pup! I became the de facto liaison between Cassie and TJ Jordi (the Director of Cheatham County Animal Control), shuffling the paperwork back and forth until Cassie got the final approval to adopt dear Roc. All that was left was the adoption fee payment; as adopting a dog that day was not on Cassie’s to-do list, she didn’t have the extra cash on hand. Needless to say, I was determined to do whatever it might take to make Roc’s adoption happen.
There’s nothing more our volunteers cherish more than seeing a dog find a permanent, loving home. It’s a priceless reward that touches all our hearts.
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Without hesitation, I paid the adoption fee, later telling Cassie it was an early Christmas present! Big smiles followed.
That day Roc, now known as Rocky, sniffed and licked his way to the pot of gold at the end of his rainbow… and so did I!
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Thanks to all the hard work and effort from our volunteers, five dogs were adopted that day! There must have been four-leaf clovers aplenty in the field that day. A bit of luck and a lot of love is exactly what it takes to find homes for these precious pups!
The inaugural hike to launch our South Carolina Tails of the Trail® affiliate made CN2 News! The station, which covers Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Clover, Lancaster, York and “every other community in the Tri County (Covering York, Lancaster and Chester Counties),” featured the April 10,2016 hike in partnership with Humane Society of York County.
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Tails of the Trail™ reached a milestone on Saturday, March 26 when we hiked our 1,000th shelter dog. The event took place at Montgomery County Animal Care and Control, and The Tennessean ran Sean McCully’s story from the Leaf-Chronicle on Thursday.
Tails of the Trail™ reached a milestone Saturday when we hiked our 1,000th shelter dog. The event took place at Montgomery County Animal Care and Control, and the Leaf-Chronicle newspaper was there to cover it. See the full article here.
Videographer and animal lover Dävid La Rosa joined us recently for our Tails of the Trail hike with Metro Nashville Animal Care and Control. The result was this charming video that tells the story of us hiking with over 30 shelter dogs that morning.
Amy Eskind and Micah Schulman from The Nashville Banner paid us a visit during our hike with Metro Animal Care and Control and gave us some great coverage.
Kayla adopted Chevy after our Tails of the Trail hike with Maury County Animal Services on Saturday! Check out the photos of the happy pair: