Clicker Training for Dogs

I added this section on my site because traveling down to the hurrican-torn area of Louisiana and observing the animal rescue effort there was very exciting for me. I hope you share in that excitement through the story and pictures on this page.

Eleven days after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, I mentioned to two co-workers that some acquaintances of mine were traveling to Baton Rouge with relief for human and animal victims it left behind and that I was planning on going along. They suggested that by mentioning animal relief to other co-workers they could raise a lot of money toward the effort.

The outpouring of generosity to help the more than 2,000 displaced pets being housed in two major Louisiana facilities was unbelievable. The twelfth day after the disaster found me driving my donation-ladened van from Louisville, KY to Baton Rouge, LA.

These pages recount the 1,700-mile round-trip across five states and my visit to the Parker Coliseum at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, a trip that began at 6:00 pm on Friday and ended at 3:00 pm on Sunday.

Information about volunteering, fostering, and adopting animals from these shelters can be found by cicking on the adoption link on the Shelters page. Anyone wanting to donate can find links and a list of items desperately needed by both shelters, one of which is taking in and treating sick and injured pets; those that were rescued later, after spending days drinking and living in and around the infested waters that flooded the city of New Orleans.