I adopted my first dog in February of 1997 from Humane Animal Rescue Team, Cloe aka Sister. I call her my first born! Then I started volunteering at Operation Kindness shortly after and that is where my animal history all began! I adopted my second dog-child after fostering him, Bruiser. I moved to Richardson and started volunteering at the local animal shelter. I adopted my next two dogs, Ranger and Terry, from the shelter. I was going to adopt them out but they ended up staying with me as one big happy family.

I volunteer with Protective Animal League-PAL. We are a small group and have been around for 20 years. We are saving lives every day! Please visit www.onepetatatime.org.

In August of 2003, I finally got married! :) Boy was he in for treat but he took me and all four dogs! He added his one, Patch, and at the time I was fostering a cutie named Coco, who I rescued from the Dallas Oak Cliff Animal Shelter. Coco stayed and is Patch's best buddy, he needed a friend since he didn't like any of my original bunch.

That is my story in a nutshell! I keep very busy with family life, petsitting and my rescue work.

Erin