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From Christine

we attended your presentation on Tuesday and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was educational and fun. You did a great presentation and the dogs you bought for us to meet were great. Thank you for coming all the way from Forks to do the presentation and thank you for making is so interesting.

Posted on November 13, 2009 | Link

Seattle Humane Fundraising Event

The presentation at Seattle Humane on November 10 was a success, and we want to thank Seattle Humane CEO Brenda Barnette, Marketing Director Rhonda Manville, and all the staff and volunteers from Seattle Humane who helped walk dogs, clean crates, and make the event run smoothly. We raised a grand total of $2,537.60 that will be used for facility improvements. Special thanks also to Amber Chenoweth for photographing the event.

Posted on November 11, 2009 | Link

From Laura

Hi Steve,

I was at your presentation today. I just wanted to say it was very well done, I agreed with everything you said. That is awesome that you are able to make such a huge difference for the dogs and for all the people that know you.

Posted on November 10, 2009 | Link

Norton

Norton came from a rescue group in Kitsap County, where he was originally brought to them very sick and starving; we believe Norton is a very high content wolf-dog, meaning he is not a pure wolf, but he might as well be. The rescue was initially told that he was a wolf mix but very low content, however the healthier he got, the more 'wolfy' he looked, and it eventually became clear that Norton was never going to pass for a dog. The rescue was unable to keep him legally in their area, so Olympic Animal Sanctuary's help was sought.

Wolf-dogs are popular 'pets' in the US and Canada, however their wild nature makes them unsuitable as pets and potentially dangerous. It is Olympic Animal Sanctuary's stance that no wolf-dog should ever be made available to the public, and wolf-dogs should never be bred for any reason. For many, wolves hold a mystical, spiritual allure that makes people feel they need to possess or commune with these animals, but that essential wildness that attracts us to them is tragically lost in captivity.

Norton is enjoying his first day at the Sanctuary, making friends with our huskies and malamutes. He is especially interested in Micah, our blue-eyed wolf/husky mix -- Micah doesn't look like a wolf, but Norton seems to know there's something different about him.