{"id":36635,"date":"2022-03-23T17:46:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T17:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/the-woman-takes-care-of-80-elderly-dogs-turns-the-house-into-an-animal-shelter-photos\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T17:46:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T17:46:47","slug":"the-woman-takes-care-of-80-elderly-dogs-turns-the-house-into-an-animal-shelter-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/the-woman-takes-care-of-80-elderly-dogs-turns-the-house-into-an-animal-shelter-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"The woman takes care of 80 elderly dogs, turns the house into an animal shelter (photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"firstP\">\n<p>Valerie Reid is the lady who could not stand the idea of \u200b\u200bold dogs dying alone, so she turned her home into an animal shelter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>She already runs a charity for older dogs in Missouri, USA, caring for about 80 dogs at a time.<\/p>\n<p>The camp was set up in 2017 after Valerie failed to find a home for her late father&#8217;s Doberman dog.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My husband and I could no longer keep animals and no one took my father&#8217;s dog,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>While now Valeria accepts all older dogs of deceased owners or who are housed in nursing homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The dogs live openly with us in the two buildings.  &#8220;Everywhere we go, they go and are treated as part of the family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our goal is to prepare them for the end of life, as none of us has a guaranteed tomorrow,&#8221; says the woman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We expect older dogs to go to the other world with love and care.  &#8220;Of course it hurts but it is also an honor to take care of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to help the dogs that were in my father&#8217;s dog situation and I did not know there were so many.  &#8220;It&#8217;s actually a forgotten part of the animal welfare world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2084792\" src=\"https:\/\/top-channel.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/rr-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"425\"\/><\/p>\n<p>So Valerie and her husband Josh left their home in Kansas to settle in the animal shelter in Missouri, which is now their home.<\/p>\n<p>They already have a 1,000-square-foot property and a 500-square-foot dog-only building.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The shelter started to grow, becoming bigger and bigger over time.  &#8220;I really like that I have so many dogs that love me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Valerie says she wants the dogs to leave the world knowing they were valued and admired.<\/p>\n<p>She already has 17 full-time employees caring for her 80 dogs all the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We all need a plan for the future, not only for our spouses and children but also for our animals.  &#8220;Death is not scary, it is a privilege to grow old, we all have to face it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes dogs become overweight, as do their medical expenses, but we hope to make others aware of the needs of our shelter,&#8221; she adds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last\">\n<strong><\/p>\n<p>top channel<br \/>\n<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\tvar ajaxurl = \"https:\/\/top-channel.tv\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\";<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/Google Analytics\n\t\twindow.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\tfunction gtag() {\n\t\t\tdataLayer.push(arguments);\n\t\t}\n\t\tgtag('js', new Date());<\/p>\n<p>\t\tgtag('config', 'UA-7855069-1');<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/Facebook\n\t\twindow.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n\t\t\tFB.init({\n\t\t\t\tappId: '1715618661991455',\n\t\t\t\txfbml: true,\n\t\t\t\tversion: 'v2.10'\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t\tFB.AppEvents.logPageView();\n\t\t};<\/p>\n<p>\t\t(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) {\n\t\t\t\treturn;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tjs = d.createElement(s);\n\t\t\tjs.id = id;\n\t\t\tjs.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n\t\t\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/top-channel.tv\/2022\/03\/23\/gruaja-kujdeset-per-80-qen-te-moshuar-kthen-shtepine-ne-strehe-kafshesh-fotot\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Valerie Reid is the lady who could not stand the idea of \u200b\u200bold dogs dying alone, so she turned her home into an animal shelter. 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