FIRE!

 Hoo Boy! Midwest Schipperke Rescue has been working on placing dogs from the Eagle Point, Oregon hoarding situation since January 6, and the end is in sight. Ten dogs are still at Dogs For Better Lives, and Susan has been on the phone and email all day (Sunday, July 12) making final arrangements for adoptions and transport.  Moving the last ones became an emergency early Sunday because of a forest fire (four square miles!) north of Central Point, and the smoke is rolling in. DFBL may have to evacuate. Studying the aerial and ground photos, the facility is not really in danger of burning, but that mountainside just north of DFBL is low trees, just the kind of fuel that burns ferociously. Our transporter is picking up two dogs early tomorrow and delivering those to California and Nevada, then going back for the rest, which will be coming east. One of them will go all the way to New Hampshire. This week will be busy with many communications to adopters and the transporter.

If strong winds come out of the north, Dogs For Better Lives will be getting a load of smoke!

Lots of clean, defensible space around the facility.

We will be watching the fire weather for SW Oregon!

 Wilbur heads to California Monday!

The Grinding never ends!

UPDATE!!! Our transporter had a vehicle breakdown and has postponed the first pickup until the week of July 20. Susan had to make a lot more calls to let the adopters readjust their schedules, but she got it done. Pray for favorable winds and moderate fire weather in southwest Oregon. The action is on the north end of the fire the last time I checked.