05/01/2026
🐾 National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day 🐾
This is Bootsie… and she’s our why. 💛
Back in 2011, we went to looking for a small dog to add to our crew of Desi & Lucy.
The small dogs were in the back at the time, so they showed us Bootsie’s intake photo.
She was 8 years old, mostly blind, and that photo showed a scared, ungroomed little dog who had clearly been through a lot.
We asked to meet her…
and this is the dog they brought out.
An adorable, fluffy pup FULL of personality — who didn’t let her age or her lack of vision slow her down one bit.
This is the photo we took the day we brought her home.
Not long after, we had the opportunity to start photographing shelter pets… and it stuck with us. It just felt like something small we could do to help them get seen.
Shelters are at max capacity right now. They need help.
If you’ve ever thought about it —
🐾 Adopt
🐾 Foster
🐾 Volunteer
🐾 Donate
And please… spay and neuter your pets.
Because there are so many dogs like Bootsie still waiting and they could be the one that changes the direction of your life. 🧡