I have a post card I bought years ago while I was at a seminar about canine behavior. It reads, "Trust your crazy ideas." I keep it in my desk and look at it often. I also have a candle holder that reminds me to "Believe When It's Beyond Reason to Believe" in my office. I keep it where I see it daily. Those reminders were fresh in my mind the day I was introduced to Ares. As the story goes, Ares was carried into a shelter by a Good Samaritan who claimed to have found him on t

(Note: this is a reprint of a blog contributed to Dogster.com as a guest blogger in 2011) When people find out that part of what I do at the SPCA Serving Erie County includes foster care for dogs and cats, the statement I most often hear is, I couldn’t do that. There was a day when I might have thought the same thing. However, there are thousands of animals in shelters and rescue groups who need a helping hand (or home) to unleash their potential. If your heart is jumping at