And the young shall lead us...

For those of you who might not have seen the article in the Simi Valley Acorn this week, the 'cheese & treat socializing at 7PM' is being done by two local Girl Scout troops and some of our volunteer dog walkers.

Each night a few of the Yucca Valley dogs are brought out into what we call 'the speedway' and volunteers sit on low stools, offering chicken, cheese and treats by hand to the dogs.  The goal is to show them we humans can be trusted and good things in life CAN come from us.

It takes numerous times of repeating this process over and over until they make the connection that no one is going to chase them, treat them unkindly and that we offer them nothing but food and love.

The troops have made remarkable progress already...

A month ago if you picked up one of the Yucca dogs, they immediately froze like a statue, hung out in the corners of the speedway fearful to move around or simply sat with eyes face down... Almost if they pretended we did not exist, we could not see them either...

This progress is an amazing example of what human compassion is all about... By young girls of a tender age who will carry these experiences on with them, affecting their decisions about dogs onwards in their lives...

MAGIC.... pure MAGIC going on at TLC!