1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:17,600 Hello friends, welcome to Rough Life and Happy New Year! 2 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:22,600 Well as 2023 has come to a close, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at some 3 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:28,980 of our favorites from the year, but before we get into that, let's talk numbers. 4 00:00:28,980 --> 00:00:34,120 This is my favorite part of the last transport of the year, but actually I crunched the numbers 5 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,860 all throughout the year anyway. 6 00:00:36,860 --> 00:00:49,240 So the total number of animals that we sent to WolfDrap in 2023 was 1254. 7 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:50,540 That's crazy. 8 00:00:50,540 --> 00:01:02,720 We sent a total of 839 puppies, 92 adult dogs, 283 kittens, and 40 adult cats. 9 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:10,060 We did 25 total transports with an average of 49 animals per transport, and this is 10 00:01:10,060 --> 00:01:12,520 my favorite one. 11 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:17,560 We averaged 3.6 adult dogs per transport. 12 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:24,320 We beat 2022's numbers by 80, and that was mostly because y'all went kitten crazy for 13 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:28,800 some reason this year, and we sent so many kittens. 14 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:36,000 2023 was also the year that I started this podcast, yay! 15 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:42,640 And I'll be honest, I have stuck with it way longer than I really thought that I would. 16 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:49,200 I have done 31 different episodes and have over 4000 listeners. 17 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:50,480 That's insane. 18 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:57,040 The majority of my listeners come from Virginia, specifically Ashburn, Alexandria, Falls Church, 19 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:03,720 and Fairfax, but we also have quite a few listeners in Belgium. 20 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,200 Yeah, like the country. 21 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:13,640 And then just a handful from Canada, Netherlands, Greece, and one listener from China. 22 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:20,400 Now, tell me that is not the most wild thing you've ever heard in your life. 23 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:24,320 For this end of the year wrap up episode, I thought it would be fun to ask the whole 24 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:30,880 team for their favorite animals from the year, and this is what everyone had to say. 25 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:36,060 So Jacqueline, our foster coordinator, she actually had two. 26 00:02:36,060 --> 00:02:42,040 She said, my favorite adoption story from 2023 actually began on the last transport 27 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:43,720 of 2022. 28 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:49,400 We had brought up an owner-surrender Boston Terrier dog on the November 29th 2022 hockey 29 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:50,640 transport. 30 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:55,840 Her name was Top Shelf, Poppy, and she had five newborn puppies. 31 00:02:55,840 --> 00:03:01,640 Unfortunately, multiple puppies froze to death here in Mississippi because the weather changed 32 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:05,120 so quickly before they were able to get them up on transport. 33 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,240 I personally fostered Top Shelf and her puppies. 34 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,720 Plus, I had this little scruffy dog that was anywhere from six months to a year. 35 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,000 We had no idea how old he really was. 36 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,360 His name was Wilson. 37 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:20,680 He had two meet and greets come through, but the mom and dog wasn't on our website just 38 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,560 yet because she was still nursing her puppies. 39 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,840 When the first meet and greet arrived, Poppy stole the show. 40 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:32,200 They walked into my home and she immediately said, okay, you are my people. 41 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:33,200 I am your dog. 42 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,200 We will be happy forever and ever. 43 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,280 This scruffy little dog completely ignored them. 44 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:43,280 When they left, I immediately texted them and said, I know you were here and you were 45 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:48,600 interested in Wilson, but any chance you were interested in Poppy instead because I really 46 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,880 feel like she chose you. 47 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:55,560 The family adopted her at our first adoption event in January of this year, and I just 48 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:59,920 got a Christmas picture of her living her best spoiled life that she deserves. 49 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:04,720 Wilson ended up being adopted by the second meet and greet family, and he was way more 50 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,560 interested in them than he was the first family. 51 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:12,040 He needed to show them all of his toys when they first got there. 52 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,960 Rhinoceros viper is my number two. 53 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:20,120 He is a Boston Terrier pit mix from the August 9th Snakes Transport. 54 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,720 He arrived with his siblings and he was so sick. 55 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,040 He had a terrible upper respiratory infection. 56 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:30,600 Dr. Burton recommended that he not go into a foster home because he was so sick, so she 57 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,760 loaded me up with all the medications that he needed. 58 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,280 Once he was healthy enough, he went to one of our amazing foster homes who kept him for 59 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:43,600 months and months before he was adopted to the best family at the public adoption event. 60 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:48,000 The mom and the teenage daughter walked up to Rhino Viper and the teenage daughter declared 61 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,520 that, Mom, this is my dog. 62 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:57,400 They are loving life together and I may have cried a little bit. 63 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:02,880 Paola had a hard time deciding who her overall favorite was because she takes home most, 64 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,920 if not all, of the parbo puppies and nurses them back to health. 65 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:11,720 And anyone that has fostered a sick animal before knows that lasting bond you have with 66 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,040 that animal after that. 67 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:19,840 But she also really loved Tubby Todd from the April 22nd Baby Brands Transport, who 68 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:23,040 was also Jesse's number one favorite. 69 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:30,120 And if you know Jesse at all, you know he loves orange cats, so this was no surprise. 70 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,480 But Todd was a super weird case. 71 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:37,160 The shelter here in Alabama picked him up as a stray and one of his hips and legs had 72 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:42,480 been completely shaved bald, like he had just had surgery. 73 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:47,760 No owners ever came forward and no vets in the area remembered shaving a cat like that. 74 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,840 A few weeks later we sent him to Wolf Trap and Dr. Burton took X-rays of the hip to figure 75 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:54,840 out why he had been shaved like that. 76 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:57,880 And she saw he had no hip. 77 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,440 Like it was totally gone. 78 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,760 We had to have a specialist come look at him and everything. 79 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:08,920 They think he was hit by a car and had surgery before even coming to Wolf Trap. 80 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:13,600 Todd stayed at the hospital as a foster until the end of June when he was finally adopted 81 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:20,160 and he is still a patient at Wolf Trap, so the staff gets to see him for all of his appointments. 82 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:25,880 Grace took zero time writing me back with her favorite from 2023. 83 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:31,240 She said, while I love all of the animals that came up, hands down was Caramelly from 84 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,040 the pasta transport. 85 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:38,240 That whole litter was great, even with their slight proclivity towards car sickness. 86 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:43,040 I only got to take Caramelly home for one night, but if I wasn't full of animals already, 87 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:44,440 I would have kept her. 88 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,440 She was absolutely perfect. 89 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:49,520 The family who adopted her is incredibly lucky. 90 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:55,600 I could also say the K litter of kittens from the April 22nd baby brand transport, seeing 91 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:01,520 as I ended up adding two of them to my menagerie and couldn't imagine life without them. 92 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,640 Jenny had a favorite cat and a favorite dog. 93 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:11,480 She said, Mama nubtail, yellow-orange from the March 8th Korean transport, and her four 94 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,840 precious babies would be my favorite cat. 95 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:18,000 I'm used to the bottle babies, and when we couldn't find a foster for her, of course 96 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,200 I took her. 97 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:24,320 She was the perfect first pregnant mama cat that I took, and she spoiled me. 98 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:29,800 The only hiccup was when she decided to give birth to her first kitten in the litter box. 99 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,480 So I woke up to a screaming kitten covered in litter. 100 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:38,920 She ended up being adopted with one of her babies, but that mama was great. 101 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:43,480 She even took an orphan kittens later because she was such a perfect mom. 102 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:48,640 My favorite dog would have to be the brown doodle, dulcimer, from the April 12th Dolly 103 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,440 Parton transport. 104 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:55,000 Mostly because we were able to come full circle with the band, the head and the heart. 105 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,440 They were interested in a previous litter last year, but the timing just wasn't right. 106 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:03,360 So when the Aussie doodles were sent up, I figured it wouldn't hurt to send them a text, 107 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:07,440 and they were like, timing is actually perfect this time around. 108 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,960 That whole litter was perfect, and they were just precious in general. 109 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:17,320 As for Dr. Burton, in case you didn't know, she actually had a foster fail this year. 110 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:22,600 Mia from the September 23rd Movies Transport is now officially a Burton. 111 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:29,840 However, when asked who her favorite animal of 2023 was, B did not say Mia. 112 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:35,800 She actually said, meet the Santas, a Maine Coon kitten that I sent on December 2nd Hallmark 113 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:37,160 Transport. 114 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,880 We ended up taking him home from Transport to keep an eye on him. 115 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:46,500 He had a very strange meow, almost like he was horse and was whispering. 116 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:50,600 We had had him in foster care down here for a week, so we knew he was healthy and eating 117 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:51,960 and active. 118 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:57,840 So B diagnosed him with laryngitis, renamed him Wisp, and took him home for the night. 119 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:01,040 And that's when things went crazy. 120 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:06,540 Wisp got so insanely sick the next day, we were all convinced that he had rabies. 121 00:09:06,540 --> 00:09:11,680 He was foaming at the mouth uncontrollably, he wouldn't eat anything, and he almost seemed 122 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:13,640 like he couldn't walk. 123 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:19,000 After an entire day of monitoring him, running different tests, and trying different medications, 124 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:23,040 nothing was working and everything was pointing to rabies. 125 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:28,840 For those who don't know, rabies is incurable and there is no test for it that you can do 126 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,000 on an animal that's alive. 127 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:37,000 The only way to test an animal is to euthanize it, cut its head off, and send it to a lab 128 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,480 to be tested. 129 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:39,800 How barbaric is that? 130 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:44,440 Like it's 2024, can we not come up with something better now? 131 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:50,200 Anyway, Wisp was about 10 minutes away from certain death when Dr. Burton tried to give 132 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,440 him some anti-nausea medication. 133 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:58,200 He flipped out and she ended up just shooting a little bit of it in his mouth. 134 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,760 Literally seconds later, he was totally fine. 135 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:04,200 Like eating, playing, purring, everything. 136 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:05,920 We were shocked. 137 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,280 And he's been totally fine ever since. 138 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:12,400 He still has a weird meow, but apparently that's just his voice. 139 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:16,360 He has since gone to one of our veterinarian partners to be fostered and there are more 140 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:21,120 than likely foster failing with him, but that was such a wild day for Dr. Burton, I don't 141 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,480 think she will ever forget Wisp. 142 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:29,300 She even said, I think I just found a cure for rabies. 143 00:10:29,300 --> 00:10:34,880 As for our team down here, Mama Becky had two favorites. 144 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:40,760 Hank, Hey Duke from the June 2nd National Trails Transport, and Mad Eye Moody from the 145 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,640 June 28th Harry Potter Transport. 146 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:45,960 This is what she said about them. 147 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:52,200 Out of the 166 that I fostered this year, Hank the Hound Dog and Winky the Bad Eye Puppy 148 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,240 are the ones I miss the most. 149 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:59,160 I usually have large litters of tiny puppies so they have to stay in my dog pen or the 150 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:01,920 shed since they're not fully vaccinated. 151 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:06,440 But Hank and Winky were vaccinated and could walk through the woods with me and I loved 152 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:07,440 that. 153 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,360 Hank just appeared in our closed garage one morning. 154 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,800 He must have wandered in the night before and we shut the door at bedtime and didn't 155 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:15,120 even notice him. 156 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,840 He was sleeping in a huge pile of blankets that I was going through that had been donated 157 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:20,280 to us. 158 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,440 Winky and her siblings were posted on Facebook. 159 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:27,160 I knew no one would pull the litter because one pup had such a bad eye so I begged for 160 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:28,520 us to pull them. 161 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:32,000 I thought some eye ointment would cure it but it didn't. 162 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,480 Her eye was so swollen and painful. 163 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:38,560 After several weeks we decided it couldn't be saved and our local vet recommended having 164 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:39,880 it removed. 165 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:42,520 From the minute it was out she was a new dog. 166 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,080 She wasn't in pain anymore and you could tell. 167 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:49,720 I'm so thankful that these two have found such good homes. 168 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:56,560 When I asked Jessica to tell me who her favorite was from 2023 she said, can you just look 169 00:11:56,560 --> 00:12:00,800 at what I wrote on Facebook and just say that. 170 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,800 So here we go. 171 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:07,960 Her favorite was Eliza, orange juice on the November 11th drinks transport. 172 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,560 Jessica wrote this about her on Facebook. 173 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:15,960 Sometimes animal rescue is rewarding and sometimes it's gut wrenching. 174 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,260 Sometimes it's both. 175 00:12:17,260 --> 00:12:22,240 This girl leaves for Virginia tomorrow and I'm fine with a crying face so she was definitely 176 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,000 not fine. 177 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:28,880 When we first got Eliza she had to be trapped and she was sent to the vet for a spay. 178 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,520 I was planning to send her back where she came from. 179 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,720 She was feral and she had been for years and she's a healer. 180 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,080 It's not that I don't love the herding breed. 181 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:41,840 I had just had one for 14 years and I know how stubborn and high maintenance they are 182 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,480 but I never expected this girl to be very workable. 183 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:49,720 They told me at the vet that she was super sweet and I'll be honest my first thought 184 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:54,920 was well dang because I had no idea what I was going to do with another adult. 185 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:59,560 They boarded her until I had a spot available and then she spent a week in my kennel. 186 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:02,720 She went on walks with my pack and got to know everybody. 187 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:06,400 She got along so well with them that we decided to bring her inside. 188 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,160 There's a pretty lengthy list of requirements to be met before you get to come inside with 189 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,160 my old lazy dogs. 190 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:15,640 One of whom is 8 pounds and completely blind. 191 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,920 Eliza has been with us for a little over 5 weeks now which is a long time in my little 192 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:21,320 rescue world. 193 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:25,680 She's part of the family, she loves my dogs, she knows the routine and she will do anything 194 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:27,920 to get close enough to be petted. 195 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,600 She also loves to chase a tennis ball. 196 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:35,720 Notice I didn't say she fetches a tennis ball so she and I both get our exercise. 197 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:41,000 I've had a lot of dogs love me over the years but none any more than this girl. 198 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,520 I have no doubt she'll find the perfect family and I'll be a distant memory soon but it's 199 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:50,120 going to be a little bit of a transition for her and me. 200 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:54,440 Jessica did leave out the part though where we were afraid that they were both getting 201 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:59,040 too attached to each other and that she wouldn't be able to give her up and send her on transport 202 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:03,560 so she came and spent a week with me at my house before going to Virginia. 203 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:08,160 On her second day at my house I was vacuuming the rug which apparently I was not supposed 204 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,520 to do but Jessica didn't tell me. 205 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:15,440 When Eliza went out the doggy door, crawled under the fence and took off. 206 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:20,760 We looked everywhere for her for 24 hours, literally 24 hours straight. 207 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,200 Even Jessica came out and tried to help us look for her. 208 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:27,280 There was no sign of her so we just gave up. 209 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:31,640 She was a feral dog her whole life and I knew that we would never catch her if she didn't 210 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:33,360 want to be caught. 211 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:38,360 About 36 hours later it was pouring rain and freezing cold out. 212 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:43,600 My dogs were on the couch with me and I heard the doggy door open so I look around, I do 213 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:48,280 a head count and I held my breath as I walked into the dining room where our doggy door 214 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:54,680 is and there was Eliza soaking wet and shivering looking up at me like I realized I made a 215 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,560 terrible mistake leaving. 216 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,800 Can I come back? 217 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,800 And then she was a totally perfect dog after that. 218 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:09,000 She ended up getting adopted and she is living her best life in Virginia now. 219 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,920 As for me, I have had many favorites this year. 220 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:19,400 My favorite cat was James Dean Daydream from the July 12th Taylor Swift Transport. 221 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:26,120 My favorite litter was Dolly and her D litter of 9 doodles from the April 12th Dolly Parton 222 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:27,120 Transport. 223 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:32,920 My favorite sick puppies were the L litter of 5, 3 of them went on the June 7th Ted Lasso 224 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:38,640 Transport and then the sickest 2 were on the June 28th Harry Potter Transport. 225 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:44,840 My favorite story was the S litter of 9 from the July 12th Taylor Swift Transport. 226 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,640 They were the ones that were dumped in the woods by a man who stopped at a liquor store 227 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:53,360 on his way home to drown his sorrows and when he told the cashier she refused to sell him 228 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:58,800 anything tore him a new one and an hour later he came back from the woods with all the puppies 229 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,720 and left them with her. 230 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,040 The closest we came to foster failing was Poppy. 231 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,980 It's me, hi, from the July 12th Taylor Swift Transport. 232 00:16:08,980 --> 00:16:15,000 My favorite glow up was definitely Chicky Nuggy, Baby Yoda from the February 1st Star 233 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,320 Wars Transport. 234 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:29,520 My most memorable, we'll say, would be Doofus, Poopay from the June 7th Ted Lasso Transport, 235 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:35,720 but my overall favorite should come as a surprise to no one, my sweet Bubby. 236 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:40,480 Although I actually wouldn't call him my favorite, I had no desire to keep him, but 237 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,360 he is the one that I am the most proud of. 238 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:48,880 I worked so hard to keep that baby alive, literal blood sweat and tears went into him, 239 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:54,600 countless sleepless hours, countless prayers, countless milestones met, watching him die 240 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:59,920 in my arms, and then somehow miraculously come back to life as something that I will 241 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:02,000 never forget. 242 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:08,040 It also took years off of my life, but he really did prepare me for motherhood before 243 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:09,240 I even realized it. 244 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:16,800 I mean, I used him as my pregnancy announcement for goodness sakes, he has to be my favorite. 245 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,360 But what a year 2023 has been. 246 00:17:19,360 --> 00:17:24,760 We are already gearing up for our first transport of 2024, and let me tell you, there are some 247 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:29,960 super cute fluffies on this one, so if you haven't signed up to foster yet, make sure 248 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,400 you get on that as soon as possible. 249 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:37,720 We have got a busy year ahead of us if we are going to beat 2023's numbers. 250 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:39,720 It's a rough life, but someone's got to do it.