My name is Diana, and I’m a foster for Anthem Pets Animal Rescue. I’m a retired 911 Police Dispatcher and moved to Arizona from San Diego in November 2021.   Along with my adult son who co-owns our house, we have 10 dogs of our own, mostly seniors who we rescued from a kill shelter in San Bernardino in 2014 and 2015. We adopted and rescued about 35 small-ish dogs from there, many whom were only hours or moments away from euthanasia. We rehabbed them and adopted out most of them, but we did keep five of them, and four are still with us! We also adopted Greyhounds who were rescued from the Caliente Racetrack in Tijuana through two different Greyhound Rescue groups in San Diego. My son volunteered with one of

Take a Chance This Fall and Fall into Fostering!   How did I get into fostering?   I work in the public school system and for many years I was getting cats and kittens to rehome that were dropped off at the school or feral cats that were pregnant and then needed help to have a safe place to survive the blistering climate of our very own dazzling, dynamic and sometimes deadly desert. The staff always wanted to adopt them, shout out to all people in education…you really do care about all life.   I followed Anthem Pets for many years on various New River, Desert-Hills and Anthem sites. One day a gorgeous 3-month kitten had been abandoned and needed a foster. My heartstrings were pulled and I knew I could care