I know it wasn't a bad ending. Plus, I know we're not doing anything wrong, and I think the animal control officers knew that as well.

People who stay here for an extended period of time just end up learning things about us. I think they were around one time when we rescued a snake we found on the property who had bleach water poured on him (poor lil guy eventually died). My husband and I have decided after this incident to make sure we keep our personal lives much more separate from our work lives. Being in he unique situation we're in though its sometimes tough.

When we took over this place a year ago, it was horrible. It was over run with drug addicts and criminals. Since then, we've cleaned the place out big time, and begun remodeling. We're right on the edge of a city with a huge crack problem though, and it tends to spill over from time to time. There's a fine balance to what we can allow to keep income coming in, and what we won't allow because of potential problems.

Of course, this is a whole different track then the original incident....

Lessons learned : Be more private. Keep taking care of our pets.