It is with great sadness that I announce the closing of Barkspace effective November 30th. Weve done everything possible to stay afloat, but unfortunately the lawsuit with our landlord took too much to defend. It was a BRUTAL decision to choose to close our doors, but we dont have a choice. Working at Barkspace has been an absolute joy, yes it has been stressful, but I have learned more in this last year about working with dogs than I have in all of the previous years combined. Ive also learned a lot about myself, and I owe it all to my amazing mentor, and dear friend, Magdalena Nieves. She is an angel, and one of the most honest, caring, knowledgable and inspirational women I have ever had the pleasure of working with. I will never forget her or the dogs that we saved and lives that we helped change. We have some of the best, and most loyal clients around, but unfortunately it just wasnt enough to save the business. My own dogs have benefited tremendously from being able to go to Barkspace with me. Brandy would literally defecate on herself or vomit any time she left my apartment before Barkspace. Now, although she doesn’t have the greatest social skills in the world, she holds her cookies and doesn’t go into panic mode. She is a different dog because of the work that we do. Deuce transformed into a true ambassador for bully breeds and was used as one of our evaluation dogs for new clients. He mastered his down/stay to the point where other dogs could approach him, sniff him, get all of his info, and then he would wait for me to give him the cue to release. That takes work, and a lot of it. As for the foster dogs, we need help finding them alternative placement before the end of the month. They have all come so far since coming to us, and now it is their time to continue their journey in real homes. I am in tears writing this, as closing our doors mean that I have to also say goodbye to my Willow. That dog means the absolute world to me, and when I say I would have given anything to adopt her, I mean it. I would bring her to my apartment, but it is far too small for three large dogs and I am already at my two pet limit. She needs a very special family to help her through the rest of her rehabilitation. She is a wonderful, affectionate, and smart girl who will learn VERY quickly. I am devastated with all of this, everything we have worked so hard for is gone. My Bark and Save program was my Masters thesis project for school, and now that must also change as well. Although I have all my data I gathered, it is not enough. This is the reason why I am strongly considering picking up everything and moving myself, David, and my dogs to Colorado come the end of my lease. It is where I have always dreamed of living and this unfortunate turn of events has given me a chance to make that happen. I need to find a job (working with dogs) and housing in the area (which needs to be BSL free). Thank you to everyone who has supported us, believed in us, and inspired us to keep doing what we do. I will never stop rescuing, learning, and working with dogs, it is my lifes passion. It always has been and it always will.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 18:23:34 +0000
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