I love your Avatar. We all need to do this,that way there would be much much less animals in the shelter that way, and they would not have to be put to sleep. I personally have rescued kittens and dogs from a shelter that is about 45 miles from my house and 1 time I got one from a shelter that is a little farther from my house but I did not care,this little shih-Tzu was so matted they could not tell if it was a boy or girl and was aggressive toward them. I took little bites of chicken and it did not once even tried to be aggressive toward me, I brought him with me needless to say.