Sylvia & Fuzzy, August 2009

Board Member

Profession:

• Child Care Evaluator/ Child Care Assessment DHS State of Tennessee

Education:

• Bachelor Degree in Early Childhood Education, Free University Berlin

Related Experience:

• Volunteer for the Humane Society of Clarksville- Montgomery Co. (2008-current)

Fur Kids:

• Fuzzy, like his name states he is fuzzy. We found him in KY with a military family that had an “oopps” litter. He captured our hearts right away and our Beagle Trouble needed some company. He captured Trouble’s heart as well and they were best buddies, even so Fuzzy grew to be an 80 pound dog. He is the gentlest hearted guy you will ever meet; he gets along with kids, dogs, cats and any other critters. He does hate UPS and the mail car. Fuzzy always reminds me of the Clifford The Big Red Dog in the children’s book series.
• Big D, a Beagle Chow mix. My friend’s son rescued him from being drowned in the river. Since he could not take him back to Germany with him, he had found his forever home with us. He lost his white coat and turned, we call it orange. Now we have two orange furry dogs in our house.
• A special acknowledgement to my 2 babies at the Bridge Beagle Trouble April 94-Aug 2009 and Pebbles, a Dalmatian mix April 01-Aug 09. Pebbles was a rescue as well, when all her siblings had parvo we pulled her through. She was very attached to me and her daddy. Her happiest moments were when she could lay in bed with us. Trouble beat the odds being from a backyard breeder, when I did not know better, and had a seizure disorder starting with 3 month old. He developed a heart murmur with the age of 8 and been told he would not grow very old. He beat the odds and turned to be 16 and was upbeat living up to his name to his last heart beat. He was gentle and loved everything and but lived and breathed treats and was constantly into something, living up to his name.
• Rocky and Baby my 2 cats who took the adventure with me, to fly across the ocean to make Clarksville TN our home

Favorite Quote:

• “In a perfect world, every dog would have a home and every home would have a dog.”