Next time you are looking to add a furry member to your family, please visit your local animal shelter or rescue.  There are SO MANY great cats and dogs in shelters just waiting for someone to love them and give them a forever home.  Their stories will often break your heart.  Just this week I visited the shelter where I volunteer and met “Jackson” – an adorable Schnauzer/Jack Russell Terrier mix who is estimated to be 12 weeks old.  He was found over the weekend tied outside of a department store – in the cold – and out of sight of the surveillance cameras so no one could trace who left him there.  He is the sweetest pup…how could anyone do such a thing?  The good news is that Jackson may be going to a new home tomorrow!  He’s one of the lucky ones.  Not all of the dogs and cats in shelters have such a happy ending.  Many are there for very long periods of time….or worse.  Today’s blog image features a little boy playing with some cats that were available for adoption at a recent show that I attended.  The show was held at a community center where one wall in the lunch area was covered with tiles designed and painted by the 4th grade class of a local elementary school.  I found it so perfect that one of the center tiles said “Adopt a Pet”!  Please ….. adopt!