Mark (joker1) and I go back serval years , I first met mark when he brought the suv off my husband. He came to the house to look at it and saw I had ALOT of dogs … he asked “how many dogs do you have ?”
Me…. “ do to my job occupation it’s best we don’t talk numbers “
Mark…” what do you do?”
Me…” I’m the animal control officer of Pendelton county and I run the animal shelter “
Mark walked over to me , shook my hand and said “I think we’re going to be really good friends “
I asked how many dogs he had and he replied “ due to your job occupation, it’s best we don’t talk numbers “  
And after that he came to the shelter every Thursday to help and we always had a crazy case to work and he was always there for me, he taught me so much and still to this day I use the knowledge he shared . He was my best friend and rescue husband!
We work rescue together but always in different ways but we are both all about the dogs and what is best for them, I always say  “ no dog left behind” and Mark did everything to save so many from Pendelton he helped set up transport and more than anything was there mentally for me, I see the ugliest side of humanity, and it gets hard and Mark always knew what to say to make me smile!! He gave me a shirt , a sheep dog shirt, and told me I was a sheep dog and I was part of his pack now, he would help me carry the weight of rescue with me so I wouldn’t be alone. I promised to keep his dream alive for him and I will never break that promise! And now you guys are my pack!!
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Mark and I both loved  saving lives, so what I do now is I am the rescue coordinator of the Pendelton county animal shelter in Kentucky, yes I live in Georgia lol but what I do is help dogs in the shelter get to rescues so they don’t get euthanized! I have a good team of volunteers that give me the information and pictures I need to do so then I set up transport and sometimes vetting  too, Mark was one Of the volunteers that would help me! Now In Georgia licenses are very different for rescue so I work with the Renegade Rescue in Georgia, because my 501c3 means Jack crap In Georgia other than I am allowed to accept donations, so  I foster and transport, help with adoption events, help with meet and greets I also am one of the few who can do medical and vaccines to help save money for the rescue, I do a lot of paperwork and a lot of trying to find fosters and adopters so I can take more dogs out of the local shelters here , I also help people that no longer want their dogs to find fosters and I  help vet and  get adopted so they don’t hit the shelter but I do it myself  under the table lol like Mark !  I also have 3 beautiful daughters I have been married for 13 years and I take care of my mother , but I haven’t had to hide a body of ask for bail money so I must be doing something right ??????

That was Corky!!! I wanted him to get his chance to say goodbye also, everything happened so fast for the dogs, wanted to try to give him peace !!
Thank you for your kindness!! You guys are already helping so much, I miss mark and hate not having him to talk to, you guys are definitely making me feel welcome ❤️🐾❤️🐾

I know, right?  Is that not the cutest pup?

It's okay.  I'll be the jack-booted thug for her, so y'all can hate on me instead.

She has power but nobody has shown her the buttons.  

ETA:  I'm glad she's here too. It broke my heart wide open to think that Semper Fi would just fade away.

Huge thanks to Striker and GoatBoy for setting this up for her and pulling her in.  

I want Arfcom to take care of her and the dogs so she can keep saving lives.

OP, you are a good, kind soul. I'm glad you're here. May God bless you and yours.