I am loving this and I just have to share it with you! There is a new campaign being jointly run by The Ad Council, Maddie’s Fund, and The Humane Society. The whole premise of the campaign is to help people understand that there are good pets at animal shelters. They are good animals just [...]

It’s time for the second installment of this story in ‘The Judi Files’. I’d like to start with a video that shows you a little bit of what it’s like when you’re working in the trenches with these poor, pitiful creatures who’ve been treated so horribly. You really get to see how hard the volunteers [...]

This is our first official ‘The Judi Files’ post! I’m so excited to be adding this feature – and my Momma! – to the blog! Now let me tell you about my strange day that happened a few weeks ago: I was on Twitter in the morning, as I usually am, and I saw a [...]

Please welcome my mom, Judi, to Hippie Spelunker! My mom does some really good work with animals – she works her butt off for them! She has done so much and has so many stories to tell, that I have long harassed her to start a blog! I just realized today, though, that I could [...]

I have ZERO time to blog lately. Band camp, out of town guests – and you may know that I myself was out of town for a month, too. Getting back on track after that is HARD. Hard. And now we have all kinds of ghoulash going on. So here is a gorgeous horse video [...]

I just received this email from my mom about this lost Sheltie in North Dallas. So heartbreaking. Please spread the word if you know anyone in the area! Thank you so much. Here is the email: Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 5:59 PM LOST TODAY, 6/14/09, from North Dallas MOZART: small sable and white male [...]