Doggies Inc., also known as Doggie Orphans Great and Small (D.O.G.S.),  is an American run, all volunteer, Non Profit Organization based in Okinawa, Japan. Their main mission in Okinawa is to pull dogs from Ozato, the animal holding facility for stray and unwanted animals on the islands. To be held at Ozato is nearly always a death sentence as dogs are given only 5 days and cats even less for their owners to show up and take them home. If no one comes for them they are inhumanely gassed. This scene is repeated in similar centers all across Japan. The last and only hope that the dogs of Ozato have is Doggie Orphans Great and Small.

I started taking in dogs sent from Okinawa in February of this year, (2012). The day the first dogs arrived was the day I knew what I was supposed to be doing here in Japan.

You may say I’ve saved animals but I think the animals have saved me.

This blog will introduce the beautiful dogs of Okinawa that stay with us, either permanently or on their way to a better life.