Tails of Sanctuary

Name: Opal Breed: Dalmatian First time at Sanctuary: 3/3/16 Description: You wouldn’t be able to tell by looking at her, but Opal is a relatively new addition to Sanctuary. Being voted into the council in the past 5 years her calming presence was immediately felt and soon she became a moderator between the big and small dogs. She helped solve many debates, including the famous ‘Who’s ball is it anyway’ debate between Charles and Bubba.

Name: Strider Breed: Border Collie First time at Sanctuary: 4/11/08 Description: Strider is one of the oldest members of the Sanctuary community and an influential member of it too. Strider can often be found teaching advanced tracking classes to the younger dogs, retelling the history of Sanctuary and the place beyond the shed. Strider is one of the only dogs at Sanctuary who is allowed to travel into the place beyond the shed by herself. It is said that Strider is the only dog to leave the path in the dark forest and make it back to Sanctuary to tell the tale. Strider appears in the short story “Puppy Training”

Signs & Shadows “It’s locked?” Strider hesitantly said returning from the inside of the shadowy shed. Her coat was so dark I could not tell where it ended and where the darkness of the shed began. “Locked? It doesn’t lock?” I gruffly responded while walking into the shed to find it was indeed locked. Maybe locked isn’t the right word, usually, you walk in and emerge back in Sanctuary. This time there was a wall as you would find in any normal shed. I walked out and Strider smirked at me playing with the flower we were sent to find, “I told you it was locked, Bailey.” I rolled my eyes and said, “Put the flower away before you destroy it, they don’t grow everywhere you know.” Strider’s smirk was quickly wiped from her face as she stammered ‘I, uh, okay, sorry.” I shook my head and chuckled before seeing a shadow dash further into the forest from the corner of my eye. I raised my hackles and began to growl. Strider put her back to mine as she tucked the flower into her coat. We

Name: Bailey      Breed: German Shepard First time at Sanctuary: 7/6/2010 Description: Bailey is one of the oldest dogs at Sanctuary and is also the head scout. As such she is responsible for setting up not only the groups that go out to the place beyond the shed but also when and where they go. Bailey has held the title of Head Scout the longest, doing it now for 21 of her years. Despite her immense size, Bailey is a lover, not a fighter. She was recently elected to the council unanimously and during her inauguration was quoted saying "Let peace and prosperity reign over Sanctuary and let the summer stay far far away." Bailey appears in “The Raddest Gift” and “Puppy Training” and "Signs and Shadows"