Welcome and "am I doing this right?"

Hello Everyone,
I'm new to "blogging" but certainly not new to gabbing. A lot of you out there already know me as Snowbird/Louise. I'm the other half of the team of Snowbird Louise and Cap'n Ray. We rescue American Eskimo Dogs and are loyal members of Heart Bandits American Eskimo Rescue, Inc. www.heartbandits.com .
We currently have two (sorta three) Heart Bandits chapters covering Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. We have been saving Eskies as "Illinois Heart Bandits" and "Snowbird Eskie Rescue" for quite some time. But our new "official" name is Walnut Hill Farm American Eskimo Dog Sanctuary. For the last couple of years we have been slowly working on turning our 40 acre farm into a sanctuary for senior Eskies who have been lost, or abandoned because they got old, or left behind by the death/illness of an owner. However they became homeless, their story is a sad one. Without our intervention they would not even be put up for adoption at the shelters. Typically a senior dog is considered "unadoptable" and sent to the short line for euthanasia.
Our seniors come to us to spend their golden years in security and comfort. Eskies are a long-lived breed so that may be many more happy years for them even at 15 or 16 yrs.
Caring for the seniors, annual vet care, monthly flea and heartworm preventatives, special food, vitamins, all add up. All of our work is voluntary, but our funds are limited. That is why the "ChipIn" box is on the blog page. Though we have unlimited love to give them, it takes money to pay the bills. If you can spare just a little, it all adds up. So enough of that for now. See the next post to hear how Ray and I met, fell in love, and are planning a wedding in June. Eskiehugs, SnowbirdLouise