b'BehindEveryChildWhoBelievesInHerselfIsAParent Who Believed First. Last year, as businesses had to Delanie and herassess whether or not to remain open and how to survive, family have 20Caf Delanie shut down in April. We kept everyone on pay- animals at homeroll and took the time to redo the Caf, said Andy Dennis, including dogs, cats,Delanies dad. We upgraded the kitchen equipment, painted ferrets, birds, a pigeverywhereandincorporatedsomeanimal-happymurals. and a tortoise.Then, I had to tell Delanie that I didnt think we would be "Three out of my sixable to continue with her lemonade stand and donate money dogs come from res-to rescue groups. cue," Delanie told us.Delanie watched her dad as he told us the story. When hestopped,sheadded,Yes,Icantellyouthatwhenthis There is Remingtoncoronavirus started, dad told me we probably wouldnt be the Bulldog. Stanleyable to keep Delanies Lemonade Stand going. I told him that is a mix the familymore than ever, the animals were going to need our help.adopted from theHumane Society ofTampa Bay. Cooper, a Labrador Retriever, was adoptedas a puppy from Florida All Retriever Rescue. Cayman,Lily and Gizmo are Pugs. There\'s also Brinkley thekinkajou and three sugar gliders: Pixie, Shaggy andFred. Phin is a monkey they adopted from a Miamirescue group.Luckily, my parents fall in love with the animalsand then we adopt them. We also have a pig. Oscar ishis name and he spent nine weeks at the University ofFlorida Animal Hospital.The family repurposed a room in their home fortheir ferrets, Scooby, Bella and Velma. A guinea pignamed Sammie lives in the room as well. The room hasa jungle theme complete for places the pocket pets canrun in and out of, sleep, hide and play.Delanie with her grandmother, dad and mom at her lemonade stand, locatedinside the familys restaurant, Caf Delanie.She told me there were no options and that we couldnt Another room has been turned into a kennel area,stop, said Andy. Who could say no to that reasoning?complete with crates for each of the four-legged ani-Donation checks continue to average $1,000 each month mals, including Oscar the pig. Every evening, the ani-to a different shelter or rescue group. When Delanie found mals walk to the kennel room and into their own crate.out first aid kits were needed for the Hillsborough County They sleep through the night. Saul, the tortoise,Sheriffs Office, she went to work and raised $2,600 so that remains outside in his fenced-in area, complete witheach of the dogs in the K-9 unit would have their own kit. his own home.48 THE NEW BARKER www.TheNewBarker.com'