DDR is celebrating more than 10 years as Detroit’s first no-kill shelter and is getting ready to expand its no-kill operations. Detroit Dog Rescue (DDR) started back during the Great Recession, when high unemployment drove foreclosures and bankruptcies, and many people had a hard time feeding themselves let alone their pets. Unfortunately, thousands of dogs were being abandoned, according to the organization’s executive director Kristina Millman-Rinaldi. “The Big Three car companies were laying off employees and people were losing their homes and, in some cases, had to leave their dogs behind,” she said. So, Millman-Rinaldi and a group of friends...