mona. >> reporter: this one? >> this is isabelle: and that means 86 different animals in need of daily care. >> usually we wake up... >> 5:30. >> yeah, 5:30-ish. >> somebody will start singing, one of the dogs sleeping in the kitchen likes to sing in the morning. >> reporter: i think some people might call it howling. >> ( laughs ) no! >> reporter: danny and ron's doghouse is actually an unusual dog rescue. launched in 2005, when they decided to take in some dogs made homeless by hurricane katrina. how long were you planning to be involved? >> reporter: a couple of weeks. >> yeah. >> reporter: but there was always another dog in need of rescue. and they decided the best way to prepare any dog for a new family was to welcome it in to their own. >> by living in our house, number one, they get a lot of human contact. number two, they get pack contact from the other dogs. >> reporter: since 2005, danny and ron have taken in and adopted out, more than 11,000 animals. it sounds expensive. iv it's very expensive. >> reporter: which is why