It all started six years ago when Guthrie stayed at a motel in rural Hazelhurst, Georgia, a "no man's land" town three hours south of metro Atlanta where she noticed a stray dog living in a field with a litter of seven puppies.
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To help get them to safety, Guthrie paid a visit to the local Hazelhurst Animal Shelter, which she described as a cinder block building with no heat, no air conditioning and a narrow corridor of cages.
Eventually, Guthrie took the mother, named Honey, back home with her to Atlanta.
After that experience, Guthrie prayed to find some way she could help the animals in need. The idea for creating fliers "came from God," she said.
"You have PetFinder and other websites for people actively looking for a pet, but you're not going to see people drive down to Hazelhurst to adopt one," Guthrie said.
People who see fliers are people who weren't necessarily actively looking to adopt, but these folks are often driven to do something after seeing the fliers, she said.
Each flyer tells the sad, true tale of an abused or abandoned dog from Hazelhurst from the dog's point of view. 2,500 posters later, every featured canine -- which had all been passed over by doctors and rescue groups in rural Hazelhurst -- now has a home.
"It's been absolutely amazing," Casidy Cox, a volunteer with the Hazelhurst Animal Shelter who has been partnering with Guthrie for the past five years, said. "We never thought it would get this far."
Cox, along with other volunteers, is an integral part of keeping the small city pound up and running, often volunteering day in and day out while working full-time jobs.
Hazelhurst is a small, destitute city with little money, Cox said. And though they have the pound, there aren't many shelters or volunteers.
If you're interested in helping, visit Hazelhurst's Facebook page or call (912) 539-4785 to apply to volunteer.
If you can't make it out to Hazelhurst, help spread the word and preserve the 100 percent flier adoption success rate by sharing photos of the posters on social media, like this Reddit user did.
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