they bought a ranch house in Harwood and converted it into a shelter . Eventually , Bob and Katherine left their government jobs to work at the shelter full time . They now work seven days a week , morning through night , caring for their cats and dogs . `` Now we 're doing adoptions , we 're doing search and rescue , we 're helping people out with spay and neuters , and we 're helping out other animal controls with animals that they ca n't place , but think deserve a shot at a life , '' Katherine said . The Rudes originally planned on keeping the shelter on one floor , and living in the rest of the house . But they quickly found that many of the cats required full-time care , so they expanded the shelter throughout their home . `` We still have a bedroom that 's sort of ours , but we share it with a bunch of special-needs animals . We have anywhere from two or three dogs and 10 to 12 cats that share a bed with us , '' Bob says . The extra space has allowed the Rudes
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thanks to dedicated people like Bob and Katherine Rude , many homeless animals in Maryland will have a warm home this winter . Bob and Katherine Rude run an animal shelter out of their home in Harwood , Maryland . The Maryland couple currently cares for 116 cats and six dogs at Rude Ranch Animal Rescue , which they run out of their home in Harwood . `` We take in a lot of abused and neglected animals ; animals that for whatever reason find themselves down on their luck , '' Katherine said . It all started a decade ago when the couple found a group of cats in an alley behind a restaurant . They began working with other organizations to help place the cats , but quickly realized that they could do more . See how 100 cats live in one house '' `` The more we got involved , and the more we found out about the world of animal rescue , the more we found out there was a lot more need . ... We felt we could fill a void , '' Katherine said . A few years later ,