Emily Klehm pets Nina the pit bull in the small dog room at South Suburban Humane Society in Chicago Heights, Ill., Jan. 16, 2013. The room's floor will be painted during an extreme makeover event from Jan. 25 to 27. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Penny Thomas, a volunteer, takes Bernadette the basset hound out of the kennel for a trip to a nursing home at South Suburban Humane Society in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Wednesday, January 16, 2013 | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Dogs look out of their kennels in the small dog room at South Suburban Humane Society in Chicago Heights, Ill., Jan. 16, 2013. The room's floor will be painted during an extreme makeover event from Jan. 25 to 27. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Blondie the pit bull looks out from the rusty kennel gate in the dog isolation room at South Suburban Humane Society in Chicago Heights, Ill., Jan. 16, 2013. An extreme makeover event will be from Jan. 25 to 27. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Blondie the pit bull looks out from the rusty kennel gate in the dog isolation room at South Suburban Humane Society in Chicago Heights, Ill., Jan. 16, 2013. An extreme makeover event will be from Jan. 25 to 27. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Blondie the pit bull looks out from the rusty kennel gate in the dog isolation room at South Suburban Humane Society in Chicago Heights, Ill., Jan. 16, 2013. An extreme makeover event will be from Jan. 25 to 27. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

The dog isolation room at South Suburban Humane Society in Chicago Heights, Ill., Jan. 16, 2013. The wall in the dog isolation room will be getting a mural during an extreme makeover event from Jan. 25 to 27. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Cats relax in one of the two cat rooms at South Suburban Humane Society in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Wednesday, January 16, 2013. This room will be getting a new floor during an extreme makeover event from Jan. 25 to 27. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media