DeKalb’s stray animals will spend their orphan days in luxury at the new TAILS adoption facility.

“We are going from an old farm house to a state of the art facility,” volunteer Jon Koffenberger said.

TAILS found families for 600 cats in the two years it has worked from a small, donated house at 11634 Route 38, TAILS co-founder Sharon Farley said.

A big change will be the the variety and quantity of animals. TAILS will now be able to offer more than cats for adoption.

TAILS will also care for and adopt dogs out to loving families at the new 6,000 square foot facility, TAILS Executive Director Beth Drake said.

The new building will increase cat capacity by more than 100 and will hold roughly 30 to 50 dogs at a time, Drake said.

The dogs will all be quarantined and temperament tested before they are put up for adoption, Drake said. They hope to have around a dozen dogs up for adoption at a time.

In addition to cats and dogs, the new facility will hold ferrets and hamsters, said TAILS President Kathy Stelford. Other small, wild animals in need of rehabilitation will also be included.

Stelford will be working in the wildlife nursery which will rehabilitate and release song birds, possums, woodchucks and other small wild mammals, she said.

TAILS is in the final stages of relocating to the new facility.

TAILS will begin moving animals to the new shelter starting Wednesday, Farley said.

To celebrate the relocation, TAILS will be hosting a few events to break the ice.

This Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m., there will be an open house at the new facility, 2250 Barber Greene Rd., Farley said.

There will also be a “black tie and tails” dinner for the major donors on Friday evening, Farley said.

He said TAILS is a non-profit organization that has relied on donations from residents and businesses for funding.

“We have a really tight-knit community that have made generous donations,” Farley said.