Adoption, rescue organizations, rehoming
Apollo is a 4 year old pit bull mix, 58lb, came home with us last june from a county rescue that had pulled him from a hoarding situation as a 7 month old puppy. by the time we adopted him he had been...
Persimmon is a seven year old blue heeler mix who came to us three years ago at age four from a hoarding case that the local rescue had pulled forty two dogs from over a six week period. She was the...
Greta is a 3 year old female shepherd mix, we adopted her from a county shelter that took in 47 dogs from a hoarding case in the rural part of our state in early february. The shelter staff was honest...
Pippa is approximately 11 years old (vet estimate, no actual records), 8 pound chihuahua mix, came out of a 47 dog hoarding case in central indiana in september. She had matted fur removed at intake,...
His name is Walter. He was at the shelter for 8 months because he is 11, has heartworm history, and a benign tumor on his shoulder that looks scarier than it is. They told us he had been at three...
Last April we adopted a 4 year old pit mix named Remy from our local shelter. when we met him he was pressed flat against the back of his kennel not making eye contact with anyone. staff told us he...
We adopted Ruger, a 3 year old hound mix, two weeks ago. Week one was honestly amazing - he was calm, curious, followed me around the house, slept through the night. I thought we got a unicorn rescue...
I adopted Luna from our county shelter last October when she was about 2 years old. The shelter didn't know much about her history - she was picked up as a stray. She was sweet but really shut down in...
Six months ago I posted here absolutely terrified when we first brought Pepper home. Shelter said she had "unknown history" and was dog-reactive. The first week she hid under the bed for three solid...
We brought home Duke from the shelter exactly 7 days ago. He's 3 years old, listed as a "pittie mix," and honestly he's a lot more dog than i expected. First two days he just hid under the bed and...
We adopted Maya in January after fostering her for 6 weeks. She's a 4 year old hound mix from a rural shelter and had basically zero house experience - had never been on a leash, didn't know what...
We adopted Ranger in October. He was about 2 years old, had been in the shelter 4 months before us, and came with a long list of notes: reactive to other dogs, resource guarder, shuts down around loud...
Luna came to us from a rescue in February. she had been in the shelter for almost five months after being found as a stray, and her intake notes said she was "shy with people, does not seek attention,...
we adopted Nora in October from a local rescue. she came from a hoarding situation - they pulled something like 40 dogs from one property. when she arrived at our house she went straight under the bed...
Two years ago I brought home Maple, a 2-year-old hound mix who had spent her whole life in a rural shelter. She had never been in a house, never been on a leash, never been around normal human life....
our rescue Rosie just got her 6 month clear after completing heartworm treatment and i want to share everything because there is so much nobody tells you upfront. we adopted her knowing she was...
I told myself I wasn't going to be one of those people who posts about their rescue every five minutes but here I am. We adopted Pepper about a month ago from the county shelter where she'd been...
When we adopted Biscuit from the shelter last October, the staff warned us he had "a few behavioral quirks." That was definitely an understatement. The dog shook constantly, barked at literally...
We adopted Duke in September from a county shelter. He was listed as a 3-year-old pit mix, had been there 8 months, and his photos made him look terrified. My husband thought i was crazy. I filled out...
We adopted Juniper back in September. She came from a hoarding situation, had basically zero socialization, and was scared of EVERYTHING when we brought her home. The first two months she wouldn't...