[Wimble Woof]

Bailey, him and his "brother" Charlie were in danger of being euthanized because their owner no longer wanted them due to them peeing and pooping in the house...
Puppy, not a sad rescue story, an elderly gentle man was afraid that he would pass on and his puppy not have a wonderful home, we took him in.
Kita and her 5 litter mates, helped a friend place the pups after an "oops" breeding, due to not spaying her dog and having an intact male around ( wont happen again I assure you)
Echo, tied to the fence at the end of our driveway... not tangled there, but tied. Found her a wonderful home with a vet.
Petty, found as a stray wandering around town, kept her for 16 years until she passed at home one night from old age.
Toby, resued from a reserve far up north. Found a wonderful home with an elderly gentle man.
I could go on, but Puppy, Bailey and Kita are the ones that still live here.

[sobreeze]

I have been rescueing dogs along time . sherman my little westie mix is a rescue got him from a women at a animal action she gave him to me he will be 11 in jan 2008 . Then I adopted Merlin a Dalmation was told about him from a gal that does rescue he was 7 years old his family was moving and could not take there 2 Dalmation had left them at the vets to be put to sleep or find them a home . The older one had already been put down I called vet if I didnt come and get him by 5 p.m. that day he would be put down also. It was 4 p.m. when I called . I had Merlin for 3 more years before he passed away great dog glad I knew him .
Them my life started with Boston Terrier rescue I am in love with this breed . I do foster work for 7 bells I adopted Izzy in Dec. 2006 she was a puppy mill breeder lost 2 litters cut her lose from mill I adopted her from 7 bells . She truly is my heart dog I love her so much . Thats how my BT fostering started I have 13 dogs at my home and my rescues are Sherman Westie mix,Izzy Boston, Magnaliyn Boston mill breeder,Babs boston mill breeder , Anakin a Boxer mix fron a unwanted little someone brought to pet fair a day rescue trys to get dogs adopted . So I brought him home adopted him great pup . Then my fosters one 10 week old boston puppy cut lose from breeder because of eyes she has been a very sick little girl will have to wait till better to be adopted . Did get her brother adopted aweek ago he has a great mother , Jessie a Boston mill dog older girl very loveing waiting for her forever home . Then Sir Phillip a Corgi pup 4 months old will go to his forever home in a week in a half he too is a specail needs baby but oh what a great little boy he has cateracts has some vision loos but gets around just great. I have had a few other fosters that have went on too forever homes.
I love rescues and I love this work I save one life at a time any one that has never rescued should try if you can The pictures are just a few adopted and fosters

[Puppy_love_122]

Shadow a shihpoo was rescued from a puppymill here in MO. Belle (beautiful in french) a rottie mix was a owner surrender as a puppy at a local humane society.

[IslandMutts]

I rescued two dogs from the animal shelter on the Caribbean island where I was living. First we adopted Nico, who was 2 yrs old at the time. He had been living at the animal shelter for 9 months before we took him home. His previous owner had brought him and his brother to the shelter because they would jump over the wall surrounding his property (his brother had already been adopted). Living at the animal shelter really made Nico a "dog's dog". They don't house them in individual cages there, just a large outdoor pen with a shelter from the rain and sun. Nico was the dominant dog there, but not aggressive. When we took him home, he was *very* shy, especially around my husband. He would also jump over our wall, particulary when he got frightened or when we were leaving, he'd jump and chase our truck down our street. It took him a few weeks to warm up to me, but he still was not seeking attention and was scared of my husband, especially when Tim would stand up from sitting or make a loud sound. We decided that another dog would help him adjust.

So we went back to the animal shelter and saw some puppies who had been brought in with their mother when they were less than a week old. THe mother was a street dog. We picked the most out-going pup, a female we call Cuda. We brought her home when she was 8 wks old and instantly Nico was a changed dog. Suddenly he was jealous of the attention the puppy was getting and came to us, seeking attention. Nico was an excellent big brother to Cuda and today they are the best of friends.

[momamy]

I adopted a black lab mix Shadow a few days ago. We are encountering a few bumps but im sure they can be worked out!

She is a beautiful dog very healthy. She was born at the broward humane society adopted out left to run the streets brought back to the shelter adopted out a second time brought back because they were moving. She has spent alot of time in the shelter. Im really hoping to give her the life she deserves. She is 2 and never taught anything. ( my dh thinks when she was owned she was shoved outside in the florida heat and never bothered with)
I dont know how people can make a commitment to thses pets then toss them away!

[patrickandduncan'smom]

About 8yrs ago I went to our local shelter to adopt a small dog/puppy as my mom kept telling me that if I was going to get a dog that I needed a small one. This was going to be my first dog that was only mine--I have had dogs all my life but they were always family dogs. I went into the shelter and was looking at all the puppies and they were all pointer/labs/etc. and there were no small dogs or puppies. All of the puppies were hyper and jumping around exept one black puppy that I hardly even noticed who was curled up sleeping. For some reason for the next 2 days all I kept thinking about was that black puppy who was totally oblivious of my visit. I decided that if the puppy was still there and was a boy (I wanted a male dog as I prefer them) that I would get it. He was still there and I adopted him that very day. He is a black lab/red-bone coonhound mix (he is definitely no small dog which of course I knew he wouldn't be and he is the first big dog that I have ever had--except an Irish Setter briefly when I was 6yrs old) and 8yrs later my Duncan is the best dog I could have ever gotten---even though my mom still doesn't understand why I like big dogs especially since I now have 2 dogs that weigh over 100lbs! Here are a few pictures of him.

[chul3l3ies1126]

My girls' name is Guera...

The story on my baby is that, one day I found her behind my school being kicked in a circle of 5 guys that attened my school. I ran into the circle and got kicked as well, but I grabbed her. I grabbed her and tried to get out, but they were pushing me around, so I placed her in my pack and punched at kicked my way through. The hardest hit of theirs knocked me to the ground but I kept on and ran to my fathers classroom. Bleeding... I pulled out the little white fur ball that became my Guera. We went to the control room and found that the cameras had caught the incident, 3 of the 5 guys were found and charged with animal cruelty, assault, and battery. 1 of them is still in jail 4 years later, because he was 18 and was the one that gave me that horrible blow to the head.

I later found out that my friends house had been burglerized, and they took stuff inside, and 3 puppies. They confessed to that and were charged on that also. Guera, was the last puppy that they had kept alive, and my friend let me keep her.

[darlin]

My daughter and I went to the local shelter and found shadow. He was a four month old lab/rottie mix. The worker there told us he was going to be put down at the end of that day. When he was put in my arms he peed all over me. I was in love as was my daughter and we couldn't let him be put down. The people at the shelter were glad not to have to put him down.

Well we brought him home with our other two dogs and he brought with him giradia, skabies, ringworm, mange, and kennel cough. He only weighed 16lbs. he was a stray and still had his dewclaws. All the dogs got sick and it has been hell for the last two months with meds and special diets and such. The good news is he now weighs 36lbs, everything is clearing up and he is a wonderful dog, sweet smart loving and a good companion to my other dogs. He has more tests due to make sure he hasn't suffered too much damage with the skabies and mange,(fingers crossed) and he's an incredible member of our now four dog family.

[Mdawn]

I adopted Baby 10 years ago from the animal shelter. She was only six weeks old and no other puppies were brought in with her. The reason I picked her is because she DEMANDED attention. I saw her but my eyes kept wondering over to these other puppies that looked like German Sheppard's. She just kept yapping and barking that I was forced to pay more attention to her. I ended up taking her home because I liked her "spunk". My mom still has her.

I didn't rescue Eddie from a shelter, he was a stray, but I still consider him a rescue because he would have ended up dead eventually (A neighbor that lives a ways down our road has been known to shoot dogs). Anyway, last February, I was sitting in the living room watching T.V. and I kept hearing this noise, like barking. I didn't pay much attention at first because I thought it was my dog Dan just barking. Then I thought, "Well, Dan must want in". So I go to the door and I see this little Black wiggling puppy with his tail between his legs. I yell to my boyfriend that there is a puppy outside . He starts cussing and grumbling (we get frequent strays) all the way to the door to check it out. We bring him in and make the calls around to the neighbors to see if they lost a black lab puppy. No one had, but several said that they had seen him by and on the road for the past two days. We tried to find out who he belonged to, but no one claimed him. We called the shelter to ask if anyone has called in about a lost lab and no one has. They practically begged us not to bring him in because they had no room. I assume it was because it was February and people were getting rid of the dogs that they got as gifts for Christmas.

Fred the cat was a stray that showed up last January. I'd seen him around the house for a week or so. One day it was REALLY cold outside and he finally decided that he was going to try coming to the door. Of course, we let him in and he's been here ever since. He would have died if wouldn't have. He was SEVERELY ill when he showed up.

Max the cat, we adopted from the animal shelter awhile after we had our other cat Hank PTS due to stomach cancer. There were several kittens from his litter that were brought in with him. There isn't a major story about him, except that he has a major fear of children.

Gus the cat, we found. My boyfriend and I were coming home from a friends house one night and we almost ran over him. He was just sitting in the middle of the road. I think that his mother was there because we caught a glimpse of something running in the high grass along the side of the road. Fortunately, we were able to stop the truck before we hit him. We got out of the truck and went to pick him up. His eye was matted shut with pus looking stuff coming out of it and he was FILTHY dirty. My boyfriend and I stood in the middle of the road holding this kitten debating on what to do. We felt bad because we figured it was his mother that we saw a glimpse of and we felt like it was bad to take him from her. But then again, his eye was in REALLY bad shape and we didn't figure he'd survive long (diseases, getting hit by a car) and we took him. We got him medical attention the next day. He had a bad eye infection and respiratory problems. He was on antibiotics for awhile. After we bathed him, we found that he had suffered some sort injury to his back leg. He has a nasty scar and still gets aggravated when you touch him there.

[sheltiemom]

Penny was a stray that I found while taking a short cut to the lake behind my neighborhood. There is a church camp there that is no longer in use, and she was living in what used to be the maintenance shed for the camp. Someone had left a whole bag of dog food out for her, but it was crawling with ants. I was hesitant about what to do. I kept an eye on her for a few days, and finally took her home. She was under weight and covered in fleas, but otherwise healthy. She cleaned up nicely and is fitting right in.

[fuzzie]

this isn't realy my rescue, but it is a rescue and I feel she should be mentioned. gimpy was a stray mixed breed (gsd x rottie maybe?), huge black and tan dog, we used to joke she looked like a bear. because of her size she looked pretty alarming, but all she wanted was to know you loved her, not a mean hair on her body. When she was found she was limping badly. as far as we can tell, she was probably hit by a car and then shot while running away (maybe as a crude way to end her misery, maybe by some crazy farmer) but they took her to the vet, saw the bullet and her messed up pelvis in the x-rays, and became her forever home.

I just think this rescue is remarkable because, even after all that she remained so trusting and eager to love.

[cgarriso]

I adopted my Pippin four years ago this Friday. I was attending my nephew's first birthday party at a home near a local lake. Unfortunately, because the house sits at the end of an isolated country road, people abandon pets there all the time. It was almost 100 degrees out, but we were having watermelon with lots of kids and so were eating outside. This little black and tan puppy, about 10 weeks old, kept coming up to me, snuggling up to my legs, then falling over on his back between my feet, looking up at me as if to say, "If you don't take me home, I'll DIE out here." He was adorably cute and such a sweetie, cuddling up to me so desperately. All of his pads were injured and he was such a pitiful sight limping around and panting so terribly in the heat. I was preparing to move out on my own at the time and had planned to adopt locally from Petsmart or our humane society. Pippin saved me the drive.

The first few days he was with me in my parents' house he was known as "the little monster" because everywhere he ran (a playful hopping scamper) he'd make this silly growling sound, and also because he'd chew up or through just about anything; he has jaws like a hyena. He LOVES to play with other dogs and drove my parents' Bernice nuts (she's a spoiled only child). He was quickly dubbed Pippin, from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, due to his playful nature and tendency to get into all sorts of trouble.

I took him to the vet a couple of days after I saved him to get started on all his shots and to have him looked over. I thought his paw injuries had come from walking a long way on blisteringly hot pavement, but the vet said it looked more like he'd been tossed from a moving vehicle out in the country where I'd found him. His pads healed fine and he's been the best dog anyone could ever want. He's still the biggest cuddler and thinks he belongs in my lap, even though he's 70lbs now. Unfortunately, due to his rough abandonment, his ankles and hips are somewhat fragile, and we have to be careful not to walk too far or play too hard. He's also developed head tremors over the past eight months, which my vet thinks may be related to his rough abandoment as a puppy.

I can't imagine what I would do without him.

[PuppiesInPink]

Bailey was found through an ad in the paper for "free puppies." Melissa called the ad and the woman on the other end of the phone told her she had found a litter of puppies on the side of the road in Naples, FL and the puppies were at most 4 weeks old. She went down to look at them. She called me so I could meet her there and of course we went home with a puppy. I can only hope the others went to loving homes. The lady was very nice and seemed to know about dogs, she had 3 of her own. Bailey is now almost a year old and is healthy as can be. We dealt with a small mange issue on the tip of her tail. She is by far the most loveable dog I have ever owned, I wonder if she somehow understands that we saved her.

[Mandarin_Orange_Mandy]

My new rescue dog's Mandy. She was a stray and was put in the pound. It was her kill day and Adopt-a-Pet saved her and we adopted her. She is 2-3 years old and is a Jack Russell. She is really timid around men, we think she was abused sadly.

[cshellenberger]

Xena (Bulldog) is a rescue from the Chula Vista shelter. She was relinquished in Leiu of medical attention. When I got her she had a serious skin infection, severe cherry eye and was under weight. I've gotten the cherry eye taken care of, discovered she's allergic to grass and gets skin infections every summer (she's currently on septra and 50 mg of benadryl) and put 10 lbs on her!

She's tons of work, but we love her to death.

[Loywi1]

Yukon. He is a GSD. He's a bit neurotic and crazy but was going to be put down by the shelter the day we got there and we took him home that day to foster him for the GSD Rescue club here but we didn't have the heart to send him to another home so we adopted him officially. We figure he's been in 6 homes or so since birth and he's only a little over 1. We're not sure on his background but he's so shy and startles easily that it's almost like he might have been abused. He was adopted out once and returned because she said he bit her and she was afraid of him, I've only seen nippy! and I have 3 kids that I trust him with! He also hides under our tables or desks. He's quite funny! Getting better though.

[K9krazey]

My husband and I rescued Taffy from a humane society. We adopted her in March of 1999. She was a little over 1 years old at the time. She is a German Shepherd/Basenji mix and is very sweet!! Apparently some man owned her and I think they said he had to move and couldn't take her with him so he dropped her off at the shelter. Well, I knew she was the one for us because 1) my hubby couldn't quit smiling when he saw her and 2) she was born one year before we were married (1/9/98...and we were married 1/9/99) :-) She is still with us today and will be 10 years old this coming January. She is still as playful as ever.

In March of 2004 we decided to adopt another dog. We went to the APA shelter in St. Louis. We were wanting to adopt a small dog around a year or so old. Well, we went through the puppy section just to look and I saw Missy (that is what I named her). She was in the front of a cage with her 2 other sisters. She is a black lab/border collie mix. She was about 10 weeks old at that time. The shelter volunteer asked me if I wanted to hold her. How could I resist?!?!?!? So I did, fell in love with her and so we adopted her. She is our kisser!!! She is our big lap dog (all 65 lbs of her). I believe they said she was born on a farm and someone brought her and her siblings in (she had a couple of brothers too).

I plan to always adopt from shelters. I'd LOVE to have a third dog but hubby says 2 are enough for now. Maybe he'll eventually let me have a 3rd one.

[onyxdaily]

We found Brandy, our little hound, in our barn on October 23rd, 2006. She was incredibly skinny, very fearful and obviously sick. We kept her in the house that first night because it was evening time when we found her and the vet was closed for the night. We took her to the vet the next day. They kept her 4 nights to get her well. Not knowing if she just got loose accidentally, we checked around for missing dog ads and posters during those 4 days. But when I picked her up on Friday and was told about the physical findings of the vet when he examined her, I knew that even if we saw an ad for her, that no one was taking her away again to do the things to her that had been done in the past. We decided then and there to keep her and we've slowly but steadily made progress in getting her to trust us. I don't know if her issues will ever resolve totally, but I know that we love her and try to give her a happy, healthy and safe life.

[adidasgirl13]

I have 2 beautiful rescue dogs.

Hailie is 4 years old now, she's a german shep/rottie mix. I got her when she was about 3-4 months old. Hubby was stationed in GA and the MP's had picked her up. Someone had dumped her over the fenceline. Up to this point my daughter had been terrified of dogs, but we decided to look anyway at the shelter on post. She just totered up to this dogs cage and said "mine." So we took her home after waiting the 5 days to see if anyone claimed her. We never had to house train her or teach her any commands and she is calm as could be - she is our perfect dog. So of course I had to have another.

Nimitz is 10-12 weeks and also a german shep/rottie mix. I have had him for a week now. He is a spunky bundle of energy. But he is learning very quickly some of the basic commands.

Both dogs are trained for Czech commands - Nimitz is being trained exclusively Czech and Hailie is bilingual.

[shell07]

Our first rescue was Yellow, a yellow lab, probably about 12-13 yrs old..A friend of mine saw him wandering the streets of a neighboring town, and being a foster home herself, she had her quota, so we took him because of his age, and being in the country it is cooler and better for him instead of the city. He sadly is no longer with us. He started having seizures, and blacking out, and our vet, really could not find a medical problem with him, just old age, but we decided to put him to sleep because of his age, and it just wasn't fair to watch him "wake up" after a seizure, and try to get his barrings, and try to stand up;which sometimes took up to half an hour, and he coughed, and wheezed, spit up, etc..anyway, a very hard decision to make, but we decided it was indeed the smartest.

Max, our 5-6 yr old (I think)Border Collie, showed up on our doorstep one day with a neighboring dog, and after making phone calls the following morning to neighbors (he stayed, and the neighbor dog went home) I found where he came from, and apparently it was a renter who moved out, and left him there by himself with no food or water, and not sure for how long. So the landlord said he would come pick him up, and as he was talking to me about him he said since he had a bum leg he wasn't a good cattle dog to him and he was going to just put him down himself. THIS is where I came unglued and told him NO WAY, (many expletives as well) he was going to be living with us. Max, has been the best dog we have had. He is super smart, very happy, healthy, and is very devoted and protective, and ever so gentle. Oh, I also ended up having to pry the collar off of his neck, because it was too small, and his hair had started to grow around the collar..very sad, but he was ok. He goes everywhere with my hubby. He hears his truck start up and he is right there beside him, ready to take his place next to his dad

We had a cat, that found it's way under our porch one day, many years back, that was whining, and scared. When I looked at him, you could see there was something wrong with his leg, and he had maggots and flies,and who knows what else in there, so I took him straight to the vet. They ended up amputating his leg..not sure what really happened, but he came home to live with us, and was there for a few months, and one day he went outside (like any other day)and he never came back He was very sweet, and you just knew he was great full for us, but living in the country, any predator could have gotten him, even in the daylight.

We also have a tortoise shell calico we found as a kitten who had been born in the underbelly of a modular home and the mom must have left her there, and just never came back. It took us hours to get her out of there, but we eventually caught her and we named her TT (short for tater tot) because at the time we had gotten lunch and that is all we had left and she was super hungry so we had given her a tot, and she devoured it, and almost fingers as well She is a bit ferrel, so she is kind of grouchy at times, but she loves our kids, and will cuddle up with them the minute they sit down anywhere. I am sure there are others, but those are the ones to come to mind. The best pets are the ones we rescue I think, because they are the most greatfull!