Saoirse i adopted from the HS on Dec 4 '06.....all they knew is that she was running the streets but no one knows for how long (only a few days, wk at most).....the owner(s) never claimed her and a friend saw her on Petfinders.....knowing i was looking for another to train for goosing (and maybe agility) she let me know about her.....
my true rescue (IMO), however, is Heather.....she was running the streets in MN when the HS there picked her up 2 days b/4 pups were born....she was extremely aggressive and they were going to destroy her and all the pups when a rescue group there took her in.....they were going to wait till pups were weaned then have her PTS when a friend of mine wanted to go "look at the pups" (we're 5 hrs away).....he had talked w/ the foster lady and knew Heather's story, so we went.....i "assessed" Heather, had people petting her w/in a matter of 5 min (till then only the foster lady and one other gal could get near her).....they brought her to me on the 17 of Sept and she went to a friends home (hopefully forever) on the 4th of this mo a totally different dog.....even tho i didn't keep her, she was saved from being PTS......
Scooter a dachshund that was already neutered and housebroken was left tied to a pet store door. I friend just happen to be there and brought him home. that was 8 very blessed years ago.
Charlye is a dachshund that is blind. The breeder (that is not what I call him)
and put her in a cage all by herself and was not feeding her or anything. because she was blind. I handed him 50 and told him where to put it..... She is now 3 and loves to dig up the back yard and we let her... She is happy.
Our little girl is Roxie. She is a 1-year old shepherd/lab mix. We got her from a rescue organization in CT. She had been surrendered by her previous owner who had taken ill. She was at the shelter for just about a month when we first met her, and fell in love with her instantaneously. We were so surprised that no one had scooped her up sooner. She is settling in quite nicely.
I have a shepherd/lab mix rescued dog. She is the best dog I have ever had.
Our rescued dog is Lenny. He is approximately 1 1/2 to 2 years old, 45 lbs. and black with a white chest patch. We have no idea his breed (let me know if the attached photos give you any clues as to what he might be), but what we do know is that he was abused and abandoned. When we visited the shelter, all of the dogs were barking except poor Lenny. He was terrified and cowering silently in his cage. He was afraid of men and so very timid. But, we knew we weren't leaving that kennel without him. He's been with my husband, me and our other dog (a 1 1/2 year old mini doxie) for going on a year now. His dull coat is now shiny, he's a healthy weight, and he's happy and healthy. He's still a little skittish around men, or if he hears loud noises or thinks someone is going to hit him, but he's doing MUCH better. We sure do love the little fella!!!
My pound puppy is Cody (full name is Codis... like National DNA index system and the registry for missing persons... I'm hoping to do some search and rescue with him in a few years). He is an 18 month old GSD who was surrendered when his previous owner could no longer keep him. He is amazing! Not only is he gorgeous and brilliant (no, I'm not bias, lol) but he is a sweetheart and has become very bonded to me and also my two children. He had no manners (like Day 1 he jumped onto the kitchen counter) but the trainer has been working with us and he is quite well-behaved these days. He was improperly trained by his previous owner (he has had some protection training which was done at an unreasonably young age) and his suspicion level is very high, but he is settling in. From what we can gather, this is his fifth home in his so-short 18 months. He is learning to trust that he won't be dropped off at a pound yet again, but, as I expected, it is taking a while. He is an amazing dog.
We have 2 rescued dogs. Sam was left with his 3 siblings on the side of the road and my sister's rescue group picked them up. After being vaccinated and neutered, they were placed up for adoption. We saw his picture on their webpage and knew he was the one for us. He is a german shepherd/malamute mix who loves to pull us on the sled down the driveway!
2 years later, we added Sable to our family. She was taken from a shelter and put up for adoption by a rescue group. She is chow/german shepherd mix.
Bless the rescue groups who live to see as many dogs put into forever homes as possible!
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Our rescued dog is Lenny. He is approximately 1 1/2 to 2 years old, 45 lbs. and black with a white chest patch. We have no idea his breed (let me know if the attached photos give you any clues as to what he might be), but what we do know is that he was abused and abandoned. When we visited the shelter, all of the dogs were barking except poor Lenny. He was terrified and cowering silently in his cage. He was afraid of men and so very timid. But, we knew we weren't leaving that kennel without him. He's been with my husband, me and our other dog (a 1 1/2 year old mini doxie) for going on a year now. His dull coat is now shiny, he's a healthy weight, and he's happy and healthy. He's still a little skittish around men, or if he hears loud noises or thinks someone is going to hit him, but he's doing MUCH better. We sure do love the little fella!!!
He looks very much like our previous dog, Smokey. She is a chow/lab mix who is grayish/black with the same over-the-back tail. Does she have any black on her tongue!
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Actually, Lenny has zero black on his tongue--all pink! But, we've thought some lab all along because of his temperment and many have suggested some chow. Thanks for the info!
our rescued pup's name is Jackson. He is siberian husky and german shepherd mix. He's one year old and is black and tan. He also has a beautiful blue eye and brown eye! The story behing how we got his is, one night i was looking online for animal shelters. I just recently got married and moved to Jacksonville, nc (my husband is a marine). I had been begging him, probably for over a year, to get me a puppy. we would go to pet stores and look in news papers but on his military salary, we couldn't afford to buy a brand new puppy, nor did we have the time to potty train it. So that night we went to the shelter. We were only going to look, he really didn't think we were ready yet. when we walked in there was a girl there that said we could walk down the hall and look and all the dogs with "Xes" would be put down tomorrow. of course as we're walking down and i see the big black Xes I start crying and we almost left. then I saw him, all the way at the end. He was beautiful. We took him outside and played with him. He was so sweet and we both fell in love with him. So we took him home that night. I've been so happy with him. He is an amazing dog but he does have a little separation anxieties. But we love him to death.
hes so handsome!
Oh we named him jackson because we moved to Jacksonville, and this is the place that we are starting our life together!
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I have a poodle that we got when he was 8 weeks old in '97. I got the black one; my sister got the white one. Their mom was Chocolate Annie and dad was little peanut. My dog is Snickers and hers is Reesie. They will both be 11 next month.
In October of this year I had been trying to decide if i wanted to get another dog. I wanted it to keep Snick company and maybe keep him young. I had been checking the local shelter online for a while and was looking for another small dog. On the 30th I made up my mind to definitely get a rescue. That evening a neighbor I did not know came to my door and asked me if I had lost a dog. I told her "no" and the she asked me if I wanted the stray that she had. It seemed the mailman had found this lively little terrier mix who absolutely LOVES everyone and had been looking all over the place for his owners. He gave the dog to her and she had taken up the task. Her hubby wasn't happy since they already had two large dogs. He was bound for the shelter the next morning. I took him in praying that Snick and he would get along and told her I would continue the search in the meantime. I took him to the vet the next day and called all the local and surrounding shelters and vets. I placed an add in the paper and waited the 10 days.
After having him in my home for a couple of days I knew he most likely had been owned (he had a very tight puppy collar on) but also abused. (He freaks at the site of a newspaper, and even slight scolding sends him hiding and trembling). He also whimpered in his sleep for the first month I had him. I am totally amazed that he loves people so much. He will jump or climb the fence to follow anyone who so much as looks his way, so now he has to be tethered. He is finally starting to understand potty training, but goes a minimum of 5 times a day. That's not counting pee. I am hoping to new food will help straighten his poor little tummy out.
Boy is he ever lively. He doesn't run, he ricochets off the walls. It's amazing to watch. I wish I could do more for him than just walking, but I am disabled. He is about a year old and weighs not quite 15 lbs.
Summer my Golden ((god bless)) recived her from a golden rescue. 6 weeks to 4.5yrs
Storm my yellow lab came from the pound.
Boo and Squeek my two greyhounds from "Amonica Hearts" in Altoona, PA. The greys were from the W.V. race track.
Duke, his name was Happy but we re-named him Duke, it suits him much better. We rescued him for IMPS and he's a Miniature Pinscher, but we think he has some German Pinscher in him. Here is a pic:
Our rescue is Jack and he's right around 2 years old now, 60 pounds. My husband wants VERY much to think he's some kind of Akita mix, but my feeling is GSD & Pitbull. He was picked up wandering the streets and apparently was out there for awhile as he was basically on animal control's "Most Wanted" list after giving them the slip a half-dozen times, lol!
He was housebroken and crate-trained when we brought him home but needed a LOT of work on basic manners. We think someone just abandoned him because they couldn't handle his high energy level. Fortunately, he's smart and friendly and very eager to please, so aside from an occasional pull on lead when we first take him out he's a perfect gentleman now. If someone can tell me how to add a pic of him I'd be glad to - he's a VERY handsome fellow!
A bit skinny but other then that the vet says she's in pretty good shape for the shape she's in.
Now the rest of the story
Nala's original owners most likely had the best of intentions ...I hope.... but how could they know how big she would get or how much she would eat.....First clue would be te name ... hummm GREAT Dane ... Anyway off to the pound with her .
One of the employees at the pound thought she would make a good guard dog so thing are looking up right ?? ... well not quite who'd have thought a dane wouldn't like to be left outside alone all the time also who would guess a dog thats 33 inches at the shoulder could and would jump a 7 foot fence when she got hungr enough... thick as a brick...
So the employee at the pound gives her to his niece who also had no clue how much a dane should be fed every day ...see above
So this is how we adopted a dane for $40 bucks ... thas just about 40 or 50 pounds under weight
some people a just dirt stupid.
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We adopted our current dog - Sabina (as we came to call her) this past August from a local SPCA shelter. Her adoption papers say she is a German Shepherd/Lab mix...but idk, I see the GSD, but not so much the lab (we're thinking maybe a Rhodesian Ridgeback or boxer mix???) Supposedly her previous owner was arrested for abuse and neglect of his animals as well as for some criminal charges. From what I was told, Sabina, along with other dogs, was caged all day and night... he'd only let them out for a bathroom break and to eat... feeding time required putting a can of food in the middle of the room and letting all dog out to fight to eat. She was also beaten and as a result is very suspicious of strangers (especially males) and becomes very skittish if someone takes of their belt or drops something near her.
Although we haven't had her for very long, she is proving to be a wonderful addition to our family, she's extremely lovable, playful, and a great watch dog... there are a few things we have to work on, but she's off to a great start.
My BF and I rescued our beagle/lab mix Aisha Klan-Klan of the Ctarl Ctarl from the local HS this past Oct. Not much is known about her...she was 8 weeks old when we adopted her, and had been at the shelter for 4 weeks! The police dept. animal control had picked her up wandering the streets of the downtown area...poor baby!! We were in just browsing and decided to play with her and another puppy that was only 4 weeks old. She just took to me so quickly and when it came time to leave she cried and cried! I filled out an adoption application and got a call three days later saying I was approved...my BF and I talked about it and went back to see her the next day. We wanted her but didn't have the money until Friday (2 days away), but they said there was a hold on her by someone else and the only way to get her was to pay right then...well...we all know what happened next, my bank account went down and she came home 4 days later (after her spaying, shots and microchipping).
Aisha has been a wonderful addition, she's smart, funny, sarcastic and VERY literal (I'll tell her to liedown and stay, well she'll stay lying down, but will army crawl across the floor. My BF will joke that she needs to "shut her mouth when she's talking to him, so now she'll close her mouth and grunt and roo through closed lips!!) Still training and working out the kinks, but for a 6mo pup, she's doing great!!
Our first dog is a 2 year old daschaund named Kendra. She lived in a mobile home with her owners, when they were evicted they left her there. The owners of the park did not know about her until 2 weeks after the old owners moved. Kendra had been living off cockaroaches and freeze pops! She even scrached a hole in the wall so she could get fresh air. We've had Kendra for a year and shes gotten much better then when we first got her. Sadly she will always have teeth issues due to what she had to eat during those two weeks. Shes much happier.
Our second rescue is our 2 and a half year old german shepard/blue heeler mix. We found her at the dog shelter, she had been there for 2 months which blew us away. She has an amazing disposition and is as smart as a whip.
Our third and so far final resue is Oreo, our 6 month st. benard/blue heeler mix. I was leaving work one day and there were a few girls with a box full of her brothers and sisters. They told me they found them under a shed around their house and their dad was making them find them homes. I took her to the vet the next day and she was only 4 weeks old!
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Isabelle was our little rescue . We intended to get my wife's father a little dog to keep him company , but he changed his mind and said he didn't want a dog . We found her in the back of the shelter all by herself cowering in the corner shaking . After seeing her , and all the other unwanted dogs , my wife went out to cry in the parking lot . She hates going there . I went out with her to make sure she was all right and went back in to tell the people who run the shelter that I had to run to the bank because I forgot to stop and get some money . The man asked me which one we wanted , so I took him back and pointed her out. He told me she was due to be PTS the next morning so he picked her up carried her out to our car handed her to my wife and told us to give her a good home . When I asked about bringing him back the adoption fee , he said not to worry about it ,he was just glad she went to a good home and not put down .
I found out later that the original owners took her to the pound because she had repiratory problems that a vet check and a little medicine took care of . I'm truely amazes me the reasons people take their pets to pounds and shelters . It's probably a good thing I don't work at a shelter , because I would more than likely go across the counter at some of these people .
Duke, his name was Happy but we re-named him Duke, it suits him much better. We rescued him for IMPS and he's a Miniature Pinscher, but we think he has some German Pinscher in him. Here is a pic:
my rescue is named Hope. I found her in a ditch cold, wet starved, mange, hookworm,and heartworm+. Someone Had dumped her like trash I guess. She has recently had a litter, but they were nowhere to be found. She is a little black lab, sweet as she can be, stole my heart as soon as I picked her up and put her in the truck. The vet helped me out on meds, got her shots, dipped and we are doing better. I have only had her a little over 48 hours, but she is a keeper! I can't understand how anyone could abuse such a sweet dog. She already sits and shakes, and seems to be potty trained!!! and loves chicken treats!!! She is sound asleep all sprawled out on the floor like she owns the place right now.
notice the tail is just a blur in the pic....I don't think she has stopped wagging it since she found me!!
Hope is such a sweetie. I can't imagine anyone abusing her or neglecting her either! My Susie (R.I.P.) was 9 years old and was kept in a crate in a garage for 3 years before I got her, and she was extremely neurotic, but we loved each other and made the best of it.
My Ruby, a Rotti/Lab mix, is 8 years old, a stray shipped to Maine from Georgia, and also was heartworm positive when I got her, but she has done really well with the treatments, and is recovering nicely. If I could, I would take them all, along with my 5 cats, Tommy, Chet, Desi, Howie, and Bob (all rescues or strays) and when I die they would do a story about the crazy old lady who collected cats and dogs.
a Rotti/Lab mix, is 8 years old, a stray shipped to Maine from Georgia, and also was heartworm positive when I got her, but she has done really well with the treatments, and is recovering nicely. If I could, I would take them all, along with my 5 cats, Tommy, Chet, Desi, Howie, and Bob (all rescues or strays) and when I die they would do a story about the crazy old lady who collected cats and dogs.
