Was Your Dog a Rescue?

PaxsonsParents · 06-30-2009, 12:23 PM

We rescued our puppy Paxson back in March! He was at a high kill shelter in Indiana and was on his last day. The shelter by us did a search for American Bulldog mix puppies found him and transferred him just soon enough to save him!

ThoseWordsAtBest · 06-30-2009, 05:20 PM

All three are rescues. Smalls was a pet finder find, and in a high kill shelter and desperately in need of saving. Jack and Jonas came from the same shelter. Both were pulled from high kill shelters in Indiana to a small shelter here. No story on Jack, just that we found he was chipped and the previous owners said they didn't currently have him for a reason and to not call again (like we wanted to give him back!). Jonas was a stud dog, and the previous owners dumped him with his papers and an explanation that he was not good in shows (despite never having been entered in one) and that his puppies were not selling.

And now they are miiiiiine.

JSporty1 · 06-30-2009, 09:00 PM

I was at the humane society today because Gir needed to go to the vet for her yearly checkup and vaccines (we use the humane society veterinary clinic since we get a 10% discount because we adopted her there, and the vets are really nice).
Anyway, while I was at the vet area, which is next door to the adoption center, I decided to go look at the dogs they had available. It made me so sad that I couldn't take them all home with me. My eyes were all teared up by the time I got back to the vet area.
The people there remembered how small and sickly Gir was when she was there, and they said they were glad she got a loving home.
I hope more people start adopting pets from places like the humane society, rather than buying from pet stores or breeders. There are so many amazing, loving dogs who need forever homes!

Kathyy · 06-30-2009, 10:53 PM

Sassy came from a local rescue group. We were at least her fourth home, she kept getting out backyards and running away. Never has she run away from my home. Course she isn't kept in the back yard either.

Maxwell came from the County Animal Control. He was an owner turn in that could have been put down that day. He sat for 2 weeks waiting for me. Those people try hard to save dogs. I am glad they saved this one.

My next dog will be from rescue as well.

FlamingoFan · 07-03-2009, 07:44 AM

Our Stella is a rescue dog

http://stellalind.wordpress.com/

We found her on Petfinder....and she came to us from Louisiana a month ago via a local rescue. She's an 8month old Schnoodle and we're so in love with her!!! We can't believe that someone gave her up. She's so smart...and so sweet! She will let you rub her tummy for hours....and kiss you all over the face in return.

We had recently lost our 13.5 year old lab and it broke our hearts. I look at it as...we rescued Stella....and she rescued us right back.

Lil Red Express · 07-03-2009, 11:57 AM

Nope . Red came from a ranch , both his parents were working Aussie herding dogs.

sillylilykitty · 07-03-2009, 09:51 PM

We got Luna from the Humane Society on Maui. I found her on Petfinder and we flew over to see her. She had been there for 1 month and she had been found running around near the airport with her brother. I cant believe she was still there, she is such a well behaved near bomb proof dog. We visited a breeders house (BYB I might add, Im glad I convinced my parents not to get one there!) before we went to see her, she was in better shape then the pups at that breeders house minus being the stinkiest dog I have ever smelt. She is in my avatar, I would post a picture but there are no pictures of her on the computer I am on.

Willowy · 07-03-2009, 10:56 PM

Yeah, all of my dogs were rescues, I guess. Except Willow, my first dog. I bought her from a guy I found from an ad in the newspaper. His female Lab had been "accidentally" tagged by the neighbor's male Lab. If I had known how many Labs are at the local Humane Society, I would have gone there. But I didn't grow up in the States and I had no idea about the shelter situation at the time.

I got Toby at a high-kill city shelter. I saw him on Petfinder. He had been there 6 weeks and was overlooked at euth time only because everybody loved him. Great dog, I don't know why nobody adopted him, except that he has the misfortune or being large, hairy, and male. Only thing that could make it worse was if he was black.

Penny was found dumped in the country by my mom (both of my parents are rural mail carriers). She was in decent condition overall but had very long, sharp nails and had urine burn on her paw pads. I think she was about 5 months old at the time. She was just losing her baby canine teeth, anyway. The vet said another family had come in with a male puppy that looked just like her, found in about the same area. So obviously she wasn't dumped alone.

Moose belonged to a friend who couldn't keep him (breedist harrassment by a small-town AC officer). Not a lot of options for a big, untrained male Rott. So I took him to keep him out of the shelter. Where he certainly would have been killed.

Shug (my parents' new dog, not mine technically, but all in the family) also belonged to a friend who couldn't keep her. For financial reasons, she had to move to a low-income apartment that didn't allow pets. Since they had just lost Willow (who stayed with them when I left home), it just made sense for them to take her.

lovemygreys · 07-04-2009, 08:38 AM

Some have been rescues, most were just adopted. Most of our rescues have been rescused from other pet homes and most of our adoptions have been dogs from the track.

cece6 · 07-04-2009, 04:11 PM

Our two italian greyhounds are rescues(one out of deplorable conditions) but the other three dogs arent, they came to us in different ways.Our most recent puppy was being taken to the pound so my dh brought her home so she is kind of a rescue(she might have been adopted but maybe not).

TheHandmadeHound · 07-05-2009, 12:41 PM

Our greyhound was adopted through a rescue program, he is a retired racer.

Our two cats were adopted through a rescue agency as well, they were both ferals but have adapted beautifully to life on the indoors.

LilMissSunshine · 07-05-2009, 01:24 PM

Kenya was a rescue, I got her @ the shelter. lol I was looking for a yorkie!

alphadoginthehouse · 07-05-2009, 09:39 PM

I consider all of mine rescues, whether they were a stray I found or I got them from the SPCA or another organization. Any time an animal is taken out of a bad situation, they are a rescue.

Butch was up for adoption at the vet, Roxxy through a rescue organization (through PetsMart) and Mortimer from my local animal shelter (through PetsMart).

Amber_Girl · 07-09-2009, 09:46 AM

Both of my dogs are rescues.
Amber was at the local shelter at six months old after having been in 4 or 5 homes already. She was given as a gift, given away, brought to the shelter then adopted and returned a few times.
Junior had just arrived the morning of the adoption event from a high kill gassing shelter where he was hours/minutes from death. I have no idea how he got there. He's such an awesome dog.
Any dog I ever get will definately be a rescue.

AmyBeth · 07-09-2009, 12:37 PM

My wonderful Tanner is a rescue. I got him from the local kill shelter, he probably wouldn't have been adopted if it wasn't for me. He was very skittish and he had heart worms. All they could tell me about his past was he came in with a pack of 5 dogs (they believe he was the alpha), the owner came to pick them all up but since Tanner had heart worms he turned Tanner over to the shelter. Once his heart worm treatment was over I started working on his people issues and discovered that he was terrified of feet. He now absolutely loves peole, when I take him to the dog park he prefers to hang with the peole than with the other dogs. And he rolls over to have his belly rubbed instead of bolting and hiding, when I tap him with my foot. The only people he is still scared of is older, heavyset white men that are balding. But he is the BEST dog I have ever had, he's very calm and laid back, although can be stubborn but thats the corgi and possible terrier in him.

nikelodeon79 · 07-09-2009, 03:55 PM

Both of my dogs were rescues, but I consider Apollo the "bigger" rescue.

Luna was a 10 week old puppy and people were lined up at the door of the shelter for her. So... if I hadn't brought her home, someone else would have.. but who's to say it would've been a good home, or whether the people would've been willing to pay for her vet care. She had a lot of GI issues the first two months we had her and we spent around $2,000 in vet bills.

We just got Apollo a week and a half ago from a Rottweiler rescue. He is about a year old and is pretty much untrained, though he has a great temperament and a willingness to learn.

He also has health issues. He was recently diagnosed with Ehrlichia and pneumonia and is in treatment for that. (Luckily the Blastomycosis test came back negative). We've spent nearly $1,000 in vet care thus far, between the blasto test (expensive little buggar), chest x-rays, prescriptions, etc.

I love my "golden" doggies and wouldn't trade them for the world!

Hallie · 07-09-2009, 04:50 PM

Since I basically live at my dad's I'll post his dogs because some of them are considered mine from my childhood.
I own one dog that's entirely mine (as far as care goes)
Hallie is a 1 yr old tricolored beagle rescued by me from a puppymill for $25 because she was one of the 'clearance' puppies. The miller was going to "have her put to sleep" which in puppymiller slang means just flat out kill her, probably inhumanely. When we first got her she was only 1 lb and had ring worms bad. When we had her dewormed she was so infested she ended up having inflammed intestinal walls (caused by embedded worms) and a severe GI tract infections. She's all better now! Unfortunately because of the AC in the county and the fact the puppymill provides the bare minimum of food water and shelter her mill is still up and running.

Peanut was rescued from a puppymill when he was little. He didn't have many problems as far as health goes but he's been growling at everyone since he was tiny. His mill finally got shut down!

Sugar- We got her from a vet where she was dropped off in a box with something embedded in her neck. We've had her for 5 years now!

Buddy- 7+ yr old pitbull mix with bowed legs and a broken jaw. Buddy was rescued from a pit bull fighter who had used him as a bait dog due to his bowed legs and had no use when he got older because he was too big and had bad Dog aggression so he ended up at my dad's when I was 10.

Scottie- 9 yr old Shepherd mix that was thrown from a pickup truck when we were all sitting outside at my dad's house. The other dogs chased her under the house where she stayed for 3 days and was only in 3rd grade but I got a glass bowl and a baseball bat and sat at the hole she could fit through and banged and finally she came out! I still have an amazing bond with her.

spot baby-3yr old lab mix She got attacked by something that broke one of her back legs but she's a trooper! My dad was going to have it amputated but she just started using it a little bit.

Cutie and Brown-5 yr old pitbull mixes Both found in a hole when they were really really little. My dad and me climbed in the hole despite cutie's deadly puppy growling and brown trying to run away desperately.

Paige- doxie mix the most recent addition she was found abandoned in the woods with really bad mange. Finally she's doing better and her hair is growing back.

Spot- 9 yr old Border Collie mix found him at a shelter adoption event it was it last chance and we took him. He has frequent seizures and an extreme fear of other male dogs, but he's a great loving boy!

JSporty1 · 07-09-2009, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by nikelodeon79

Both of my dogs were rescues, but I consider Apollo the "bigger" rescue.

Luna was a 10 week old puppy and people were lined up at the door of the shelter for her. So... if I hadn't brought her home, someone else would have.. but who's to say it would've been a good home, or whether the people would've been willing to pay for her vet care. She had a lot of GI issues the first two months we had her and we spent around $2,000 in vet bills.

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I love my "golden" doggies and wouldn't trade them for the world!

We had a similar experience with GIR when we first got her. There were other people at the humane society looking at her the day we adopted her. My sister actually stood by the area where Gir was, kind of staking a claim, until I got over there. Anyway, she was so cute that I immediately fell in love with her, but she had a lot of GI problems. We spent a lot of money in vet bills over the first few months we had her. It was all worth it, though. She is currently a big, happy, healthy, ridiculously energetic girl that I wouldn't trade for all the money in the world.

Bonn1997 · 07-10-2009, 06:35 PM

Mine are both rescues that I got as adults. I've always wondered what they looked like as puppies!

alphadoginthehouse · 07-10-2009, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonn1997

Mine are both rescues that I got as adults. I've always wondered what they looked like as puppies!

Same here with Butch and Roxxy. Mort I got as a kitten but I bet Roxxy was a cutie when she was a baby. Butch probably looked like a smaller version than what he is now...he's a cutie now so he must have been a heart breaker when he was a pup.