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foggy · #25 12-13-2011, 02:19 PM

It's wonderful to see all the happy endings. Both Pip and Roo are rescues. Best decision I ever made. Rescue dogs truly are special.

qtchi · #26 12-17-2011, 08:52 PM

When I began dating my husband he had never heard of a rescue or an animal shelter, and he surprised me with a Husky puppy from a breeder. I have no idea how he couldn't have heard of a rescue or a shelter. He lived in another state at the time so I didn't have a clue. We had Sapporo 13 years before she died of brain tumors.

Venus is a rescue and all of our other dogs except the husky was a rescue. Venus was found as a 3 lb stray by animal control. We adopted her when she became available. The first hold(like a reservation) on her changed their minds so we got her because we were the second hold. She was skin and bones, had bumps all over her skin, had extra teeth, and she had blue dye on one leg. Here are the before pictures.

We are kind of rescuing another Chihuahua very soon. He's not exactly a rescue. He was dumped by a breeder at 5 weeks old because he had a hernia and needed expensive surgery. He was dumped at a foster where his current owner fosters. However, the foster didn't have the cash to pay for the surgeries so she paid, and that's one reason why she kept him. However, many months later she found out she had to relocate to a relatives house closer to where her daughter is getting heart surgery and for the aftercare.

We rescued our Cairn Terrier Cinderella, and she was a huge and abused mess. She recently passed away. She was the most playful dog and just beyond amazing. We rescued our Chow/Lab mix, Cassidy, and she was 17 when she passed away. I got her as a puppy from a rescue when I was barely old enough to adopt a dog without my mom's permission. She was so awesome that she even potty trained herself when I adopted he at only 4 months old. She was returned by another family because she was too calm with their kids! I guess they wanted a dog to bounce off the walls.

I love all of our dogs so much, and it was so rewarding to get them as rescues.

sammyp · #27 12-17-2011, 09:03 PM

wow i love hearing all the happy endings hats off to ALL of you !!!
these stories are amazing i love hearing them all.
Please keep them coming !!!!

sammyp · #28 12-17-2011, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by svdreamer

My dogs' stories:

Reggie I found in my gutter out front. He was hurt bad, from what, I'm not sure. The xray didn't show any broken bones, but his back left leg didn't track back and forth, it crossed under his belly and over his right back leg. It's hard to explain. It took 4 months before he could get around pretty good, over a year before the limp got almost unnoticable.

Gonzo was at the county pound, almost to his pts date because he was caged up front by himself in a cat cage and no one saw him and he had horrible scabs all over the inside of his ears.

Lexxi was from the SPCA, she was a breeding dog that had been dropped off at the SPCA when her breeding years were up, at 5 years old.

Billy was from a retiring breeder.

Smoke was from a tiny pound up north of me, all the dogs there are sheltered outside in runs and he was only 8 weeks old and it was July in Bakersfield, heat around 100 degrees for days.

Tico was thrown from a car and ended up in our bushes. Signs of being in a cage all his life, neglected and abused. Hes about 15 years old and now blind.

Twiggy was from the same pound as Smoke, she's tiny and was run over by her former owners and never taken to a vet.

A man was trying to sell puppies under a tree in 100 degree heat and Pepper was under a pound at 6 weeks old and lethargic and I couldn't walk away.

Delilah was given to me after she broke her pelvis when she got under a fence and got attacked by two pit bulls.

Marmalade was given to me by a homeless man, she was so pregnant she gave birth less than 48 hours after I took her home.

Isis was a stray I found in an El Pollo Loco parking lot.

Chumley I got from a man and his grandson trying to get rid of him in front of a grocery store. He's very shy, scared and very, very vocal. Not barking per se, but 'talks' and howls and cries a LOT.

Walking Chumley the first time, I found Sherman running around out front. He's a 4 month-old chiweenie.

And my baby, Babushka, given to me because her owner's baby was using her as a throw toy.

wow thats amazing but they have you now and you can tell they mean the world to you

doginthedesert · #29 12-19-2011, 11:02 PM

We have two rescues around here too. One mutt who is the most amazing dog ever. He was in the pound for over 30 days and I just can't imagine how my little man survived it, he is such an sensitive people loving dog.

Our chi puppy also came from the pound at 12 weeks. Sadly the rest of her litter and mom was also dumped there weeks later. She was sold on craigslist to some not so nice people. Based on her behavior when we got her we believe they hit her when she peed in the house and then turned her in after 3 weeks because "she could not be house-trained."

Well I am happy to report that we have now had her for almost 3 months and she has not had a accident in 2. She spent the first 2 weeks with us cowering in fear every time she had to pee, but them mysteriously every time she hid around the house to pee a hand appeared with some amazing treats and soon she learned to pee around people without fear. Traditional housetraining methods (a schedule, frequent trips outside and "no" when she squatted inside) worked great and I now have an amazing dog who is totally housetrained.

I could not have picked out two more perfect dogs even if I went to a breeder.

RandomMusing · #30 12-19-2011, 11:17 PM

I got both Lily and Olive off Craigslist.

With Lily the woman had rescued her from going to the shelter but with no intention of keeping her, hoping she'd find her a good home. She was advertised as $60 to good home.

Olive also was about to go to the shelter and was advertised as free to good home.

Sissy2010 · #31 12-19-2011, 11:30 PM

Rescued as in what? Taking one in from the streets or from another person?

My sissy, I rescued from a small private owned shelter here in NJ. She came into the shelter with another chihuahua named Tiny. Sissy's original name was Sister Buckeye but the shelter renamed her to Sissy.

. She and her half brother (short haired) chihuahua, were brought into the shelter by a couple, who was moving to florida. The husband of the couple was very abusive towards Sissy and Tiny. When they first went into the shelter Tiny was very protective of Sissy... After a while they got bonded to the people @ the shelter. Tiny was over weight so he was being fostered with one of the worker be's.

We went to see sissy last year the day or so after thanksgiving and she was very timid around us. We had to go to the shelter 3x to get her used to us and they stated that she was more active w/ us then any other stranger... At first I was iffy about bringing her home because our other dog wasn't timid and scared and I didn't know how to socialize her or what to do with her. But i'm glad we adopted her. She came out of her shell the first day she was with us, surprisingly. I guess she didn't like the shelter.