Rescue Dogs.

my gus is a rescue. i had wanted a dog for a long time and on my 24th birthday my husband and i went to the pound and rescued him. he was so dirty and nasty, but we came home and washed him up and he's been smiling ever since. he's a great dog. not a great story, but a rescue nontheless. we got him when he was 6 weeks old and he is now 10 months.


how could you resist this

My Jesse was also a rescue, I got him when he was 5 weeks old he is now 1 year old. I don't have too much of a story. He and his brothers and sisters were left outside the town shelter. When I got him he was totally cover in fleas and urine. The fleas were biting him so bad he would cry. It took me days to finally get rid of all the fleas. He's was an anniversary present and the best one I ever got.

It means alot ot me to see these pics of Dakata on Gus and Jesse. Thank you. All three are very fine looking dogs indeed. You must be proud.

This is Tacoda.



I rescued him a few of years ago. I do not know of his past, but he is a good friend today.

Shiloh (yellow) was a resuce.  My son and I were just LOOKING after the death of our Rottie.   Next was Molly.  A pit/lab mix, was a day away from being put in the pound.  Got her from a lady at work.  Then came Tank ( Chocolate)  We took him because my sons teacher just about begged us knowing what a great life the other two have.  I said NO WAY!!  My son brought him home to meet us and he hasn't left my side since. 

I#%92ve told my story of Gizmo several times but I#%92ll tell it again. She was abandoned at the doorstep of my neighbors at 6 weeks old, my neighbors couldn#%92t keep her and were going to take her to the pound. I just could not let such a cute puppy get tossed in the shelter so I agreed to foster till I found her a home. I called her Gizmo because she looked like a little Gremlin. I found out later that similar puppies had been randomly dropped off at doorsteps down my street. She is now almost 2 years old

Here she is at about 10mo. old

Axl came from Animal Control in Columbus, Ga. It's not the greatest shelter, way understaffed and underfunded, and the workers don't really seem to know or care much about dogs. He was labeled a "pit mix" (he's actually an American bulldog mix, most likely mixed with English bulldog)and they told me he was "vicous"...because he had barked at another dog. They were all afraid of him and tried to talk everyone OUT of adopting him...he was close to being euthanized because of it.
 
It was all complete crap. Axl is bombroof with other people, chicldren, and all small animals. He's dominant towards other dogs, but not aggressive. He is hands down the best dog I've ever had, and my heart dog. He was an owner surrender and I can't see how anyone ever could have bared to part with him, or how the shelter could label him "aggressive." We don't know how old her was when we got him (they had it in file, but for some reason they refuse to release any information on surrenders. [&:]) but we think he was about 3-4 at the time. So, he's about 8 years old, most likely.
 
 
 
 
Ogre, my Akita, came from the same shelter. My husband and I had been wanting to adopt a dog for a while...we were at the shelter looking for pits and pit mixes, but saw Ogre and fell in love. He was overweight, fearful, and untrained, but otherwise alright. He had been picked up as a stray and no one ever came in to claim him.

 
 
 
And everyone knows Sgt. Butter's story- he came from a horrible guy at a flea market who was selling him and his littermates at 4 weeks old. They were sick, dehydrated, malnourished, and wormy. He was telling people how to dock and crop their tails at home with scissors...and the people who were looking to buy them were talking about breeding them, chaining them in their backyard, and all manners of terrible things. I couldn't stand it, so I grabbed him and brought him home.
 
His first day home, at 4 1/2 weeks:

 
And last Friday, a few days shy of 11 weeks:

 
 
My only dog that wasn't a rescue is my chihuahua. He was a gift from my parents and came from a BYB. [:'(]
 

Aww, these are great, guys.  Thanks so much for sharing.  I volunteer at an animal shelter and it's just great to see dogs who have been rescued and are now living happy, healthy, loving lives.  []

Zoe was found by my grandmother limping down the highway.  She was severly emaciated pretty much a walking skeleton she had saggy bagged nipples like she had recently raised a litter of puppies, her ribcage is severly deformed so much so that you can feel her heart beating with your fingers.  (this could be a birth defect or someone could have kicked her) she was very scared and nervous.  She is also mentally retarted from being kicked in the head. 


Gracie was rescued from my local high kill shelter on the day she was to be euthanized.  Why anyone didn't want her is beyond me she is such a sweet little dog.  She was at the shelter for 2 weeks (they usually give them 3-4 days) she was so sweet they wanted her to find a home.  She was found wondering around with an ugly blue dirty collar on.  She had a microchip but her original owners must have moved because when they tried to contact them nobody ever answered the phone. 


Maggie was origanally owned by a man who raised her from a puppy.  He then couldn't keep his home anymore and had to move to an apartment so he rehomed him with my great uncle.  My great uncle raises beagles and had no room for a boston terrier so he gave her to my grandmother my grandmother goes through dogs like she goes through shoes so she gave her away after about 6 months to my great aunt.  when she peed once on my aunts floor she gave her back to my grandmother.  My grandmother had 3 dogs and couldn't care for all three so she gave her to me to foster I fell in love and had to keep her so she stayed with me and she always will.


Lucy was rescued by a friend at the same high kill shelter as Gracie at the age of 6 weeks.  When she was 15 weeks old my friend had to move to an apartment and couldn't keep her anymore so she came to me.

LOL, 3mutts, I love your username!  Too cute!  And you've got a whole house full of rescue dogs!  Good for you!  []

All my dogs have always been rescues.

This is Conrad, my bloodhound mix. We got him from a high-kill municiple pound just a couple days before his scheduled euth. He'd been surrendered by the family that had gotten him as a puppy for their kids, then, surprise! the kids got bored of taking care of him and he got all big and stuff. So they dumped him at the pound. This is him all tuckered out in his crate Christmas night.





And this is Marlowe, my black and tan coonhound. He's purebred and was brought into the shelter I volunteer at as a stray. No microchip or ID and no tags, just a bare chain collar, and no one came to claim him. He was pretty clearly an outside (or kennel-raised) dog. Not abused or anything, just not really trained to do anything but hunt. Didn't really know how to be a pet at first, but he got the idea pretty quick once he discovered how comfortable the couch is! He's just the greatest dog ever.

Here is Biscotti!  A man had written a letter to the editor of our newspaper about a Basset he found....to let the owners know that he brought her to the shelter.  Of course I had to take a look and put my name in for adoption,  and went every day to see her.  It was really cold and rainy in GA, and she was miserable in an outside kennel.  Owners never showed, so we got her.  We quickly learned that she is terrified of thunderstorms, and that is probably how she got loose.  She was about 2 then, and now 10, and been through spinal surgery.  She's Daddy's little girl!

I got Grady from a local rescue that has feelers out throughout the country.  They look in high kill shelters for good candidates for adoption.  He was flown from Arkansas to PA & into my home. 
 

 
Aspen was a former house-sitting job.  I fell in love wih him from day one.  A few years passed & I heard from a mutual friend of Aspen's family & another house-sitting job that they had gotten yet another Golden & Aspen was basically sitting in his crate 24/7.  I asked his former family if they were looking to rehome him & if so I'd love to give him a home.
 

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my gus is a rescue. i had wanted a dog for a long time and on my 24th birthday my husband and i went to the pound and rescued him. he was so dirty and nasty, but we came home and washed him up and he's been smiling ever since. he's a great dog. not a great story, but a rescue nontheless. we got him when he was 6 weeks old and he is now 10 months.


how could you resist this

 
What a cute face and those excellent ears!
 
 

Both our dogs were rescue. if adopting them from the humane society = rescue.

Shelby (now at the rainbow bridge - 12.9.1994 to 2.17.2006)


 
One of her first photos when we adopted her at 2 & 1/2 years old.

 
A couple years later - She thought she was the queen! and perhaps a cat.




Look at the sweet tank body girl. her best trick.



then
 
 
Henrietta:
When 1st adopted at 4 months:



and Now