Name: Tippy
Approximate Age:
Breed (our best guess): Terrier mix
Adoption needs: Tippy just needs a family to love her!
Fun Fact: Tippy loves to cuddle and play. She just wants to spend time with people!
Dog’s Story: Tippy travelled all the way across the state to be with us.
Adoption Status: Adopted!
Approximate Age: 8 months
Breed (our best guess): Lab Mix
Adoption needs: Sheila needs a family with lots of space to run. She loves attention and time with people.
Fun Fact: Sheila is full of energy. She’s always the first to the food when it’s put out!
Dog’s Story: Sheila came to us from a local pound.Update; Sheila is Miss Outgoing! She loves to greet people and enjoys going with the dogs for their nightly run with the 4 wheeler. Sheila is the type of dog that needs an active family. She likes to play and enjoys being where the people are. She is spayed, vaccinated and ready to go!!
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Approximate Age: 3 years
Breed (our best guess): Black Labrador Retriever
Adoption needs: Shadow just needs a home with people who will spend lots of time with him.
Fun Fact: Shadow loves people and attention! He’s so sweet and friendly. He appears to have some beginning training and obeys a “sit” command quickly and easily.
Shadow’s Story: Shadow came to us from a local shelter. We’ve been looking for his owner, but so far, no one has come forward to claim him.
Great Ending! Shadow was adopted by a family that had lost their beautiful Lab. After waiting several months for his safe return, they decided to adopt Shadow. They are doing great and Shadow is now part of their family.
Adoption Status: Adopted
Approximate Age: 4 years old
Breed (our best guess): Boxer/Pitbull
Adoption needs: Not available at this time.
Fun Fact: She likes to sit on the arm of the couch with her front legs on the back of the couch so she can see people drive by.
Rosita’s Story: Rosita came to us from an animal shelter. Her owner failed to claim her. We thought she was mean, but about six months later, we found out that she’s really a huge sweetheart!
Adoption Status: Not Available!
Approximate Age: 6 years old
Breed (our best guess): Labrador Retriever
Adoption needs: Rosemarie is special needs and not adoptable.
Fun Fact: Rosemarie loves to sit on laps and cuddle, even though she’s huge!
Rosemarie’s Story: We found her in the middle of winter hiding in our haystack. She was almost dead and had two bullet holes in her. Rosemarie has hip dysplasia and the bullets are still in her because the vet said they won’t affect her and it’s safer to leave them in. We have to baby her because of her bad hips.
Adoption Status: Not Adoptable because of Special Needs!
Approximate Age: 1 year
Breed (our best guess): Lab Mix
Adoption needs: Princess is a special needs dogs. She has a deformed hip from an accident when she was young. She may need to be watched to be sure she doesn’t overexert herself and injure it again.
Fun Fact: Princess gives the best kisses! She loves to sit in people’s laps and give kisses.
Princess’s Story: Princess was starving and unable to walk. We rescued her so that she would have a chance to find a loving home. How things and doggies change over a few months never fails to amaze me. Princess may be just an ordinary dog to some, but to us, she is a miracle. She runs, she plays and she had as her kennel mate–good ole Lewie. Princess adores children and would like to find a home with children she could run and play with. You really can’t tell her hip isn’t quite right. She is all healed and has gained weight and her coat is shiny. She is a beauty.
Adoption Status: Available!
Approximate Age: 2 years
Breed (our best guess): Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Pretty girl
Adoption needs: Peaches doesn’t always like other dogs, so she will do best in a one-dog home.
Fun Fact: Peaches loves to wrestle with Baby, our lab. They are best friends!
Peaches’ Story: A woman brought Peaches to us after finding her in the middle of a highway. She was almost hit by a semi. She was so sick that we couldn’t even tell what kind of dog she was. She looked awful! She is doing much better now and is looking for her forever home.
Update for Peaches: She loves to be out of her kennel and just hang out. Usually she stays a short while on the dog run and then back to lay in front of the big fan. Peaches loves people, and is wonderful to puppies. She needs a home where she can run and spend time with a forever family.
Adoption Status: Available!
Approximate Age: 1 year
Breed (our best guess): Labrador/Husky Mix
Such a sweet face
Adoption needs: Missy is a sweetheart who just needs a loving family
Fun Fact: Missy looks like she’s wearing eyeliner. She’s so sweet and loves everyone.
Missy’s Story: Missy came to us from a local shelter. She appeared to have been well cared for,and we could say politely–was a little on the chubby side. Well the chubbiness turned out to be 8 beautiful puppies. The last one (Murphy) was adopted last week. Now, Missy is waiting to regain her former glow and beautiful coat. She is ready for a family and will need to be spayed very soon.
Watching the other dogs
Adoption Status: Available!
Approximate Age: 8 years
Breed (our best guess): Miniature Pinscher
Minnie looking pretty
Adoption needs: Minnie needs someone who is home a lot, like an older couple. She likes to sleep in her kennel at night.
Fun Fact: Minnie was apparently raised eating people food instead of dog food.
Minnie’s Story: We got Minnie from the pound. She had been in quarantine for ten days after biting the person who pulled her out of the live trap. She doesn’t bite now. She loves to give kisses and be cuddled.
Enjoying the sun
Adoption Status: Available!
Approximate Age: 9 months
Breed (our best guess): Husky/American Bulldog Mix
''Hi!! Pet me?''
Adoption needs: Lily is a spirited dog. She needs an owner who will be patient with her and gentle when dealing with her stubbornness.
Fun Fact: Lily loves her mother, Woofy, and goes everywhere with her. She has a huge smile when she sees someone she loves.
Lily’s Story: Lily and her mother were found on the highway, nearly dead from starvation and mange. It took several months to nurse her back to health. She’s very grateful that she was saved. They act like we are their heros.
So relaxed
Adoption Status: Currently On Hold!
Approximate Age: 2 years
Breed (our best guess): Greyhound Mix
Posing for the camera
Fun Fact: Lewie loves the camera! He cuddles with people by leaning against them. He also likes to try to sit on peoples’ laps.
Lewie’s Story: Lewie was abandoned. When we found him, he was very thin and had bad mange. Some kids brought him to us because he was following them around town, begging for love.
Just chillin'
Adoption Status: Not Available at this Time!
Approximate Age: 3 years
Breed (our best guess): German Shepherd
Basic Stats:
Cuddly girl!
Adoption needs: Lady just needs a family who will love her.
Fun Fact: Lady just loves everyone and loves to cuddle.
Lady’s Story: Lady came to us from a local shelter. They kept her longer than they usually do because they thought she was pregnant, but now it appears she’s just fat! No WAIT—She had 7 puppies and they all were adopted. In fact Lady was also adopted around the beginning of August. We know she is enjoying her new family.
Lady
Adoption Status: adopted
Approximate Age: 2 years
Breed (our best guess): German Shepherd Mix
Adoption needs: Deserves lots of attention and needs to be somewhere that he can roam (like a farm) because he can jump fences. Duke would prefer to be the only dog in his family.
Sweet Duke
Fun Fact: He likes to come and lay his head in your lap for attention
Duke’s Story: Duke was one of eight puppies from a beautiful German shepherd–our first rescue. He was adopted to a lady in Omaha who brought him back because he kept jumping her fence and she couldn’t keep him in. He was very, very sad for months when he was returned. He’s just starting to come out of his shell again.
Sleeping
Adoption Status: ADOPTED!
Approximate Age: 12 years
Breed (our best guess): Chesapeake Bay/Labrador Retriever
Copper following one of the girls around
Adoption needs: Copper needs someone who will play with him and who is strong enough to control him.
Fun Fact: Copper loves to hunt and play ball.
Story: Copper’s owners moved away and couldn’t afford to take him with them. We believe he was a hunting dog at some point. He loves to retrieve and is very strong. We don’t think he likes cats very much. Update: Copper is fat–he needs more exercise–or a smaller feed bowl. He loves people and would make a great dog for one person or a couple who have time for a senior dog. He still has some years left in him. Don’t give up on him yet.
Copper showing off his boundless energy
Adoption Status: Available!
Approximate Age: 6 years
Breed (our best guess): Husky/German Shepherd
Butch following me around while I took pictures
Adoption needs: Butch is currently on hold because he struggles to keep weight on and one eye is very red.Well, we couldn’t help it—we adopted Butch ourselves! He is one very smart guy and enjoys hanging out with Chuck, whether in the pickup, the mule 4 wheeler, or just walking around the farm. He is too good to let go. But hope you enjoy the pictures.
Fun Fact: Butch is a people person! He “talks” to us when he wants special treats. He also loves to ride in the pickup!
Butch’s Story: We got Butch from a nearby Animal Control Shelter. He was going to be euthanized. We chose him to come and stay at our rescue.
''You're not taking my picture!''
Adoption Status: adopted
Approximate Age: 8 months
Breed (our best guess): Lab Mix
Adoption needs: Bertha needs a family who will love her and play with her.
Fun Fact: Bertha loves kids! She’ll take any attention she can get.
Bertha’s Story: Bertha came to us from a local shelter. Her sister is Sheila–(yes she is) and they are such a pair. She is a little shyer than Sheila, but that doesn’t stop her from wanting to hang out with people and other doggies. If you are looking for a sweet companion that has been spayed–than Bertha may be JUST FOR YOU!
Adoption Status: Available!
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