/r/rescuedogs

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/r/rescuedogs is dedicated to educating, advocating, and assisting in all things regarding rescued doggos from chihuahuas to Great Danes!

Please glance over our rules prior to posting and WELCOME!!

Disclaimer: We do our absolute best to verify the rescues making donation requests, but there is always an element of risk when sending money to strangers.

For anyone wanting to adopt a rescued dog from a shelter or anyone with questions related to the adoption of a rescue dog.

  • Please keep posts on the topic of rescue dogs. No posts selling or giving away family pets please. Rescues only.

  • If you see any post in this subreddit that you feel is suspicious or inappropriate, please report it to the Moderators.

  • We reserve the right to remove any post that, in our opinion, is suspicious or inappropriate. If you feel your post was removed in error, please contact the Moderator team to discuss.

  • Please feel free to post links to your local animal shelter or rescue organization's site or individual dog's profile... or even your success stories!

  • Please note that this subreddit offers no guarantees or warranties of any kind. We do not vet our posters (no pun intended), and we do not endorse or condone personal meet-ups FOR ANY REASON. Any in-person meetup that does take place would be done so solely at the discretion of the parties involved and at their own risk.

  • We do not check into the validity or stories nor do we check the credentials of individuals or organizations who may come here asking for donations. We do not endorse or condone giving money to strangers on the Internet. Any donations to organizations or individuals is made solely between the parties involved and at their own risk. We do not offer any guarantees or warranties for this or any other type of transaction initiated via this subreddit.

Peeing on the rug? Dragging you down the street by a leash? You may want to check out this Sub for all your Dog Training questions: /r/DogTraining

Everything you wanted to know about training/raising a puppy: /r/puppy101.

CAT-LOVERS, CHECK OUT /r/rescuecats.

/r/rescuedogs

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Solution to endless rounds of euthanasia?

Why don’t we as a society insist on very heavy fines, even jail time, to enforce spay/neuter programs and to eliminate or greatly reduce the number of puppy mills? There are so many millions of unnecessary deaths every year- if the endless scenes of euthanasia were shown on TV every night, maybe we would wake up and take responsibility for our inaction. Shame on us humans.

5 Comments
2024/03/10
21:02 UTC

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Rescue Tongue Action

My new little rescue dog is partially blind but fits in well with our other 2 dogs. She is CONSTANTLY ALWAYS licking like a snake! Her little tongue just sticks out and she licks at the air or anything within lick range. What do I do to stop this?

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2024/03/10
20:29 UTC

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just picked her up a few days ago as a foster-to-adopt 🤞 It’s already safe to say I’ve absolutely never known a love like this 💖

6 Comments
2024/03/10
20:20 UTC

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Newly Adopted💗

4 Comments
2024/03/10
14:48 UTC

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Anyone experienced sending dogs to Europe?

Has anyone send animals to Europe or even Germany? Or does someone has a contact to someone who prepares papers for travel? I rescued a dog that was going to be killed in shelter. Now I'm in Germany and he's in Texas. I know about all the requirements but I need help with who can actually do the health check and so on. He would be able to fly end of March so time is a bit limited.....

13 Comments
2024/03/10
12:08 UTC

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6 months old PUPPY CHIPMUNK-URGENT to be EUTHANIZED at Downey ACC in CALIFORNIA! Final notice expired 3 days ago!!! New deadline: 03/10 3pm! Needs a committed SoCal foster for 3-4 months NOW to leave Downey alive. Could that be you? Dm or email me asap.

Chipmunk #A5604677 6months Male German Shepherd 36 lbs Chipmunk is a friendly puppy, social with other dogs, has a push-pull playstyle, and high energy level. His ok for public adoption. Large Dogs Ok. Chipmunk is a young puppy who will benefit from obedience training, focusing on his mouthy/ jumping behavior. Close monitoring with young children is advised. Chipmunk sniffed and licked the runners hand, allowing petting through the barrier. He was easily leashed and escorted out of kennel. He pulled slightly while bypassing the neighboring dogs. In the catch pen, he bounced around, bowed, and circled, excited to enter the yard. He ran in and immediately engagedin play. He jumped, bowed, sprinted, and pounced around with a high, puppy like energy. He was correctable by the dogs to settle down when he became overwhelming. He thrived well in push-pull play, comfortable socializing with dogs. He roamed alongside them when play stopped. Chipmunk continuously enticed dogs to engage in play, even when being overcorrected. He was naive towards a male snapping towards him to be left alone, requiring the handler to move Chipmunk away. He remained in play mode during entire session. He showed no concerning behavior during his assessment. He became loose and wiggly, he constantly moved around, appearing relaxed during the interaction, but became mouthy at times. He applied light pressure onto the handlers hand in a puppy-like manner. Despite his behavior, the handler was able to pet around his body without concerns. Chipmunk needed quick movements to pet his face, open his muzzle, lifting his legs, tugging his tail, and rubbing his underbelly all while he wiggled around playfully. He urgently needs a serious, committed foster or a loving forever home - fostering is temporary, 3-4 months and zero costs! Pls dm if u can foster or email me IMMEDIATELY at: Isabeldesiree8@gmail.com

SHELTER ADDRESS Downey Animal Care Center 11258 Garfield Avenue Downey, CA 90242 (562) 940-6898 SHELTER HOURS Monday-Saturday 11am-5pm EMAIL SHELTER STAFF AT: DACCDowneyRescue@animalcare.lacounty.gov

#dogs #dog #shelterdogs #shelterdog #rescuedismyfavoritebreed #viraldog #Viraldogvideos #viraldogreels #fosteringsaveslives #fosteringsaveslives #adoptashelterpetmonth #adoptapuppysavealite #germanshepherdpuppy #shepskiesofinstagram #shepskypuppy #adoptdontshop •#savethispuppy #saveadogslife

61 Comments
2024/03/10
11:49 UTC

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From living in a kennel for months, to getting bedtime head rubs

9 Comments
2024/03/10
10:57 UTC

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Pepper update! She always wakes up wanting to play like this, so we play for a good amount of time inside. As you can see at the end of the video, she is very sensitive around her neck area, so I have to be careful when patting her there. More to come!

2 Comments
2024/03/10
09:15 UTC

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Adopted him instead of his brothers because he was unique

6 Comments
2024/03/10
07:07 UTC

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I need advice to save my 22 rescued dogs and six cats (see first post)

63 Comments
2024/03/09
22:07 UTC

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My heart, my Nina. 🥹🐾❤️

4 Comments
2024/03/09
21:20 UTC

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Biscuit and Simone are on this week's euthanasia list at Orange County Animal Services in Orlando, FL. They both have until Tuesday, March 12 to find Rescues & Fosters (or special adopters). Please share these sweet dogs! Thank you so much!

88 Comments
2024/03/09
20:48 UTC

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Rescue aggression and kids

Hello everyone, I’m hoping for some advice.

I picked up a dog last night and brought her home. She came from a loving family who didn’t have time for her. She’s not spayed, has never seen the vet and needs some training. The pictures I saw of her before I picked her up were all pictures including the family’s children - snuggled up, sleeping with them, playing with them. The owner assured me that whole the dog can take a bit to warm up to strangers, she’s very good with kids. All kids.

My initial meeting with her, she growled and snarled but curled up on my lap (I was kneeling by her). The owner assured me that she’ll be fine, she’s just very protective of the kids who were there to say bye. I took the dog with some apprehension but an agreement to give it a week to see how she does. Mostly for my husband, who is allergic to some dogs for not others.

We haven’t had her for 24 hours and she’s happy and comfortable with my husband and I, but “weird” and aggressive with the kids. She will jump up with them on the couch or bed, get right up to them, roll over a bit and then growl at them. A very unfriendly low growl. The kids don’t touch her and I gently redirect the dog away. But she seeks them up, tail waggy, seeming to want to be with them but then gets right up to their face and growls. Not a happy playful growl. A mean, ears pinned back growl. This morning, my daughter was giving her treats and having her sit and shake a paw and then after the treat, she reached out to touch the dogs head and the dog bit her. Her skin is raised where the teeth landed, but didn’t break skin. It still hurt her. Now my kids are all scared of her. She continues to growl at them and seem unhappy.

I don’t trust this dog a bit. She came from a home where they loved her but were too busy for her. They are willing to take her back but I have to wait a few days to bring her back because she lives a few hours away and they went on a trip.

I know I should give her a chance but the owner admitted that she can growl and nip at others. I understand she is scared but she doesn’t seek space or walk away - she approaches the kids in an apparently aggressive way. As a mom, my kids come first, and I don’t like this behaviour. I have lots of experience with dogs and have never had one like this. Am I wrong in throwing in the towel ? Im scared for my kids.

10 Comments
2024/03/09
19:21 UTC

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Just brought home our new dog

We just brought home our rescue dog last night. He is our first dog so I don’t know what to do. I knew to expect him to be nervous and I knew about the decompression period but he seems completely shut down. He is hiding under the bed since last night. He was rescued from a hoarding situation where he was caged so I am both comfortable crating him but we are keeping him in a lower (not none) traffic room. He is eating a little. He peed a little right before I brought him inside which was about 15 hours ago but not since. He has not pooped. He gets very scared when I try to put a leash on him to take him out and gets scared if I pick him up. He does not seem interested in treats and is not at all motivated by them. What can I do for him. I feel like I am messing up already. I really need advice or tips.

11 Comments
2024/03/09
18:28 UTC

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Sully update: She bravely licked my hand, which made me cry, and that scared her. We’re a mess, lol. But progress!

6 Comments
2024/03/09
14:37 UTC

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A few days ago we rescued this little guy from the street. This is him having some rest now that he knows he has a forever home.

18 Comments
2024/03/09
12:27 UTC

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From living in a kennel for months, to getting bedtime head rubs

6 Comments
2024/03/09
10:49 UTC

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Will we be able to adopt?

My wife and I would like to adopt a dog but I feel a little off by the entire adopting process.

We have a 7 year old mixed dog who we love so much. When she was a baby I got her from a pretty bad part of town in Atlanta for $10. She lived with my mom for the first year and my mom is not really a dog person and we took over at year 1 and it’s been great ever since. She’s really good with people but can be very weird with dogs. Sometimes she’s great and sometimes she’s not. She’s never gotten into a fight with a dog but she doesn’t know how to play and annoys some dogs to the point they get angry with her. Usually she’ll get a time out and then we let them play again.

Well 6 months ago my wife wanted to foster and we set up a meet and greet. Everything was going good the dogs were playing but then my dog showed some teeth and started barking and the voulenteer freaked out and said the meeting was over and it would not work out.

I’m scared this is going to happen again. We thought it would be a good idea to get a puppy. How can we even get my dog and the puppy to meet? I know if we were alone we could ease them into the situation slowly and give them time. However with the whole process it seems like if they don’t instantly become friends they will not let you adopt. We are willing to make it work and take time. We know forsure our dog can make it work.

Any thoughts? Thanks!

4 Comments
2024/03/09
01:47 UTC

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