It takes a village...

On January 4th, we had a huge transport of dogs come up from North Carolina, fourteen in total. As of today, all but a few have been adopted already! The others are sure to be home soon!

There are so many people that go into rescuing each dog. It starts at the people from the shelter down south who work so hard with so very little resources.  They try desperately to get the dogs adopted, but if they cannot they know that a trip up north to a rescue is the best option to find these pups a loving home. The pups are transferred here by van, and it is a long journey, imagine traveling with at least a dozen animals! It is very slow going.

Then the dogs arrive, and then go to their new foster homes. Foster homes feed, love and care for the foster dogs until that perfect application from the perfect adopter comes along. In the meantime, fosters work on training the dogs and teaching proper household manners, as many dogs have never seen the inside of a house before. Foster parents spend many hours with their dogs and come to outreaches to meet the public.

Behind the scenes we have a whole team who constantly works to keep the rescue running. Applications have to be screened, visits have to be made, transports have to be arranged, and all this is done by volunteers.   Each month is a struggle to keep afloat but we must to keep saving the lives of these dogs and cats.  We are diligent about fundraising because that is how the rescue keeps moving.  We are always thinking of new fun ways to help out the pups, next month we are having a Puppy Love Jazz fundraiser on 2/10 just in time for Valentines day! 

Wag On Inn hopes some day to have a building of its very own so we can help save even more dogs than we do now, it may take a while but its in the plan! Hopefully sooner rather than later!

If you would like to contribute to our building fund or sponsor a dog please go to www.wagoninn.rescuegroups.org.  

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  I hope you all had a great holiday season! Now to get through the winter snuggle up with those dogs of yours. Don't have one?  We have a bunch of new arrivals coming up from a high kill shelter tomorrow morning!

 I want to highlight a pup who has had a lifelong struggle, but has a very happy ending!

Poppi, a lab-mix girl who oozed sweetness despite her terrible struggles. Here is her story.

 

 January 2012, Poppi was transported to New Jersey. She brought with her some very special cargo, 3 blessed pups.  She brought them into the world healthy and strong and mothering them so lovingly. All three healthy puppies were adopted to loving forever homes.  Then we found out some news.  Poppi was not only left in that shelter to fight alone for her babies, she also was left to struggle with Heartworm.  Poppi was in the fight of her life. She had a very tough time with the treatment.  We were very worried for her quite a few times.  We found out that she had two tick related diseases that contributed to her having difficulty walking.  Upon further x-rays...Poppi was found to have a bullet lodged in her hip.  Turns out that this sweet girl we first met was also not as young as first thought.  She is definately 8+.  Months of antibiotics later...I'm happy to report that Poppi is heartworm free and exploring the back yard with the other dogs.  She is happy and on her way to a full recovery! (submitted by Karen L.)

 

 

Poppi was recently adopted by her foster mom after almost a year in foster care. Her foster mom was the last to know that Poppi adopted her, but the rest of us knew she wasn’t going anywhere! Congrats to Poppi and her forever family!

Poppi can now rest comfortably. Her babies are safe and she does not have to worry about anything!

We have about a dozen or so dogs coming up, if you would like to foster or sponser a dog in foster care please visit our website at www.wagoninn.rescuegroups.org

 

Wag On Inn tries to save as many dogs as possible! With that we incur a lot of costs, we have to hold fundraisers to pay for vet bills, medicine, food, and transportation of our dogs and cats.  If you would like to suggest a fundraising idea please email me at addiemaranda@yahoo.com. We also collect donations and products for our gift auctions at our various events throughout the year. Every bit is appreciated! Thank you!