Cream

For me, it all started with Cream and Hashbrown.  They were the first two dogs that Sandi Paws was allowed to take from a local neglect/hoarding situation.  The conditions they were living in were disgusting.  I will leave it at that.  Here is Cream.  Rescued 8/11/2019.  Adopted 8/25/2019

 

Yatzee

The big little dog.  Yatzee was a strange combination of a short legged dog with some other big dog.  Most likely a pittie.  Yatzee was an owner surrender after a mishap with the toddler in the house. Yatzee was interesting character who watched many other dogs come and go through here before it was finally his turn.  But there is always a home out there, even if it takes awhile.  Arrived as foster: 7/21/2019.  Adopted 11/2/2019.

Handsome Kooper

Kooper was with us for a short time.  He came to us at the end of June 2019.  Wiley's friend, Tate, came with us to intake for his first time ever.  He loved every minute it of it. Kooper's adoption date was 7/1/2020.  He is very spoiled and happy in his adoptive home.

Moonpie, take 2.

Moonpie.  God, I love this dog.  I am updating this blog almost a year later and the memories of this dog are awesome.  She did get adopted the same day as Delta, but unfortnuately, she was not happy with the other dog in the house so she came back to me.  That gave me a few extra weeks to love on her before she left her her perfect forever home.  She left for her forever home 6/21/2019.

Delta

Delta, the beautiful blue tick coonhound ended up with me when she was struggling to settle in with her first foster.  She was with us for almost a month and was an amazing dog.  Her adoption day was June 2nd, 2019.  This is one of the rare times Jacob and Wiley did not get an adoption picture as we were camping for the weekend and neighbor Debbie was caring for her for the weekend and brought her to the adoption event.  I made it there just in time to say good bye.

My sweet Moonpie!

• Why do some dogs find their place in your heart before they even know you?  That was Moonpie for me.  It has taken me a while to post.  Moonpie has been in her home for a couple of months yet I have not even updated anything since she came.  Maybe, it was because I wanted to enjoy every single minute I was given with her. Moonpie was a true southern rescue.  We speculate about her past. It surely was not kind to her.  But she always moved forward. I simply love that precious face

Moonpie earned her Canine Good Citizen certificate at the Fond du Lac County Kennel Club AKC all bread show.  What a feat for both of us. She was with me only 6 days when we did this. I was very proud.

Moonpie was reunited with one of her puppies the day she arrived off of transport. He is twice her size but has the same love and enthusiasm for life as his mom.

Moonpie' and her babies southern rescue day.

Lexie, a kind soul

Lexie’s story was heartbreaking to me.  Her owners adopted a dog from Sandi Paws about a year ago.  Since that adoption, the husband fell very ill.  The family made the hard to to bring back Zelina to SPR but also asked if we could take Lexie, whom they had for the last 5 years since she was a tiny puppy.  Lexie initially went to a different foster where she was for a week but ended up having issues getting along with the personal dog there.  So she came here on a Friday.  Luckily, our great SPR family works so well together, another foster put out to her network of people, how desparate it was for Lexie to find her home sooner than later as her world had turned upside down and was stressing. 

Lexie was swept up by the perfect adopter where Lexie will have her person all to herself.  She is a retired lady who adopted herself a birthday present.  Loved every minute with Lexie.  Her broken heart is now on the path to a quick heal.

Double take

Graham came to us as a two day foster.  We were lucky enough to have him longer.  Jordy even enjoyed having a brother from a different mother.  Jordy actually played with him.  That does not happen frequently with Jordy.  He is usually a jerk these days.  Graham was a cool, laid back year old Chocolate Lab and his adopters are very happy to have him.

Lylle... a beautiful flower

Lylle is a sweet, young shepherd mix that came to Wisconsin only a couple days after Abash was adopted.  She was with us for a couple of weeks and was as sweet as they come.  Lylle was adopted locally so hopefully we get to run  into her occasionally.

The boys were at the adoption event that Lylle was adopted at.  We were all a bit surprised that day to have her leave our home, but definitely knew that this sweet heart would not last long.

Abash. Best puppy ever!

After losing Rosalee, it was either jump back into fostering with two feet, or I probably would have been a recluse for a long time.  The heartbreaks was strong enough to defeat me. So back into the world of rescue we go. We brought Abash home two days after losing Rosalee.  He was the sweetest 4 month old lab month puppy. We had him for less than a week before he was scooped up by a family he could grow up with.