Meet Hudu! This adorable, sweet senior is waiting to steal your heart! Please consider adopting this handsome man from us TODAY!! For more info or our adoption application, visit www.littlebigdog.org
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We are sharing a dog who has worked very very hard to overcome his awful deprivations. He is ready for a home with a young dog to play with.
SHARE FRIENDS and RESUCE GROUPS: I need you like never before! Many of you have been following along on Charlie's story, his time has come. Charlie was one of 5 owner surrendered dogs who came onto my radar in September of 2018. He lived in a kennel smaller than the one shown (this was Henry and Sonny's), when we found him he had feces up to his knees and maggots in his automatic feeder. We believe placed as a puppy with no human interaction. We could not pet him for several weeks, and he cowered and hovered when approached. His 4 siblings have long been adopted and in wonderful homes. I did not know if that was possible for Charlie. I have cried over his failures and rejoiced in his progress. He has fought back so hard! He has over come excessive chewing and licking, the vice of circling and pacing (common in kenneled and chained dogs), excessive water drinking till he was sick. Those are just a few. I cared for him on the property till December 12, on that day he came home to me and it has been a wild freedom ride. He was neutered and we began the journey of life to a normal dog! From the basement, to the crate, to the upstairs part of my house, we have made it! ❤️❤️
Charlie is a 45 pound, two to three year old goofy hound full of love and kindness. With all his struggles, not a growl, not a snap. He is neutered and healthy, all vet care is complete. Only a scar remains from a collar grown in. He needs a young playful companion dog, my dogs are 14 and 8, they tucker out fast. He needs a fenced yard, possibly a hiker, runner, or walker, he can go the distance. He loves his crate and loves to play with sticks and toys. He loves the mountains and hiking, as part of his rehab was long walks in the woods. He is busy and active no doubt. No small children, as he can be overstimulated resulting in him not understanding what to do. No cats or chickens as we have worked on his prey drive but it's the chase that gets him in trouble. He can ride in the car, but prefers short rides as it makes him nervous, he just needs a little more work on that.
Our latest work has been on walking on a leash, jumping, and listening. In the last two weeks he has turned the corner. I have been afraid, not wanting him to fail, but today as he walked with me and my other dogs, and as I watched him be just like them, I knew it was time. He deserves the same! Our next step will be obedience class in Harrisonburg as we search for his family! He is so eager to please, that now he wants even more to be a good boy! More videos and pics will be added to this post tonight!
Please share the photos and videos with friends and family and help Charlie start his search! Thank you!! I am here for all referrals and questions, as his home will need to be vetted well. I am here every step of the way to support Charlie's adopter! If I tagged a rescue person please consider giving me a courtesy post on your pages!
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Dot's Really Old Dogs Home
Gideon doesn't know what a heartworm is. He doesn't know what a "senior" is. He doesn't know that a compassionate non-profit organization called Raising Aid For Dogs At Risk (RADAR) approved Little Big Dog Rescue's applicaton for financial assistance with the medical costs of vetting and neutering that allowed them to pull him from the Surry County, NC shelter where he had poor chances of getting out alive. He doesn't know that everything good started with RADAR, who gave the grant that saved Gideon. Thank you, RADAR!
Little Big Dog has homemade dog treats, handmade leashes, locally sourced and made back scratchers, and a doggy rummage sale at Maple Festival this year. Come by! (see what I did there? I've been hanging out with Border Collies 🙂 )
I want to give a shout-out to a woman who saved a dog's life. Joe (Cujo) showed up stray on her farm at an inopportune time. Mother with broken hip, transitioning from hospital to skilled care to home; farm to take care of; farm animals to care for; job; family. This woman, we can call her Taunya, couldn't shrug her shoulders and let someone else maybe, if Joe was lucky, be his rescuer. She put out food for him, because he showed up everyday. She started networking him. No ACO in the county, shelter considered him hers, not a stray, no one looking for him. She couldn't keep him safe, no fenced yard, and he liked noodling around the woods in the area. One day he came home with a serious injury to his foot, I think it was a gunshot. Taunya took him to the vet and had him property treated. Still networking him. It took a village but thanks to Facebook, Joe got taken into Save The Tails and he was adopted into a dream of a family and a dream of a home.
I never met Joe but I know he is a very good dog, he is bringing happiness to a family, thanks to a woman who took a deep breath and said, "Okay... we'll see what happens."
If you see an animal in need, please take a chance. Remember the woman and the dog.
Come see us at Maple Festival and get some doggy treats. We are in the High School hallway.
Thanks, ladies!
Thank you Nina and staff at LCAS!People will ask us why we transfer in animals from other counties. And there are many answers to this question. Sometimes we have room in our kennels. Sometimes we have a big adoption event coming up, and lots of demand for adoptable pets. And sometimes we hear stories like Boo’s. Our good friend Jeanne at Little Big Dog Rescue in SW Virginia was out for a drive when she saw two dogs, living tied out with plastic dog carriers as their dog houses in the bitter cold. Jeanne pulled over her car, went up to the house and, without judgment, offered the family a dog house and straw for bedding, and they accepted. As she went to set things up for the dogs, she asked the dog owner if he would consider letting her rescue find the two young dogs a new home, and he agreed. Little Big Dog Rescue then paid for both dogs to be spayed and transported to LCAS to go up for adoption.
Thanks to Jeanne’s compassion, we are happy to welcome one year old beagle mix Boo, and her sister Bell, both of whom are now looking for loving homes where they will be able to sleep indoors and be a part of the family. Thank you Jeanne for your hard work, and thank you Loudoun for supporting our lifesaving efforts, even when it means lending a hand to our friends in rural parts of the state.
To learn more about Little Big Dog Rescue’s incredible mission, or to make a donation to support their community outreach, spay and animal rescue, please visit their website: littlebigdog.org/donations/
Bullet is 12 years old. He comes to Little Big Dog from the Franklin County animal shelter in Roanoke. He has a neurological condition that affects his gait. He has been at the shelter longer than most of the dogs and we are happy to welcome him to our old dogs home. Bullet has long legs.
Board members Peggy Marshall and Dot Terry working hard for Little Big Dog Rescue. Our first year making and selling chocolates for Valentine's Day but not our last!