adoptable Jonesy
Our Jonesy continues to look for his best fit family.
Life was not always easy for this very handsome fellow. Found originally as an unclaimed stray, we pulled him from a shelter euthanasia list on the exact day he was to be euthanized because there was just something about him.
When Jonesy first arrived into our care he was incredibly sick. He has spent months becoming healthy again & has so much love to share. His favourite things in life? Belly rubs, snuggles, and loving you ❤️.
Jonesy is a fan favourite at our vet clinic, and his fosters simply adore him too. He even made a recent appearance at one of our community events and of course, you guessed it- everyone LOVES Jonesy.
Applications (and full bio details) available on our website at www.happysplace.ca.
Will you be the one to say "I choose you".
Pierrot
Happy's Place family, meet the AMAZING Pierrot ♡♡♡.
This fabulous chap arrived into care via Canadian shelter transfer after having been surrendered. He must have been a loved boy because he knows all the ins and outs around snuggles, sofa naps and travels well.
Pierrot loves to run and play and loves his walks too. He's awesome with cats and dogs of all sizes and loves children as well.
He's a healthy fellow who's been neutered and has a fresh set of pearly whites thanks to a recent dental.
Oh yeah- one other thing about Pierrot- he's also blind (most likely from birth)
He sure doesn't let it bother him and he hopes no one else will too.
Pierrot navigates new environments with ease, and can do everything pretty independently with no worries at all.
Pierrot is just as capable of any other dog and he's here to set things straight. Old dogs AND dogs with special needs- they ROCK!
AVAILABLE SOON!
Welcome to Happy's Place Pierrot!
Adopt Amor & Pipocas
Happy's Place family it looks like we're going to need your help on this one.
We've got two happy and healthy boys who need YOU!
AMOR & PIPOCAS (love ❤️ & popcorn 🍿)
I seriously thought we'd recieve a ton of applications for this very handsome pair but it's been crickets.
What's better than one dog? Well two dogs of course!
✔️ love to snuggle & cuddle
✔️ great with other dogs
✔️ great with cats
✔️ love children
✔️ super social & adapt well to new adventures
✔️ travel well in the car
✔️ good to stay alone while you work
✔️ apartment friendly
✔️ easy peasy houseguests
✔️ up to date full vetting, neuters & dentals
Want to learn more? Visit www.happysplace.ca
The boys are currently fostered in Niagara Falls ON and are $850.00 to adopt as a pair.
Fill out an application here: https://happysplace.ca/adoption-application/
Please leave the boys a message below to cheer them on and share our post (reminder to include a wee message in your share so fb doesn't think it's spam). Let's work together and get thus dynamic duo home.
Their family is out there & they need YOU To help us find them ♡♡♡.
thank you!
A MASSIVE thank you to the Pawsitively Elgin Dog Festival for hosting such an amazing event AND for selecting Happy's Place as one of their 2024 beneficiaries.
We had such an awesome time this past July & met so many cool doggos (& their humans too).
We were recently sent a cheque for a whopping $6000.00 ❤️ to help with our medical bills. With our medical expenses toppling over at more than $36,000 in the last 30 days alone..., this incredible gift will change the lives of so many Happy's Place senior dogs.
Check out these stellar photos by their paw-some event & VIP dog photographers.
A. Mitchell photography 📸
Donna Kasubeck Photography 📸
Thank you to each of the sponsors, volunteers & attendees.
Thank you to Helping Paws Rescue who works tirelessly to change the lives of so many dogs & for sharing the festival this year with us (and helping to bring awareness to the importance of senior dog rescue)
Thank you to the super duper team that makes up the Pawsitively Elgin committee. Your dedication to not only this festival but to helping rescue animals in general is to be commended. You're all doing amazing things.
To each & every person that plays a role in this event- thank you ❤️.
Set your calendars for Pawsitively Elgin 2025- coming at you soon & be sure to follow their pages for more.
Pawsitively Elgin Dog Festival
www.pawsitivelyelgin.com
Happy's Place Bottle Drive!
Today ❤️
What: bottle/can drive to support Happy's Place
Date: Saturday, September 21st
Time: 9am to 3pm
Location: Anderson Craft Ales
1030 Elias St, London
We are accepting ALL empties, with 100% of funds raised going directly toward care of our senior dogs.
Here's how you can help:
Bring us any and all of your alcohol empties for donation.
Bring your pup along for an outing and treat them to a Happy's cup. The patio is dog-friendly!
Purchase a ticket for our draw and enter to win an Anderson Craft Ales prize pack
Get your hands on our awesome new Happy's Place beverage coozies in 6 designs. Only $8 each or 3 for $21 when purchased in person at our events. ONLY AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME so get 'em while you can!
A huge shout out to our friends at Bennett Truck Rentals in London ON who are very generously donating the trucks to us for use and to our hosts, Anderson Craft Ales!
See you there- come on down!
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It's why we do what we do!
Last month- Poppie was in a Canadian shelter on a euthanasia list.
Now? The VERY popular 10 year old Poppie- she's ADOPTED ❤️
Your donations supported her updated vetting and a fresh new set of pearly whites. And her foster home- they showered her with love & social opportunities until her next chapter could begin.
I once had someone ask me why I am so passionate about senior dog rescue- this right here is why.
Best life living. Second chances. And finding happy.
Your next chapter begins now Poppie. Happy adoption day ♡♡♡.
Not long enough ago, I welcomed into our rescue & into my home the sweetest boy in the whole world- Gary.
Anyone who knows me knows that pugs- they have my whole heart. For me, there truly is no other love like pug love.
The moment I met Gary, my heart sunk because I knew already that this tale would not have the happily ever after that I'd hoped.
A pug at 36 lbs (my own are 13, 16 & 18 lbs for reference). He could barely move nor breathe. Believe it or not- even eating was now difficult because he could not find his breath nor swallow well.
X-rays viewed by both our clinic & a specialist showed on top of all of this- a complete tracheal collapse in 2 different spots. Pugs do not breathe well to begin with, but with added weight in such extreme excess as well as these permanent full tracheal collapses & old man lungs full of debris, it was sadly the perfect storm. And even with weight loss over many many months, there was no making the rest of him better.
For Gary, this meant a "life" of constant struggle, constant gagging, the Inability to access a complete breath or even to find proper rest. (His tracheal/lungs were severe & extreme- many dogs still live great lives)
We tried many things to help him. And after recently losing 2 of my own girls, I made the extremely difficult decision to let him go.
Someone else had failed him greatly before & i was not going to do that to him too. I held Gary tight & told him just how much I loved him. This was truly one of my most difficult goodbyes.
Yet, this was most certainly a rescue too. A rescue of finding peace & ending suffering. And sometimes, we are called on to do very hard things.
Thank you to a few special individuals who clearly love pugs as much as I do:
Megan H
Lisa W
Victoria G
During his stay in our home we loved this boy fiercely. He slept right by my head & shared my pillow at night & was smothered with a million kisses on the top of his head each day.
We made him a part of our forever & showe
A lot of you have been following our Coco & her story for a while now.
Coco arrived into our care early March 2024 via Ontario shelter transfer after having been found as an unclaimed stray. Right from the get-go into our lives, her foster home adored her.
She's literally the PERFECT dog.
The day she arrived they noted some head shaking so off to our vet we went & were saddened to see not the simple ear infection we thought, but a large mass in her ear staring back.
Fast forward:
- MANY vet visits
-a weight loss program
-librela injections & exercise plan for terrible old lady labby legs
-surgeries
- x-rays
- biopsies
- a FULL BODY CT scan
Sadly not at all the results we had hoped for.
Not only did this sweet girl have cancer in her ear canal, but also a thyroid mass, an Adrenal mass, & a mass on her thigh. This, mixed with an old lady back end, it seemed like the perfect storm.
And so what do we do with 10 year old Coco.
It's taken me weeks to sort out (alongside a million conversations with various medical teams) of what we were going to do & what the best course of action for her would be.
Thank you to her fosters for being patient with me & including thoughts as I struggled to make best decisions.
Yesterday I asked Coco's fosters to become her forever instead. And of course- it was an immediate yes.
And with that, for as long as Coco has left- she will be a part of our "I'm already home" program for palliative dogs.
Coco is a HAPPY dog. She stumbles & has a harder time getting up some times, but she also LOVES to swim & has the entire summer to spend by the lake.
She will continue to be followed closely by our medical teams & we will address anything & everything as it comes up. She is pain free & comfortable. This will always be our goal.
Coco is most certainly living her best life despite the challenges & honestly doesn't seem phased by them at all.
Thank you to Girl With The Dogs who have provided Coco with her medical care so f
Shirley arrived into our care almost 4 months ago as a shelter transfer & I didn't even think we'd see more than a couple of weeks.
13 years old, 4 different types of cancer & end stage heart disease.
But still, she had other plans. Because that was simply her way.
Shirley lived life large & lived it well right up until the end ♡♡♡.
And although she loved us all in her very own way, her true bestie- her foster dad. It was so beautiful for me to watch their relationship grow. The excitement she would feel when he would come through the door, the loud dramtic screams of joy when he called her by name, the quiet front porch, bedtime & sofa snuggles made just for her and him.
Shirley (& dogs like her) are why this rescue exists & why it is so very important to me. Because without it, shelter dogs like her never get to finish bucket lists, & they never get to leave the world knowing just how much they are loved. (I am sooooo grateful for the shelter partners we have who reach out to us about these very special dogs).
Palliative care & our "I'm already home program is so important.
It provides the opportunity to be truly honoured over the last chapter of their lives. This is my hope for all dogs ♡♡♡.
For close to 4 months, Shirley had a family who adored her, slept in our bed with us, explored streams, forests & fields, experienced joy & happy, (& of course swimming, ice cream & a million other things too). For almost 4 months she was a part of everything we did. From campfires to beach runs, from movie nights on an air mattress in the middle of the living room floor to each & every single time her foster dad said "come see me Shirley" where she'd offer the best snuggles (& face licks around).
Shirley- run free across that bridge my friend. You are so very, very loved ♡♡♡.
Today is an extremely special day around here. Today we are celebrating a gotcha day.
ONE ENTIRE YEAR with Chai ♡♡♡.
Why is this day extraordinary?
Because one year ago, I recieved a message from a shelter begging me to find a spot for a little dog who was an unclaimed stray with some big medical issues. And I had under 2 hours to find her a spot before she would be euthanized.
I made a plea with our foster homes & boy oh boy- did they ever step up.
We had saved her life!
Chai arrived into care unspayed with an ulcerated mammary mass as big as my fist.
Working together between both of our vet clinics, the mass was removed, she was spayed & we cheered that it was NOT cancer & her life was saved again.
Sadly, the next week an ultrasound showed us something terrible inside... a very rare, less than 1% of cancers- Adrenal mass.
Inoperable...
I'll never forget that phone call to Chai's fosters. "IF you don't want to do this anymore, I'll understand. It's going to get messy in the end".
And without missing a beat- they simply said- she's staying ♡♡♡.
Chai joined our "I'm already home" program for palliative dogs & we prepared for her to enjoy a beautiful few weeks with her fosters via the timeline we'd been given.
Only something MAGICAL happened.
Days turned into weeks turned into months- turned into ONE WHOLE YEAR with Chai ♡♡♡.
Adventures, love, and finding Happy are good for the soul.
Chai has begun to slow down now, she's developed some pretty bad anemia & the mass has grown internally too. And of course she's being monitored closely by our vet.
But what an incredible, amazing year it's been.
This is the POWER of kindness, belonging, & just living your best life.
THIS is why we do what we do without ever giving up.
Because MIRACLES happen.
Chai has defied medical odds over & over again. I really believe that love- it makes a huge difference ♡♡♡.
Happy 1 year gotcha day Chai- you deserve the world.
Today is National Rescue dog day!
Let's celebrate ALL rescue dogs and spread awareness about how important choosing adoption is. YOU have the ability to create change and provide a rescue dog with their next chapter.
Ps- our palliative girl Shirley- she's celebrating two months in our home later this week.
Two months of love, belonging and happy.
Rescue dogs aren't broken. They are simply dogs waiting for someone to say I choose you ♡♡♡.
#findyourhappy #findyourjoy #rescuedogs #nationalrescuedogday #findyourtribe #seniordog
Today is National Rescue dog day!
Let's celebrate ALL Rescue dogs and spread awareness about how important choosing adoption is. YOU have the ability to create change and provide a rescue dog with their next chapter.
And ps- our palliative gal Shirley- she's celebrating two months in our home later this week.
Two month of love, belonging and happy.
Rescue dogs aren't broken. They are simply dogs waiting for someone to say I choose you! #happysplace #findyourjoy #findyourhappy #findyourtribe #rescuedog #nationalrescuedogday
