Indigo Rescue

07/19/2024

Well, here’s something that doesn’t happen everyday!

Tina was out in front of Indigo Ranch using the Weedwhacker along the fence line this morning and she looked up in time to see a deer standing in the road watching her. A few seconds later, the deer jumped over the fence into the pasture with our alpacas, Wallace and Weber!

Her visit was too brief for Tina to get a photo because she then hopped the fence on the other side of the pasture and back into the woods. She did get a photo of the deer in the road, and the back end of the deer as she sailed over the fence into their pasture. I asked her what Wallace and Weber did when she jumped into their pasture, and she said they just acted nonchalant as if a deer always jumps in there with them. Lol. Crazy!! 🤪

07/16/2024

Okay y’all, hang on to your hats b’cuz the post-pandemic glut is still happening and shelters continue to be absolutely buried in really nice medium to large young dogs who have been dumped by their owners, (while breeders continue to breed more puppies). 🙄

This list is long (16 dogs)… and these dogs need to get out of the shelter ASAP. Two of them came from a home where the owner passed away. The shelter is out of space. 😢

I’m going to post pics of all of the dogs first, and then I’ll go in and make a comment on each of them with information about them under their pics.

We know it’s a lot to ask, but these are desperate times. Please consider whether you might be able to foster one of them or whether you might know someone else who could foster and save a life. Local Portland metro only please.
DM for more info.

Please SHARE!

Thank you. ❤️

06/16/2024

UPDATE: See updates below!

Hello all.

No surprise, but shelters and rescues are still jammed with unwanted dogs from people who’ve made impulsive, uncommitted choices. German Shepherds, Huskies and Pit bulls are at the top of the list 🙄😟

But in this case the owner passed away leaving two shepherd/huskies, a male and female, about 4 years old. They both ended up at the shelter in Multnomah County and the male was having a tough time in that environment so he was scheduled for euthanasia. A family member was able to get him out of the shelter before he could be euthanized, and the female is still there.

These two dogs lost their person, their home and each other, and then ended up in a scary county shelter. Understandably, they are frightened, anxious and traumatized 💔. Both have lived with other dogs (each other), and cats (see pic).

These pics are only of the male. PLEASE consider whether you can provide a safe place for either of these two dogs. I’m betting they are really great companions.

UPDATE: We are trying to get confirmation, but it may be that the female was adopted from the shelter 🤞.
UPDATE: Confirmed! The female was adopted yesterday 😅. Lets keep sharing and trying to find an option for this boy!! 🤞

Please SHARE and DM for information. Thank you!!

06/12/2024

Update: finally got a much better resolution video posted!

These three literary namesake kittens are all available for adoption to indoor-only homes or homes with catios. They will be spayed/neutered on June 24.

It’s two girls and a boy: Aggie, Emmy and Hemi. We prefer to adopt kittens in pairs, but when we have an odd kitten out we will also place with another young adult cat who wants a companion.

These three kittens were born in a planter box outside. Their mom was semi feral, but they were handled from the time they were tiny kittens so they have blossomed very well, as witnessed by this fun video their foster mom took 😉. Please also visit a second video and their endearing snuggle photos in the comments ❤️

Please share. Local Portland Metro area adoptions only.

Thank you!!

06/11/2024

Hello everyone.

For those of you who knew and adored him, I just wanted to let you know that we decided to let our senior Oberhasli goat, Berkeley, go today. He had developed urinary stones, which caused a blockage. The urinary stones are calcium and they happened because we had changed his diet to a richer food to help get his weight back up because he had gotten so thin with age, arthritis and atrophy.

The vet explained that it's a really tough balance when you're trying to get their weight up but the food they need in order to help them gain weight causes stones. Even if we had been able to remove the urinary blockage, it was highly likely he would develop them again and if we changed his diet back to his old food, he would lose weight again.

It was a very difficult choice but it was the right thing to do for him. Abby was kind enough to stay with him during the euthanasia.

Berkeley has been with us since almost the very beginning of Indigo Ranch in 2007. He was almost 17 years old, and the average lifespan of an Oberhasli goat is 10 years. He really lived a very long life. Even today in a great deal of pain, he was still grazing in the field.

Berkeley was a spirited goat, with a tenacious spirit and I know we'll all miss him a lot 💔. I hope he finds his sister, Betsy, during his next journey ❤️. Wishing both of them much peace and love.

I took this picture of Berk this afternoon grazing in the field. 🥰

06/10/2024

We’ve got a couple of orphaned, adorable bottle babies in need of a foster. Experience preferred. Probably two-three more weeks of bottle feeding necessary before weaning.

Please share. DM for more info. Local Portland metro only, please.

Thank you!!

06/09/2024

Does anyone recognize this bone head? He’s traveling southbound on 185th near TV Hwy. He’s got so much crap in the back of his pickup that the dog is jammed over to one side and standing precariously on the edge. I got close enough to see how much was in the back, including a saddle. PLUS, the dude is wearing headphones. Even if someone tried to get his attention if his dog fell out of the truck, he wouldn’t hear them. 😡
This person really needs a lesson in responsible care of dogs… I reported it to Washington County sheriffs office, but it’s not like they’re going to go look for him…

06/08/2024

Hello Indigo Rescue Fam!!

We are excited to announce that for this summer we are offering a super special deal at Indigo Ranch (IndigoRanch.org) where we provide homestyle boarding in the country and 100% of the profits from our boarding business support our life-saving animal rescue work at Indigo Rescue! 

We are offering one free night boarding for every new client who books a stay for their dog.

There’s more! For every new boarding client referred by one of our current boarding clients, the referring client will receive one free night of boarding (for your dog 😉), AND, the new client will receive one free night of boarding. That’s a $50 x 2 clients value! WOWIE!🤩

Don’t forget to take advantage of this limited time super special deal we are offering. Loads of fresh air, exercise and socializing for your four legged family members while you travel. ❤️

NOTE:
*Subject to availability
**Not valid on holidays

Thank you!

06/03/2024

Meet Emily Dickinson (Emmy), Ernest Hemingway (Hemi), and Agatha Christie (Aggie)! These three cuties are thriving in their new foster home. They’ll be available for adoption as soon as they’ve been spayed/neutered and will all be posted on our list of adoptables later today.

Please note: We place kittens in indoor only homes or homes with catios. We do this for the safety and longevity of the cats and always hope that our community will learn from our example. We also place kittens either in pairs or with another indoor cat who would like to have a playmate. Contrary to the belief that all cats are independent loaners, they are actually very social and will congregate in colonies. Having a feline companion/playmate is enriching for them. ❤️

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

Thank you!

06/02/2024

A super huge THANK YOU to Natasha, Red, and Dogville (dogvillepdx.com) for generously offering to groom (and fall in love with) Goldie, our sweet-as-sugar visually impaired young golden doodle with seizure disorder. She looks fantastic! ❤️🐾❤️

06/02/2024

We had a great volunteer day at the ranch today! The weather was perfect and our amazing volunteers got a ton done!

The hay fields throughout Vernonia have been overtaken by horsetail w**d. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to kill and it’s toxic to the animals and we’ve lost our hay field for a couple of years. Rather than lose our field again this year, we walked the field and broke it off at the ground. That way it won’t be in the hay bales. Luckily, it’s pretty easy to break off, and our volunteers were so dedicated!

Then we painted a couple of stalls in the barn. It looks fabulous!!

Always more to do, but we got such a good start on the big stuff, and everyone got to visit with and share treats with our rescued farm animals!

Thank you SO much to Claudia, Tina, Summer, Angela, Mary, Patty, Himani, Bryan, Emily, Tonya, Koda, Logan and Declan for all your hard work!

More volunteer days coming this summer 😊.

05/29/2024

I don’t know whether anybody saw my update on the abandoned Kitty from Vernonia’s post, but I picked him up yesterday and delivered him to his new foster home (thank you Susan!)

Hawkeye, as he’s now named, strolled out of the crate and made himself at home in less than a minute. So happy to snuggle on the sofa! He’s maybe one year old. Super sweet kitty. Gets along great with people, dogs, and other cats. 

He’ll be neutered next Monday and available for adoption shortly after that. 

Whew! Lucky kitty 😅

05/28/2024

Somewhere along the way someone offered us pro bono grooming services for our rescue dogs. Unfortunately, we don’t remember who.

We have this adorable 11 month old visually impaired golden doodle who is going to be meeting a potential adopter soon and we were hoping to get her groomed. So, if you are someone who made that generous offer and the offer still stands, please let us know! 

Thank you!!

05/24/2024

UPDATE!
Kitty has found a foster home! So grateful he is out of the predator danger zone. 
I’ve attached two pictures of him from exactly 12 seconds after we arrived at Susan’s home😉😍. He was perfectly quiet and calm on the drive from Vernonia and is unfazed by the other two cats or the dogs in his foster home.

This boy is a dream 🥰🐈. We’ll get him posted as soon as he’s been neutered. Whoever adopts this kitty is going to be very lucky…


Original post:
Uggggh!

This super-duper flirty and affectionate young male mackerel and white tabby was abandoned in Vernonia and we have to get him somewhere safe ASAP! Vernonia is nowhere for a non-feral, non-savvy kitty to be living outside. We have bald eagles, hawks, owls, and coyotes!

The kitty is intact and we are going to have him neutered and chipped as soon as we can get him into a foster home.

Please share!! Can you foster him? Do you know someone who can foster him? Indoor only or homes with catio’s please!

Cute video in the comments below.

DM for more information.

Thank you!

05/22/2024

Hello everyone.

Hope you're all doing wonderfully. We are working hard, as always, to improve things for the companion (and farm) animals of our community.

If you’ve always hoped to get involved or contribute to our work in some way, we have some special opportunities we’re putting out there for you to peruse and ponder.

We’re looking for volunteers for a few projects, as well as some key board member positions. We also have a foster request, and a special donation request.

First, we are looking for volunteers to organize fundraisers! We are open to listening to any ideas. We continue to build on our Capital Campaign, and every penny counts. Put your creative hats on and don't be afraid to tap your resources!

We are looking for a grantwriter! Anyone who knows about this very special job understands the nuances. There is a lot of research involved in finding the foundations we might qualify for a grant from, and then catering the grant applications to the individual grants…but any grants would really help us with reaching our goal.

We’re looking for a Finance Chair to sit on our Board of Directors. This person would be responsible for overseeing and translating our financial reports and budget for us.

We’re also looking for an additional board member with passion for our work. Someone who brings enthusiasm, commitment, and something new to the table.

We’re working on organizing a volunteer day at the ranch! It’ll be on Saturday, June 1st, which is currently forecasted to be a sunny, beautiful day. We have two (possibly three) outdoor projects planned, so the larger our volunteer group is, the faster the projects will get done, leaving more time to relax and enjoy the idyllic scenery. We’ll provide beverages and snacks for sustenance and of course, you’ll get to visit with our sweet rescued farm animals 💗.

(Update: a foster has been found!) Our foster request is for three, 7 week old fluffy black and white kittens who were born in a planter box. Pics of two of them attached. They have been handled a lot so we know they aren’t feral, just a little shy. They're very docile, and oh-so-cute. If you have a quiet room and some time to work on continued socialization, these three will be a fun project.

Speaking of fostering, we just wanted to put it out there that the post-pandemic adoption glut continues, and shelters and rescues are still jammed and facing more and more people wanting to give up their dogs. It’s a desperate and depressing time, but we need to continue doing our best. We need to keep trying to find somewhere for these dogs to reside outside of the shelters and the associated risks. Of course, this is one of the primary reasons for our Capital Campaign goal, but while we continue to soldier on toward our goal, we need to find foster homes. People who have the time and space to help save the life of a dog. Please consider fostering, or whether you know someone else who might be able to foster for us.

And last, we are going to be holding an online auction of our fine jewelry in early November. Just in time for Christmas and Valentine’s Day! As you know, we’ve been receiving jewelry donations over the years and we continue holding sales for our costume jewelry, but the fine jewelry pieces need their own special venue. We have some spectacular pieces, but we are currently looking for donations of fine jewelry to build our inventory for the sale even more. Gold, platinum, gemstones, and fine sterling silver pieces (including flatware, and serving dishes). We also accept broken, dented, or damaged pieces. If you have items laying around collecting dust, you can get a tax deduction for donating them to Indigo Rescue, and, if you purchase jewelry from our online auction, you’ll know that your fine jewelry purchase isn’t just a beautiful piece you can treasure, but it will be supporting our nonprofit animal rescue work. A super bonus filled with twice the love! 💗 🐾💗

Please let us know if any of our (numerous) requests ring your bell and we’ll be excited to give you more of the low down 😊. Please know that every item on this list is equally important to us.

Thank you so much for all of your continued support, everyone. 🐾🐶🐾

Here’s hoping for a beautiful, peaceful Spring/Summer ☀️

04/14/2024

We took this super sweet girl from the county shelter a couple of days ago. She’s a 10 month old Goldendoodle with a really gentle demeanor.

You’re probably wondering how a pup like this ended up in the county shelter?? Because she’s visually impaired (a common congenital defect of breeding), and she has seizure disorder. So basically, she’s a byproduct of humans who screwed her up while breeding for profit, and then threw her away because she isn’t perfect. 😡

This little one didn’t deserve that. None of them do. 😢

04/01/2024

Last Saturday we celebrated 25 Years of Indigo Rescue with over 150 of our good friends, volunteers, adopters and supporters. It was a fantastic, fun night and we were all absolutely glowing with pride at the generosity and support we were shown.

In addition to the great food and hospitality of the Mittleman Jewish Community Center, we had a lot of really great donated auction items, a traditional wine wall, and we changed it up a bit with a trivia game, where the tables competed with each other.

But the best part by far was the paddle raise! We were absolutely speechless at the generosity of our guests, who raised their paddles at every level, raising $33,475!

When all was said and done our event had raised $52,675!

You know us. We are a truly grassroots organization. This is the first time we’ve held an event like this and we couldn’t be more proud. The funds raised at this event will go into our capital campaign fund toward our ‘brick and mortar’ property, Indigo Acres and Lili‘s Home. 

A giant thank you to everyone who came out to support us, but especially to our host, FOX12’s Kimberly Maus, who was fabulous, and so entertaining. Also, a huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors, Bethany Family Pet Clinic, and Summit Bank. Special thank you’s to everyone from the other hard working organizations who it meant so much that they came out to support us: Feral Cat Coalition, Fences For Fido, Animal Aid, Pongo Fund, Harmony New Beginnings, OFOSA, and Washington County Animal Services.

Thank you to all the independent animal welfare support individuals who supported us in the most impactful way: Bev Trover,  Jon Gramstad and Barbara Spears, Mark Norman and Cindy Sawyer, Paige Powell, Florence Kawai, and so many more. You know who you are ❤️.

Thank you to our event coordinator, Bethany Purkapile, and the many volunteers without whom our event would not have been such a tremendous success. 

We ran two slide shows during our event. I’ve attached one of them here as a YouTube video.  it’s really just a snapshot of what we do...

https://youtu.be/9x3Wqc2Olyo

THANK YOU, from the bottom of our hearts.

An example of some of the rescue work that Indigo Rescue does. After 23 years, we're fundraising for a property to build a brick and mortar legacy! indigores...

03/26/2024

Hello! Just a quick update from our 25 year anniversary event this past weekend. It was so awesome! Thank you so much to everyone who came out to support us. I’ll have a more detailed update by the end of this week but in the meantime, remember this cute little nine-year-old bichon, Daisy, whose owner passed away and she ended up at the county shelter  with a huge mammary tumor, unspayed, and needing a dental? She was pretty nervous when we got her, but we discovered that she bonds very quickly to the people in her home. We adopted her to a senior mother/daughter and everyone loves her.  She’s a very sweet girl and she loves to go for walks and sit in her humans lap.

Daisy’s surgery is scheduled for April 9 but we learned today that she has a very serious stranger danger issue with people who she considers intruders to her home. She definitely will try to bite. This means she will need to go to a home where her people will understand that she needs to be either put in a crate, or in a spare bedroom when company arrives. 

Daisy should ideally  be settled into either a foster or adoptive home prior to her surgery, just to make her recovery easier. 

Please share and DM if you are interested in fostering or adopting Daisy, and have the experience and commitment to keeping both her and your company, safe. Portland metro area only please. 

Thank you!!

03/14/2024

ATTENTION! LAST CALL!!

We are just 10 days out from Trivia Tails, our 25 Year Anniversary Celebration. If you are planning on joining us but haven’t gotten around to purchasing your tickets yet, NOW is the time.
We’ve nearly reached our 150 guest goal and have just 30 tickets left to maximum capacity!! We only have until next Monday in order to turn in accurate numbers to our venue and catering.

Saturday, March 23rd
Where: Mittleman Jewish Community Center
6651 SW Capitol Hwy Portland, 97219

A Special Thank You to our Gold Sponsor:
Bethany Family Pet Clinic
and our Silver Sponsor:
Summit Bank

Hosted by Kimberly Maus, we have lots of fun in store for everyone.

Tickets to the event are: $60
Tables of eight guests are: $400
VIP tickets are: $100 and include early entrance and BUY NOW opportunities for auction items.

Purchase your tickets and preview our auction items on our Auctria Website: https://auctria.events/Indigorescue

If you have any questions about using the Auctria website, please let us know. It's an amazing platform that makes ticket purchases, bidding/winning auction items and more, really simple!

Thank you so much and we look forward to seeing you there!


Trivia Tails: Celebrating 25 years of Indigo Rescue

03/01/2024

UPDATE:
We have not had one single inquiry on fostering any of these great dogs 😟. They all just need a chance.  please dig deep and consider whether you can foster one of them, and please share! 🤞🐾🤞 Thank you!! 

Hello! We are posting again looking for foster homes for dogs who have been at the county shelter waaaay too long and really need to get out. Please, please share and consider whether you can provide a lifesaving foster home for one of these great dogs:

First is a beautiful 1.5 year old 60lb female GSD. She is very smart (no surprise), and she knows sit, down, and shake commands. She is very social and friendly.

Next is a one year old male Lab mix. He’s a great medium size and weighs only 36lbs. He’s a little shy meeting new people but comes around quickly. He loves toys! 

Third is a 10 month old female Husky. She is petite and weighs only 37lbs. She came to the shelter shy but turned around quickly, and is super playful and friendly. 

Next is a 3 year old male Husky. He weighs 53lbs. He is also very smart and knows sit, down, and shake commands. He is super friendly, gets along well with other dogs, and walks great on a leash. 

Last is a one year old female Husky. She weighs 55lbs and is described by the Shelter staff as having a “fun personality“. She is also really good with other dogs. 

The shelters continue to be jammed with breeds that were being bred and sold in large volumes during the pandemic 😟. Huskies are at the top of the list.  People who do their research know that huskies can be great dogs, but they need exercise and training.  They are not good apartment dogs.  sadly, lots of the people who got huskies during the pandemic did not do their research. It’s heartbreaking and it’s not the dog’s fault. 

Portland metro area only please. Thank you so much for reaching out on behalf of these dogs. DM for more information. 

02/23/2024

Hello!

We wanted to remind you about our upcoming 25 Year Anniversary Celebration coming up on March 23rd. The original post with our Auctria link, where you can purchase tickets, get signed up as a bidder for the silent auction, and view the auction items is pinned to the top of our Indigo Rescue page. You can purchase early entry VIP tickets, single tickets, tables of 8, or sponsorships. Details are outlined on Auctria. Don't Miss It!!

Our "Trivia Tails" event is being sponsored by our amazing veterinary clinic, Bethany Family Pet Clinic, and the equally amazing peeps from Summit Bank. Both Companies provide us with compassionate and excellent personalized service and we are sooooo lucky to have their support!

Our goal is 150 guests and we are officially at 90 people! That means we're looking for 60 more people to join us for this fun Trivia, Mediterranean Buffet Dinner, Wine (plus Wine Wall), and Silent Auction event!! *Note: We definitely have room for more than 150 guests, but 150 is our goal :-)

Please DM us if you have any questions about our event. We're looking forward to celebrating with you! Woo hoo!!

02/22/2024

UPDATE:
Sundae still needs a foster home!! She is a sweet girl who had a sad start in life and she deserves a safe home and a family to love. I’ve added two adorable pics of Sundae from shortly after her spay this week 🤪❤️ PLEASE share and help us find a foster home for this sweet girl!

Original post:
As shelters and rescues across the country continue to battle the deluge of unwanted post pandemic dogs, they are forced to turn away owner surrenders for lack of space.  Sadly, being turned away does not mean people will decide instead to keep their pets.

Not very long ago we had a rescue who was found laying in the highway.  Her finder thought she was deceased. She was emaciated and unable to get to her feet. Luckily, with a lot of intervention, we were able to get her back into good health and find her a great home. 

Sure enough, we are now facing a very similar situation with this little Pitbull. She was found in Central Oregon laying in the highway in the freezing weather during the recent snowstorm. 

We’re calling this little one, Sundae. The finder reports that she gets a five star rating for behavior. She is very sweet and gets along great with everyone (including other dogs). She has not had direct contact with the cats in the home, but doesn’t seem to be triggered by them.  She is estimated to be approximately three years old and she weighs about 50 pounds. 

She deserves better!!

We are looking for a foster home for Sundae. She is going to be spayed on Thursday and will be able to go to a foster home on Friday.  Please share and DM if you are interested in helping this sweet girl. Local Portland metro only please.

Thank you! 

02/20/2024

UPDATE:

Thanks to all of your shares, Daisy is currently in a pending adoption. Yayyyy!  This lucky little lady was groomed today and looks fantastic. I’m sure she feels much better, too. I’ve posted her groomed photos in the comments below. 

Ugh. Another sad little girl who needs a quiet home. This little bichon is Daisy.  She is nine years old.  Her owner passed away and she landed at the county shelter, where she was understandably terrified. 

Sadly, she had also not had vet care for a very long time. She has an abcessed mammary mass (because she was never spayed 🙄), and she needs a dental, of course. Daisy is being groomed on Wednesday and we are currently doing her pre-surgical bloodwork. She is scheduled to have surgery to remove the mass, her spay, and dental on April 9, but in the meantime, she really needs a calm forever home. 

While Daisy is super shy at first, she quickly becomes very bonded to her person and will follow them around and want their attention as much as possible.  She’s a super sweet girl.  she would make a great companion for a senior home.

Please share and DM if you might be interested in Daisy. Local Portland area only please (we recently got an application from someone in New York, lol).

Thank you!!

02/19/2024

Urgent situation!

We adopted this sweet girl, Honee Bee (aka Bee), to a lovely home last year. There is a similar sized dog in the home and she and that dog got along great for almost a year, but recently they have started having fights. The last fight resulted in injuries to both dogs and the human, who was in the middle. We have posted Honee Bee for adoption again, but the tension between the two dogs in the home is escalating, and even though they are kept separate it is getting to be unbearable and unsafe.

Is anyone available to foster her?  Honee Bee is a very sweet girl. We think she is a mix of red heeler with pointer. She is a great medium size and approximately two years old.  She has been around cats and was fine.  She is also very good with other dogs, but this is a competition that may have started with the older dog, who is also a female. The other dog in the photo is a different dog who is also a female and those two got along great.

Please, DM if you are available to help us out in this emergency situation. Local Portland metro area only please. Please share.

Thank you!

02/15/2024

Tonight we’re anxiously looking for foster homes for two ‘littles’.

The first is a little 12lb white and gold colored male terrier mix of some sort. Super cute and super sweet. He is estimated as about 8 years old. He is possibly deaf, or at least very hard of hearing. He is currently waiting for rescue at the county shelter.

The second little is a 6 month old female wiggle monster (aka a poodle/wheaten terrier mix) who unfortunately ended up in a home with senior people with medical issues and no fenced yard. It’s a bad combination for a wiggly puppy.  She is currently unsafe in that living situation and needs to be with someone who has a securely fenced yard and interest in helping her with her basic training. An adult dog playmate and role model wouldn’t be a bad idea either. 😉 This little one weighs approximately 18lbs. 
Please share and DM for more information. Local Portland area only, please.

Thank you so much! 

02/01/2024

Help!

This adorable little shelter dog (as yet unnamed) was abandoned on a trail in Columbia County (disgusting people!😡). We got him into a very temporary foster situation and what we have learned is that he really loves older people. He loves them so much that it’s a little bit excessive, meaning the thing he wants most in the entire world is to be with his person. Sitting in their lap, following them around, etc.. he’s a little bit nervous about change, but very gentle natured.

Is anyone able to foster this sweet little companion dog?

Portland metro area only please. DM for more information  and please share!