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Final Chance Animal Rescue is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to taking dogs that others can't - we rehabilitate behavioral cases & place them responsibly in the community with full transparency.

01/18/2025

Help needed! We need to raise $1200 to cover the cost of an Impact Dog Crates escape proof crate for our english mastiff, Tee (Large Marge).

Our girl was not spayed before we pulled her from a local impound bc they were unable to handle her. She has been doing so amazing with us but as luck would have it, she went into heat the other day so we had to move her out of the boarding area at Blaine Kennels as we board, train & offer daycare for intact males. We worked hard to find a vet clinic to partner with that would perform a gastropexy when she gets spayed due to her size & had that scheduled for this coming Wednesday but the universe has other plans…

The move to a secluded area mixed with being in heat has our girl dealing with some big feelings. If I could give her a heating blanket, some yummy snacks & some TV to binge I totally would but she’s a dog & she doesn’t understand what is going on. She has destroyed a $500 dog run we purchased, and a $1600+ kennel setup that the facility owns…. so we had to buy her an escape proof kennel that will fit a giant breed (not a lot of options).

Any help is greatly appreciated - we are just being pummeled over here with expenses this month so far 🥹

Donations are tax deductible!

Paypal.me/FCARMN

givemn.org/final-chance-animal-rescue

Checks can be mailed to:
10193 Flanders St NE
Blaine, Mn 55449

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01/16/2025

Oh what the difference rescue can make… Lucy was living in an RV overcrowded with other dogs just a month ago & today she is flying home with her new mom. Thank you for taking her in, showing her the way & finding her the best forever ♥️

Happy adoption day little girl. We will make sure your pups find just as special forever families. ✌🏼

01/05/2025

For all the Rocky fans out there- look at our boy relaxing in a kennel ♥️♥️♥️♥️ (even with 12 puppies playing in the next room 🫣)

He is making great progress & is such a sweet boy.

Blaine Kennels

01/02/2025

You too could look at this fluff every day. Adopt our super social boy, Niko!

12/30/2024

Today Ferbilicious found his forever home. For those of you that know him, you’ll understand how happy the entire team is over at — sad to see him leave but so happy for him to have a home & human of his own that can give him a nice retirement from being the shop cat ♥️

He is already giving his dad his belly on the couch, keeping an eye on the neighborhood out the window & exploring — & he just left us a few hours ago.

We love you Ferbs! ♥️

12/29/2024

⭐️ATTENTION! We have 9 animals up for adoption ⭐️

Feta is a Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog 1.5yr old female

♥️ADOPTED♥️ Ferbs is a magical black cat that is 8.5yrs old

Karma is a mixed breed 7mth old female

Spud is a tiny cute thing that looks like a mini golden (30lbs) 1yr 10mth male

Niko is a Chow Chow male

Colby Jack is a rat terrier (23lbs) 1yr 8mth old male

Foxy Brown is a pit bull mix (64lbs & gaining) 4yr 7mth female

Large Marge (Tee) is an English Mastiff (100lb+) 2yr 6mth female

Chai is a Rottweiler (60lbs) 2yr 1mth female

All are up for adoption on our website. Reach out to learn more about them & PLEASE SHARE this post to help us get the word out about them 🙏

12/22/2024

All Colby wants for Christmas is a home to hang his stocking in, instead of a kennel at the facility. Your share of this post may just be the one that helps him get his wish. 🎅🏼 🎄 🎁

Colby Jack
26lbs
1.5 yr old
Rat Terrier
Neutered Male
House trained
Crate trained
Dog social
Cat social

Colby loves to live & love! He will happily go with you anywhere & do anything! He could go for a bike ride or run everyday, or just go for a daily stroll & snooze.

More info on Colby: https://new.shelterluv.com/embed/animal/FCMN-A-6

📍Blaine, MN

12/21/2024

Colby Jack is looking for an adoptive home! This guy is super agile and can do anything! He’ll go run along a bike, do agility, play with dogs of all sizes or just totally chill with his humans. Super versatile! We adore this guy. Please help us find him a human to call his own.

Info on Colby: https://new.shelterluv.com/embed/animal/FCMN-A-6

📍 Blaine, MN

12/16/2024

Stop by anytime today & mention Final Chance Animal Rescue when you check out to have 15% of your purchase go to the rescue! Tons of cute & comfy clothes — grab something for a holiday gift or just for yourself! 🥰. We’ll be there 5-8p with snacks & champagne ♥️ & Ledger 😎

Look Good, Feel Good! // Evereve Wayzata

12/15/2024

Rocky joined us a few weeks ago from one of the rescues we partner with after a series of unfortunate events that included biting 2 humans in 24hrs 🫣 He’s off his decompress period now so today he got introduced to the treadmill to help drain some energy while showing him how to slow down (we stick with slow walks on the treadmills). Then we headed out to the 1 acre fenced yard & trails for a nice sniffari & some zooms.

Anyway, please welcome Rocky to the FCAR crew! He’ll be up for adoption after we have had more time to get to know him & once his training program is complete.

12/13/2024

$5 Friday Plea🎅🏼

Imagine being abused & neglected, living only outside, with over 20 other large breed dogs. Luckily for the other 20 dogs, they were able to handle the life a bit better than these 2 boys- and they were placed in rescue as soon as the court ruled they could be released from animal control after police seized all of the dogs (& a whole lot of weapons 😳).

Unfortunately, the 2 boys pictured endured more trauma than the others & are unable to be handled or touched. That really limits their options on placement but luckily a volunteer heard about us & reached out with a plea for help. Hearing that the officers who rescued them were rooting for them & trying to save them as well, just broke our hearts. Imagine saving some dogs from horrific conditions, only to have them face euthanasia in a shelter…

We committed to saving the last 2 boys & need your help with funding their rehabilitation. We anticipate they’ll be with us for at least a year.

If everyone on my friends list donated just $5 today to save Big Max & Howden we could not only take them on without facing financial stress… we could save even more dogs like them.

They deserve a chance. Help me bring them “home” this Holiday. 🙏

Paypal.me/FCARMN
finalchanceanimalrescue.org
https://www.givemn.org/organization/Final-Chance-Animal-Rescue?

Video in the comments ♥️

12/12/2024

Swipe to watch miss Foxy Brown blossom 🌸 she arrived at 46lb & weighed in at 62lbs today! When we had her bloodwork done she tested positive for Lyme exposure but with the treatment, she hasn’t missed a beat! She’s coming along wonderfully & filling out!

Foxy’s journey has just begun - she’ll begin a training program now that she’s at a healthy weight & we’ll begin some treadmill training to help her continue to gain healthy muscle while draining some pent up energy.

Donate towards her care & training at paypal.me/FCARMN , smashing the donate button here or finalchanceanimalrescue.org

12/10/2024

Can you help us bring the last 2 dogs out of the 20+ confiscated from neglect & animal cruelty, home for the Holidays to save their lives?

Big Max & Howden are terrified & unable to be touched. They require some patient rehabilitation that we anticipate to take at least 12 months. Check out their videos in the comments.

Please help us fund their rehabilitation & care. Let’s bring these boys home for the Holiday & start their new lives.

Donate today - we have $7k to raise & with your help we’ll get these boys home.

Final Chance Animal Rescue is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax deductible.

11/29/2024

Gollum came to us after he was thrown out of a vehicle. He was just a few months old so we couldn’t imagine why someone would discard him like that. As his quarantine came to an end & as we began getting him out with the pack we learned he was deaf (or mostly deaf), he had some neurological problems & some behavioral concerns arose. We immediately put him with some of our Mentor Dogs (shout out to Colby Jack- another FCAR) to help him learn bite inhibition & to be completely transparent, behavioral euthanasia was discussed. We decided to continue to work with him since he was so young & was showing improvement but with a guarded prognosis.

As time went on, one of our staff at ended up taking him home bc he developed pneumonia & as fate would have it that opportunity shed light on what an amazing fit they were for each other. Belle nursed him back to health (literally) & he has been “home” ever since.

All of this wouldn’t have been possible if we didn’t have the Mentor dogs to help Gollum learn appropriate behavior. What made this a bit more complicated is due to his neurological hurdles, “learning” from a human didn’t really stick with him - instinctually learning did though. And Belle’s soft energy really broke through to him - we can see the pure love he holds for her.

We are so thankful that y’all support our work so we can continue to offer dogs a chance like this. In a perfect world, every dog would have this opportunity & with your help, we will continue to offer this to every dog we can.

Happy Adoption Day Gollum. ♥️

11/26/2024

Reyna is really blossoming!

11/22/2024

Thank you all so much for your support yesterday! We are at 60% of our goal! We are hopeful we can find some donors to help us bridge this gap - fundraiser is still going over at givemn.org/Final-Chance-Animal-Rescue

The amount of support we received blew us away & filled us with so much hope. Sometimes rescue is hard - especially when the dogs we take in require more funding to help support their training needs - yesterday helped us remember that when a community comes together, even the unthinkable becomes a new opportunity.

11/22/2024

Why donate to Final Chance Animal Rescue? Because we take dogs other people can't.

Meet Chai. I met her when her family came to BK for training help. She wasn't a good match for them but they wanted to make it work. In an unfortunate series of events, she ended up on a walk without her muzzle on (precaution as the person walking her was working on leash reactivity) and reacting to a passing dog & biting her person on the thigh.

That was it for her. They had been trying but their relationship was beyond repair after the bite - trust was lost.

They reached out to let us know they had scheduled her to be euthanized as a courtesy as we had been working with them & they knew we are dedicated to the dogs & humans we work with.

When I read their email my mind flashed to a memory of her out in one of our front daycare yards. A family came up to pickup their dog from boarding & Chai saw their little daughter (she must've been 5 yrs old?). We were evaluating her still & I remember noting how much she changed when she saw that little girl. Her little nubbin tail was wagging as her hips swayed from side to side. She just adored that little girl.

And I knew that moment we could not let her die.

So we took her into rescue & promised her family we would find her a home. She is about to be listed for adoption now but we've had her for 6 months... which is the average length of time our dogs are with us. It may seem long but considering the fact that we only take in dogs that need rehabilitation, it is not unrealistic.

I tell you this today not to shame her humans - they did everything they could, and more than most would do (In full transparency, her humans have contributed a substantial amount towards her care & training with us)... but to give you a glimpse of why Final Chance Animal Rescue means so much to me and is so important for dogs that need a chance.

It is not unreasonable for rescues to not be able to take a dog that just bit their own human. And in a lot of cases, it is a good thing that everyone is not taking in dogs with behavioral hurdles. But what does that mean for the dog? Should they die over a bad call?

We don't think they should die. And if you are of the same belief, please donate today to help us continue to save them. See the comments for Chai playing her dog friends

11/21/2024

We have $400 in matching funds left! Every dollar donated up to $400 is doubled!

WHY DONATE TO Final Chance Animal Rescue ?

For Foxy Brown, who was adopted out by a shelter 2 years ago as a healthy 74lb dog - only to be found like this a few weeks ago. She is now on a re-feeding schedule with us as we work to undo all those wrongs & show her how amazing her new life is.

Give today: givemn.org/Final-Chance-Animal-Rescue

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10193 Flanders Street NE
Blaine, MN
55449

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For all the Rocky fans out there- look at our boy relaxing in a kennel ♥️♥️♥️♥️ (even with 12 puppies playing in the next room 🫣) He is making great progress & is such a sweet boy. Blaine Kennels

Howden is one of the cruelty case dogs we took in on Monday. These dogs were labeled feral at the shelter. They don’t know what a leash is & have no idea what to think about humans. Howden is starting to understand the leash already 🙏♥️ #rehabilitation #dogrescue #finalchanceanimalrescue

Your average animal rescue’s intake process (the process of accepting a dog into rescue) looks so much different than ours. Ours isn’t as cute to watch but I wanted to share a glimpse because the kinds of dogs we accept into rescue are just as important. These boys were the last 2 needing rescue out of a seizure/confiscation of 22 dogs. Everyone else found safety in rescue except them.So we took them.We took them because they deserve a chance too. We created this rescue to rehabilitate dogs like Howden & Big Max.Your donations allow us to do this. This is your dollars at work. And we can’t thank you enough for believing in us & our mission. Donate today right on our profile or paypal.me/FCARMN

$5 Friday for Final Chance Animal Rescue! Imagine being abused & neglected, living only outside, with over 20 other large breed dogs. Luckily for the other 20 dogs, they were able to handle the life a bit better than these 2 boys- and they were placed in rescue as soon as the court ruled they could be released from animal control after police seized all of the dogs (& a whole lot of weapons 😳).Unfortunately, the 2 boys in the video endured more trauma than the others & are unable to be handled or touched. That really limits their options on placement but luckily a volunteer heard about us & reached out with a plea for help. Hearing that the officers who rescued them were rooting for them & trying to save them as well, just broke our hearts. Imagine saving some dogs from horrific conditions, only to have them face euthanasia in a shelter… We committed to saving the last 2 boys & need your help with funding their rehabilitation. We anticipate they’ll be with us for at least a year.If everyone on my friends list donated just $5 today to save Big Max & Howden we could not only take them on without facing financial stress… we could save even more dogs like them.They deserve a chance. Help me bring them “home” this Holiday. 🙏 Paypal.me/FCARMN

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Can you help us bring the last 2 dogs out of the 20+ confiscated from neglect & animal cruelty, home for the Holidays to save their lives?Big Max & Howden are terrified & unable to be touched. They require some patient rehabilitation that we anticipate to take at least 12 months. Please help us fund their rehabilitation & care. Let’s bring these boys home for the Holiday & start their new lives. Donate today @finalchanceanimalrescue

Puppy Volunteers needed in Blaine, MN! We are looking for AM (as early as 7a), Mid-day and evening/afternoon help (latest you would be on-site is 7p) to help with 2 litters of baby puppies! Submit a volunteer application at finalchanceanimalrescue.org and we’ll be in touch! **Volunteers must be 18+

Quick Mel update…. Mel (now known as Walter) is doing just fine ✨

Mel was on a local euthanasia list due to his behavior & he had a bite incident (human) when being handled there. We really weren’t planning on taking in another dog this year without raising some substantial funds but Mel is Tee’s brother. When we pulled Tee from that same shelter we heard her brother was there so we kept an eye on him. So when he landed on the euth list, we knew the right thing to do was to help give him a chance too.Mel left the shelter this morning & we headed out to lead the @blainekennels Spicy Dog Pack Walk. We got to work right away! He did great & is now snoozin as he settles in ♥️Help us continue to do the right thing: givemn.org/Final-Chance-Animal-Rescue

We are at 40% of our fundraising goal for today! Can you help us make it? 🙏 Why donate to Final Chance Animal Rescue? For Niko. Who found himself at a local shelter, needing rescue. We absolutely adore chows & always try to have one in the pack. He was our hardest chow in regards to dog aggression. He has been with us since May & is now integrated with the pack! He is a happy boy who is amazing at the vet & groomer! He loves people! Dogs in n our care are with us at least 6 months on average & every dog has a training plan. Your contribution today helps us fund our efforts so we can continue to help local dogs in need. givemn.org/Final-Chance-Animal-Rescue

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