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Rescued Pets Are Wonderful

Rescued Pets Are Wonderful is a non-profit, no-kill, volunteer animal rescue organization serving the Twin Cities metro area.
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Non-profit animal rescue dedicated to helping the most critical and major medical cases as well as senior animals.
*Subscriber Hub payments are not tax deductible We are dedicated to rescuing dogs and cats left homeless for whatever reason – focusing on the ones with major medical issues or of senior age. These are the ones that are usually overlooked because they are not “highly adoptable.” Th

ey are also the ones that cost the most to the organizations. We believe they are the most in need of help! We place dogs and cats in loving, responsible, committed permanent homes, following a comprehensive adoption process which includes taking considerable care in finding good matches and educating prospective adopters about the responsibilities and costs of bringing a dog or cat into their homes and lives. Taking in major medical cases and senior animals means that they will likely have more care needed life long. We make sure that they are placed in homes that are able to financially and physically care for them long term. Animals in our care are all spayed or neutered, receive all appropriate veterinary care and treatment, and placed in nurturing foster homes while they await placement in their permanent homes. We assist dogs and cats in distress without regard to age, breed or ease of placement. To the extent our finances allow, dogs and cats in the greatest need take priority. We have partnered with some of the best and the brightest in the Veterinary Medical field and we are committed to giving every animal in our care the best chance at a happy forever. We do not shy away from unconventional routes and are always looking for ways to push forward the medical advances for animals. From fish skin grafts on trauma cases, to prosthetics for amputees, to FIP treatments that save lives as never before, we will make sure every option is exhausted for our major medical cases. Many animals that would have immediately been euthanized in the shelter, now have a chance to live and thrive with their varied medical conditions. We never euthanize animals due to space or time constraints, but we may elect to euthanize in the event of a severe, untreatable/debilitating illness or extremely dangerous behavioral concerns. Because we do not kill to make space, however, we cannot take in every animal that needs help. Current adoptable pets can be found on our website as well as our Petfinder link https://www.petfinder.com/pet-search?query_id=A4F0C158-715A-11E7-8DF1-83FBF62E21C6&page_number=0

* Facebook Subscriber Hub payments are not tax deductible

12/14/2024

Our event last Saturday was a complete success! We had so many people come visit, shop your pet supply sale as well as our AMAZING bake sale all made possible by volunteer bakers!

Santa also spent the day with us, taking photos with pets and kids

12/14/2024

Duncan asked me to let you all know he is doing well and getting stronger everyday!

12/13/2024

Barney stopped out at our Holiday Event last Saturday to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas... we are assuming it is a home!

He is now taking applications for adoption 😀

Barney came to us from Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue in North Dakota. He had minimal use of his back legs. They do not have easy access to vets and no access to physical therapy. They reached out to us for help and of course we said yes!

Barney saw our Neurologist right away and it was determined that his issues were coming from a parasite called Neospora. This particular parasite attacks the muscles and eventually gets into the nervous system. Unfortunately we did not get to Barney soon enough to save his right rear leg, it needed to be amputated. However, he has been working so hard to regain full function of his left rear leg. He has come so far since first arriving.

Barney can run and play, he can do stairs, he can climb on the couch and he has even learned to swim while using the water treadmill at the rehab clinic! Barney is about 7-8 months old now. He is working on typical puppy manners and will be going to training next now that his remaining rear leg is strong enough. He should not need anything longterm medically. He will likely be around 50 # full grown and his leg may always be a little weaker, but it doesn't slow him down!

Barney does well with other dogs. We think he is a husky/shepherd mix. We don't know anything about his history or where he came from. He is kenneled when his fosters are away or during the night. He isn't a fan, as he wishes he could be with people ALWAYS! We are hoping that our trainers can help with the bit of separation anxiety he has. He is not destructive, he just cries and barks a bit in his kennel when first left.

If you are interested in adopting Barney, please fill out an application on rpaw.org

*Please note that we are having some issues with updating our website, so he is currently not on there.

12/12/2024

Meet Moody!

We think it is time to introduce this sweet lady ❤ Some amazing humans found her in ditch in southern MN. They scooped her up and took her home to find her a safe place to end up. They posted on a local page looking for help and we couldn't say no! We new this sweet senior needed some extra TLC and possible medical attention. The good samaritans drove her up to our wellness center and we sent out lab work right away. We though she may have kidney disease, thyroid issues or maybe worse... but her lab work just came back with Roundworms. Those are simple enough to treat!
So she has had some dewormer, we ordered her some good groceries and she is settling in nicely into her foster home. She LOVES blankets and she love kneading/making biscuits 😉

Our vet estimates Moody at about 10 years old. She is actually a petite little lady. She has an old eye injury which is where her name comes from, Mad Eye Moody. She actually is the opposite of Moody, she is the sweetest girl ever and so quiet.

If you are looking for a senior addition to your home, Moody may be your girl!

*Our website updates are in the works so she is not currently on the website.

12/11/2024

The dog dubbed the "garbage bag dog" now has the most beautiful name... Valerie aka Val. She is sweet as pie and loves to run zoomies around her foster home!
We cannot thank everyone enough for helping with funds, likes/shares and all the wonderful comments of encouragement. We will continue to share her progress ❤
In the meantime she will just be chillin in her jammies!

12/10/2024

***SYMBOLIC ADOPTION PROGRAM***

Support our mission and make a real difference in the lives of rescued animals through our Symbolic Adoption program!

For just $20 (+$5 shipping), you can symbolically adopt an animal, helping to cover their care, feeding, and medical needs, without having to take on the real responsibility of pet ownership.

A Symbolic Adoption Kit is also a fantastic gift for animal lovers, charity-minded individuals, and people who seem to have everything else!

With your donation, you'll receive:

A heartwarming photo of your chosen animal

An official symbolic adoption certificate with your name

A touching story about your symbolically adopted pet's journey

Comment below if you are interested or send us an email at [email protected] to get set up!

12/09/2024

We wanted to wait a couple days to post about our new little guy for a couple reasons... first we wanted to do all we could to keep him alive and second because with the loss of Mufasa we wanted to give enough time for people to process the emotions of that.

We took this little stray puppy in on Friday. Another case that makes us physically and emotionally ill. We don't have any information other than he was found like this. We have spent the weekend keeping him alive. He weighs 19.4 # when he should be around 35 #. We are waiting on lab work to make sure we don't miss anything and we are treating this as a typical (to us) starvation case. He gets very minimal food daily until his body can build up a tolerance to the amount of calories. If we were to just give him a bowl of food his body would actually go into shock and die. This is the stage in the process that is painful for us because he gets a little more than a half a can of dog food everyday. It's necessary but he doesn't understand that.

I am still working in finding a name for him but until them I just call him "little guy". I am so excited to watch him transform

12/09/2024

Please help us by donating potty pads!

We could REALLY use more potty pads! We go through a ton and we try to send our kitties friends home with one in their carrier post op.
The 28x30 fit perfectly in our kennels at the clinic but any size works! The smaller pads work best for carriers and live traps for ferals.

Feel free to drop them off at the clinic anytime, if we aren't open, the bench by the clinic opens and you can put them inside. We don't have door step pirates so all is good 😉

12/08/2024

Pawsome Holiday Event today raised $2568.50 ❤️

12/08/2024

Mufasa taught me a lot of things... I learned so much about veterinary medicine from him, I learned how one case can cause a ripple effect in the community, I learned that even though there is cruelty in the world there is so much more good. Mufasa was left by a dumpster at an apartment building in emaciated condition one February a few years ago. Our amazing partners at St Paul Animal Control called us when a wonderful police officer found him and brought him in. Anyone who met Mu immediately new there was something magical about him, it was inexplicable. Hundreds of hours of round the clock care went into saving his life. I was apart of 3 blood transfusions, feeding tubes, countless bandage changes and medications. But I was also apart of how much he touch a community and it was life changing. Our friends at Fun Fur Pets helped heal him mentally once we had gotten control of his physical body. He found a forever home from there. They loved him very much for a few years. Unfortunately Mufasa's journey ended today. The entire time I had him people would say "just put him down" but he had fight in his heart... yesterday he made it know that his fight was done and it was time to say goodbye. I wish I was told, I wish I was given the chance to say goodbye. I wish I didn't have to find out from a Facebook post. But at the end of the day it isn't about me. It needs to be about the amazing inspiration that he was and the impact he left on all of us involved. I want to be able to name every single person who had a hand in his recovery and survival but I simply wouldn't have enough time in the day.

All I will say is this, Mufasa you mattered... to me and to an insurmountable amount of people ❤️

12/07/2024

Make sure to stop out today for the festivities! The entire clinic will be open for wandering, meet some of our amazing rescue animals, grab some baked goods and a photo with the big guy in red and browse our HUGE selection of holiday pet supplies for just $5!

Event is today from 11am - 4pm and we truly hope to see everyone there!

12/06/2024

For everyone who was concerned about our sweet garbage bag dog, she is doing fantastic! Her foster home named her Valerie (Val for short) and she just LOVES life ❤️

We were able to help her because of amazing supporters like YOU!

12/05/2024

We hope you can all join us Saturday!

12/02/2024

The hits keep coming...
Instead of enjoying Thanksgiving with a loving family in a warm house, this sweet girl was placed in a garbage bag and thrown out of a moving car off the freeway.
Thankfully the cars behind realized what happened and stopped to help. The called the police and got her to safety. A police report was filed and she needed a soft place to land...
That's where the RPAW community come in! I picked her up this morning and it's nothing but up from here.

She is in major need of groceries and medical care. We are sending out full lab work on her to start!

We have plenty of bedding but if you could donate to her ongoing care and food we would appreciate it!

*Name to come soon ❤️

12/02/2024

How is this for a beautiful Holiday photo! Otis' story is unbelievably horrific, but now none of that matters! He lives the golden retirement life with his forever family ❤️

11/30/2024

Meet Teddy!
This teenage pug is out to find a home that can keep up with him and his crazy pug antics! Do you love to run around everywhere you go? To you like to let the world know you are here to party? Do you like to chase cats just because you know it bothers them and you think that's funny?
Maybe Teddy should be renamed Taz because that is much more of a description of him.
Believe us, he is one of the happiest, fun loving dogs you will ever meet. He would love to find a home with a yard he can run all around in. He would love to have another dog buddy to play with. He doesn't want to harm cats but any felines in the home need to like dogs because he will be all up in their business. He would do fine with kids. He would not do well in an apartment or somewhere with adjoining walls as he sometimes like to let the world know how happy he is!
If you are looking for a young pug who simply loves life feel free to fill out an application on rpaw.org
Adoption fee is $600
He has been neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and heartworm tested negative.

11/30/2024

Our friends at Ruff Start Rescue shared this great tip! Stay away from rawhide of any kind!
The pet stores have fun shapes and colored treats for the holidays, but just stay away from them ❤️

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Duncan asked me to let you all know he is doing well and getting stronger everyday!

For everyone who was concerned about our sweet garbage bag dog, she is doing fantastic! Her foster home named her Valerie (Val for short) and she just LOVES life ❤️ We were able to help her because of amazing supporters like YOU!

So since the clinic opened I have developed a serious problem with keeping "feral" cats that come in for surgery that are clearly not feral. They steal my heart and I can't bear them going back outside. Dont get me wrong, most of the feral cats that come in are truly that and they love their outside life and would suffer being made to stay inside. But then there are just situations where cats are outside and are just doing their best to survive but would honestly prefer the indoor life. These 3 boys were from the same property and they have 2 female friends in the next cage over that all came in last week. I couldn't part with them so I asked the owner if I could place them up for adoption. He was very relieved. They are full of parasites on the inside and fleas on the outside ear mites. We have treated all of that and we ate just getting them to a better condition before finding them forever home. Prior to these 5, I also took in 3 other females that came in for a large farm project. They melt my heart and make me so happy 😊 They also cost us a lot to get them into adoptable shape ;) feel free to donate for their supplies!

Thank you!

We cannot thank you enough for making this years' Give To The Max a success!

Adoption Success

Adoption Success Story!

Gilbert

Gilbert has been and will always be the RPAW Ambassador!

Butch's story!

Give To The Max 2024 Intro

We received an urgent call today from a frantic woman about a tiny kitten she found on the sid of the road on her way to work. Thankfully we were at the RPAW clinic and ready to jump into action! This little one was all alone and is so tiny. We are so happy to be able to provide her food and a warm place to sleep. She will be going to foster tomorrow. If you would like to donate to her care please do so here!

**UPDATE: HE WAS ADOPTED TODAY!** Little Wasabi is the last of his litter to get adopted... He is available at the Quarry Petsmart, so head down today if you have been looking for a new furry friend!