Northern Star Dog Rescue

03/22/2025

BALOO 🐾

Baloo is a happy, easy-going boy. He loves to snuggle on the couch or on your lap. He loves attention and isn’t afraid to ask for it. He is sweet and affectionate and gets along well with other dogs. He has small bursts of energy but is happy to also just be napping on the couch. He is still shy on occasion but overall is a sweet, loving dog.

Baloo will play with toys and likes to chew on a bone on occasions.

Baloo has learned to use a dog door and is house broken with dog door availability. He does fine when left alone. His foster family has never had him be destructive or chew something that he shouldn’t.

We have not had the opportunity to observe him with children but given his energy level and disposition, his foster family doesn’t believe that he would be a problem around children.

He has been fine with other dogs.

There are hens in his foster home that are contained in their own area in the back yard, and he hasn’t bothered them.

He can get stressed in the car and could use some more exposure to being in the car to help him get over his anxiety in the car.

Baloo came from a hoarding situation but is doing well in spite of that. He is a mixed breed, neutered boy who weighs between 10 and 15 lbs who we are guessing is around 4-6 years old but it is really hard to guestimate.

Like all available NSDR dogs he is up to date on vaccinations and deworming and has a microchip. He is neutered.

If you're interested in Baloo, please go to this link and fill out a foster form or pre-adoption application:
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03/21/2025

Adopted 🏡🐾

Josie has been led home. Congratulations to her and her family. Thank you for loving her as much as we do.

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03/21/2025

VALKYRIE 🐾

Valkyrie is a curious, engaged, and playful puppy but calm for her age. She is a big cuddler with spurts of zoomies and playfulness. She doesn’t bark much. She loves tug-of-war, chasing small balls, and chewing on squeaky toys or dog chews. She is starting to play fetch, loves all her toys, and some that aren’t hers as well which is normal at her age.

The foster family has a lot of neighbors in and out plus family members; she has been very friendly and outgoing with everyone.

Valkyrie has been great with kids and with other animals so far though she is quite small so very young children who are rough would need to be prevented from causing her distress or harm. Otherwise, she would be a great match for anyone. She has been living with 4 kids, age 2, 6, 12, and 14. The two oldest kids have been equal caretakers along with mom and she’s pretty bonded with them

Valkyrie is still at an age where she gets most of her physical and mental activity at home but once old enough to be out and about, her foster mom recommends she be walked daily. Right now she gets a couple of hours of play throughout the day which is what she handles before napping. It is important to continue doing positive exposure and socialization after a week or so of settling in and getting to know her new family and routine.

Valkyrie was with other puppies when she first came into the rescue but has not had experience with other dogs in the foster home.

She currently lives with two cats and she just wants to be their friends; she doesn’t chase but does try to initiate play.

Valkyrie has been alone and crated for 2 hours at a time throughout the day and has handled it fine. As she gets a little older, she will likely be fine with longer stretches, especially since she likes to sleep during the day.

She has been started on potty training but she is not housetrained yet.
She would probably be okay in an apartment.

The foster family has started reinforcing some basic good behaviors and she is treat motivated. She exhibited some light food aggression with growling behavior which is not unusual for puppies that have had to share food bowls with other siblings and had to defend their sustenance. The foster family has worked on this and it is almost gone. Her new family should prove themselves trustworthy from the start and not try to “steal” her food in order to make this a non-issue.

Valkyrie is 8 weeks old. She is approx. 10lbs. She is yet too young to be spayed and will go into foster-to-adopt with the future adopter until the surgery has been done.
She may be a miniature schnauzer mix.

If you're interested in Valkyrie, please go to the link below and fill out a foster form or pre-adoption application:
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03/20/2025

Adopted 🏡🐾

Kocoum has been led home. Congratulations to him and his family. Thank you for loving him as much as we do.

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03/20/2025

Adopted 🏡🐾

Tootsie has been led home. Congratulations to her and her family. Thank you for loving her as much as we do.

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03/20/2025

Adopted 🏡🐾

Izzy has been led home. Congratulations to her and her family. Thank you for loving her as much as we do.

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03/20/2025

Adopted 🏡🐾

Nyx has been led home. Congratulations to her and her family.
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03/18/2025

AVAILABLE DOGS
The album with available dogs disappeared, so we will slowly be recreating it. Also look through the feed for recently posted dogs.

03/15/2025

GIZMO 🐾

Gizmo is a wonderful little guy and quite a find!! He can fit anywhere from a family with small children to an older person because he is just that easy-going! He gets along with other dogs, gets along with the cat in the foster home, gets along with livestock… And he absolutely adores kids!

Gizmo loves to cuddle up for love and also enjoys playing with toys.

Gizmo is great on and off leash, rides well in a car, and is crate trained and potty trained.

Gizmo does know basic commands and does well at a dog park. He loves the water.

Gizmo is 9 1/2 years old. He is a small/medium mixed breed.

If you're interested in Gizmo, please go to the link below and fill out a pre-adoption application:
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03/15/2025

ELLA 🐾

- in need of foster or adoption.

Ella is the biggest sweetheart ever! Everyone who meets her falls in love. She has done well with all farm animals, cats, dogs, and kids. There has only been one dog that she has had to stay away from and we can’t figure out why she dislikes him so.

Ella loves to play with toys, enjoys snuggling, rides well in a car, and is crate and potty trained. Ella does well on and off leash. She knows basic cues.

Ella does need to either have hip surgery or be on pain medication and NSDR is trying to fundraiser and save up for her surgery. She is in pain; if you happen to touch a sore spot, she will signal to you that it hurts.

While she is still in pain it is best she is in a home without toddlers that might lean on her or bump her.

Ella is already spayed, chipped, UTD on vaccines, dewormed.

Ella is 5 year old and a German shepherd.

If you're interested in Ella, please go to the link below and fill out a foster form or pre-adoption application:
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03/14/2025

Adopted 🏡🐾

Rouge was led home. Congratulations to her and her family. Thank you for loving her as much as we do.

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03/14/2025

JOSIE 🐾 - on adoption trial

Josie is such a sweetheart who loves everyone and everything. She was adopted but the family’s situation has changed so she is in need of a new home.

Jose is a medium sized dog who is turning 3 years old next month (April 2025). She is full of life and good spirit but also able to settle.

Josie is good with cats, dogs, kids, etc. She loves the dog park.

She is 100% potty trained and crate trained. She walks well on leash.

Josie is up to date on vaccines.

If you're interested in Josie please go to the link below and fill out our pre-adoption application:
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03/13/2025

Adopted 🏡🐾

Snack Pack has been led home. Congratulations to him and his family. Thank you for loving him as much as we do. But let’s be completely honest here. He wasn’t letting you get away from him. You were stuck. Hehe.

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03/11/2025

Volunteers Needed, We are currently seeking volunteers to assist with various tasks, including rotating and feeding dogs, taking photographs, providing playtime and outings, overnight stays, organizing storage, grooming, and other essential duties for our canine residents. Additionally, we are looking for specialized volunteers to fill key roles, such as event coordination, fundraising, social media management, fostering, and more. While these tasks may seem minor, they can become overwhelming for one or two individuals to manage, particularly when combined with responsibilities like responding to calls, processing applications, scheduling vet appointments, conducting meet and greets, and other related activities.
We want our dogs to find their amazing families who are going to keep them forever and spoil them rotten. In doing so we can’t rush the adoption process and this is why we do adoption trials. Some of our dogs have been with us for a long time and that is okay. That means we haven’t found their amazing families yet. But they will come. For those dogs who don’t find their families we consider them lifetime pets of our rescue. For those dogs we work together as a family for them. This means sharing the responsibility.

If you’re interested in helping us out please click the link below and fill out the volunteer form with what position you’re interested in or the foster form if you would like to help us out by opening up your hearts and homes for a little while so they can adjust to find their own home.
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Northern Star Dog Rescue is a foster based, 501c3 non profit organization.

02/26/2025

3-13 Adoption trial
Chanchi🐾

This is sweet Chanchi, she is a 1 yr old Chiweenie that was saved from euthanasia. She’s very cuddly and sweet and not yappy. At first, she might seem a little grumpy when she meets a new dog, but by the end of the day, they’ll be cuddling like pals. She is needing a foster or adopter by the end of the week.

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02/18/2025

Meet a few pups we have up for adoption. These beautiful pups were rescued from euthanasia and they are looking for a foster or adopter. These beautiful pups three black are maybe Dutch shepherd mixes, the white one is perhaps Anatolian shepherd mix, and the red one could be a retriever/shepherd mix. All are around 8 weeks old.

02/14/2025

Jodi and I(Amanda) love to have fun with the puppies at night as we tuck them in and close the store for the night.

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02/13/2025

Puppy pile. Come on down to Pawsome Deals and meet our adorable adoptable dogs including Bruce the biggest puppy of all.

We are also needing fosters badly.

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