One Tail at a Time

11/23/2024

What do all of these cute faces have in common? They’re all in need of foster! We have many foster homes going on vacation for the holidays so we are looking for temporary, and some longterm, fosters for these dogs and more!

To apply to foster visit onetail.org! After you complete our application and online training, you’ll have access to all of our foster materials and resources. We provide EVERYTHING you need during your foster period - you don’t need to spend a dime! Don’t have a car? Don’t worry! We have an incredible community of volunteers that help with transporting.

For questions about our foster program, email [email protected]! 💙

11/23/2024

Our Adoption Center is full of good dogs to come and meet! Stop by today from 11am-6pm to checkout these pups!

All adoption profiles as well as our adoption application can be found at onetail.org

11/22/2024

We rescued 'Thursday' this week from Chicago Animal Care and Control and he's a *little* worried about being here. Can someone *please* send words of encouragement and let this sad little boy know it's going to be okay?!

11/22/2024

Lady Trout is settling into her foster home!💙
This brave girl was discharged from the ER vet on Tuesday and welcomed into the arms of a loving foster family. While she was still feeling under the weather at first, her fosters shared that “after a few days of rest and plenty of snuggles, she’s starting to perk up!” We’re so excited to see her tail wagging and paws running around soon.

Save lives with us -> onetail.org/foster

11/22/2024

Congratulations adopters! We couldn’t be happier for these lucky pups!

11/21/2024

November is Adopt a Senior Pet Month! We wanted to highlight some of the wonderful senior adoptions we've had the privilege of making possible. 🩵

If you are inspired by these stories, visit onetail.org/available-pets and checkout the sweet senior dogs and cats we currently have available for adoption!

11/21/2024

One of our partners contacted us about a young puppy with a broken leg who was just hours away from being euthanized. Determined to give him a chance, they had kept him in a broom closet overnight to buy him precious time. We sprang into action, quickly coordinating a plan to make him an OTAT dog. Just hours later, Chunka Change was safe in our care. 💙

After undergoing a necessary leg amputation, this resilient pup hasn’t let anything slow him down. Now a bouncy, joyful puppy who lives life to the fullest. Chunka Change is officially ready to find his forever home and is waiting to meet you at our Bucktown Adoption Center (2144 N Wood St)!

11/21/2024

Meet Butter Bean, the wiggliest, happiest hound this side of Chicago! This velvety-eared heartthrob is the ultimate combo of playful energy and snuggly sweetness.

As a true foodie, Butter Bean is always ready for snacks, making training sessions a breeze (and honestly, who doesn’t love a hound who works for treats?) He’s an explorer at heart, eager to sniff out every mystery in the neighborhood or nearby forest preserve. After his adventures, he’s the King of Cozy, crashing hard into nap mode or curling up for cuddles that will have you cancelling your plans just so you can stay with him.

Butter Bean is a gem, but unfortunately hasn’t had the easiest go of it. He originally came to us as a little floppy eared puppy in January of 2024. His adoption didn’t workout (and that’s okay!) and Butter Bean came back to us, but unfortunately has mostly lived at our Adoption Center ever since.

If you are interested in fostering, or better yet, fostering-to-adopt Butter Bean please fill out our foster application (onetail.org/foster) and then send us an email at [email protected]! He comes with a whole community of support, free training support, and all the toys and supplies you could think of! TEAM BB! 💙

Adoption profile:
https://www.onetail.org/available-pets/ &page=shelterluv_wrap_1601666003681%252Fembed%252Fanimal%252FOTAT-A-13669

11/20/2024

Parker Update 💙
It's been just over 2 weeks since we rescued Parker from Chicago Animal Care and Control after he was found shivering on a park bench. Now cozy in a foster home, he did unfortunately break with kennel cough; which isn't uncommon for unvaccinated dogs in a city shelter. Luckily we got him on medicine quickly and he's been recovering well in his foster home. Despite not feeling the best, his foster reports Parker to be active, playful, and a big ol' sweetheart.

11/19/2024

Almond Joy is celebrating her anniversary with OTAT this week after we rescued her from Chicago Animal Care and Control one year ago. 🩵
AJ has been thriving in a foster home, but seems to be over-looked time and time again! Almond Joy is crate trained (sleeps through the night and while foster is at work), house trained, and is overall a very sweet dog that loves a nice cozy nap. AJ would likely do best as the only dog in the home at this time. She is available for adoption or foster-to-adopt.
Learn more about her on our website -> onetail.org

Please share Almond Joy & let's get her a home for the holidays!

11/16/2024

These kiddos will be adoptable TODAY from 11am-2pm at Kingsbury PetSmart (1415 N. Kingsbury St). Come adopt your new BFF! 💙

11/16/2024

Lady Trout, a dog from Chicago Animal Care and Control we rescued earlier this week, is hanging in tough at the emergency vet. Although she doesn't feel great, it's so clear she wants to be loved and is excited to receive attention and pets. We hope that with another day or two of treatment for her pneumonia, she'll be able to recover in foster. 💙🤞

11/15/2024

Meet Lady Trout!

Every year on my birthday I pick a medical case at Chicago Animal Care and Control and gift myself the absolutely privilege of being their ticket out of the shelter.

We sent a hold for an urgent dog, but were told she already had rescue (yay!) so we asked who the next most urgent was. Lady Trout (fka Eggy at CACC) was next on the list as she developed a very bad upper respiratory infection, with suspected pneumonia, and stopped eating. Seeing a once lively, playful, dog, feel so sick is one of the most heartbreaking things to witness.

Our sweet girl is now on the way to Premier emergency group where so many lucky dogs before her were treated and discharged to their new life.

As I reflect on another year around the sun, I feel a distinct combination of luck and excitement to be part of such a powerful community at One Tail at a Time. Thank you donors, thank you fosters, thank you volunteers, thank you adopters, thank you CACC staff and volunteers, thank you other rescuers, thank you to everyone out there that gives a damn!

Welcome to the fam, Lady Trout!

-Heather

11/14/2024

Congrats to Irene and her OTAT alum Poppy for achieving Canine Good Citizen status through Canine Therapy Corps!

Irene picked Poppy to be her foster dog from Chicago Animal Care and Control and quickly became a "foster fail" because of how wonderful Poppy is.

For the last few months she's been training to be a therapy dog, and even served as the "tester dog" for others because of how calm and sweet she is. We're so proud of Poppy and so grateful to Irene!

Become a foster home and save the next therapy dog: onetail.org/foster

11/13/2024

Our city shelter is open for adoptions daily from 12pm-7pm, and it's just $65 to adopt.

If you prefer to adopt through us, email [email protected] or [email protected] to inquire about a CACC dog or cat in our care!

These 16 faces represent just a small fraction of the dogs who came to our shelter over a recent 3 day period and are currently waiting for rescue or adoption. Each one deserves their own story, their own moment and post. But since November 1st alone, 305 dogs have arrived and we are now at a breaking point.

With the city no longer requiring appointments to surrender pets, we’re drowning. The number of incoming dogs is at an all time high, but resources, time, and homes for them are painfully limited.

How You Can Help:
-Share these posts to give these dogs the visibility they need.
-Adopt or foster if you can
-Advocate for better policies and take a stand against things like backyard breeding, which feeds into this crisis.

Our staff and volunteers are heartbroken alongside you. They’re the ones by each dog’s side during the most difficult moments. Thank you. Always. For advocating and caring for these animals.

You can find more information on each dog by visiting our CACC Transfer Team page or by searching for their name and ID number in the FB search bar.

Left to right:
🐾Giblet A283392- Came in as a stray
🐾Griffin A283464-Came in as a stray
🐾Debra A283432- Came in as a stray
🐾Python A283531-Came in as a stray
🐾Xerxes A283462-Came in as a stray
🐾Mink A283501-Came in as a stray
🐾Frederick A283372-Came in as a chipped stray
🐾Mercer A283336-Came in as a stray
🐾Cheyenne A283502-Came in as a stray
🐾Cheese Puff A283387-Came in as a stray
🐾Bree A283491-Came in as a stray
🐾Edmund A283376-Came in as a stray
🐾Arlo A283381-Came in as a stray
🐾Fernando A283343-Came in as a stray
🐾Dorito A283446-Left at the shelter
🐾Geneva A283380-Found by good Samaritans in traffic

11/13/2024

One of our Hurricane Helene rescue dogs, Hiccups, is now at our One Tail At A Time Adoption Center ready to meet you!

Hiccups is housebroken, crate trained (sleeps in it over night), loves meeting new people, and successfully lives with a cat!

Hiccups is neutered, up to date on shots, microchipped, and healthy! He's ready for adoption today!

11/12/2024

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11/12/2024

Congrats adopters!