Change A Life Dog Rescue

12/03/2025

Hello,

Its Giving Tuesday. Help make a difference in the lives of dogs and puppies, like these 3 abandoned pups trying to survive in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

Every $ makes a difference. Please donate today.

Thank-you!

Change a Life Dog Rescue is a foster based all-breed rescue that specializes in working and herding

12/01/2025

🌟 This Giving Tuesday: Help Us Save More Lives — Like Athena’s 🌟
Goal: $1,000

Today, on Giving Tuesday, we ask you to stand with us and fight for the voiceless — the dogs and puppies whose lives hang in the balance.

Every year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of dogs are euthanized simply because shelters are overcrowded and there are not enough loving homes. In 2023, more than 359,000 dogs were euthanized nationwide.
Shelter Animals Count
+1

That’s 359,000 lives lost — many of them healthy, adoptable dogs — because they had nowhere safe to stay.

We rescued Athena, a Malinois mix found just two weeks ago in a brutal dumping ground in the Rio Grande Valley. She was heavily pregnant and starving — and today, she’s a mother to nine precious newborn puppies!

But Athena and her pups are just one small family among thousands suffering. They need food, medical care, puppy pads, cleaning supplies, foster support — and a chance to heal, grow, and thrive.

💛 This Giving Tuesday, please donate to help Athena… and others like her.
Your gift means blankets, warm food, safe shelter, vet care — and hope.
Our goal: $1,000. Even a few dollars makes a difference. Every dollar you give brings life.

🙏 Donate now. Help us rewrite these dogs’ stories.
Because no dog should die because there wasn’t room.

Thank you for caring. Thank you for acting. 🐾❤️

11/27/2025

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to you and all your Pups!!

11/25/2025

Pups available for Adoption!!!! Change A Life Dog Rescue has a few shy but sweet pups looking for their forever homes. Check out their profiles and contact us for information. Help us get these dogs home for the Holidays!

All dogs are Fostered in CT and can go to approved Adopters in CT RI NY NJ VT & MA

Email [email protected] and submit an application.

Here is the link to our application:

https://www.shelterluv.com/matchme/adopt/CALR/Dog

11/22/2025

💛 THANK YOU — We’re Almost There for Athena and Her Pups! 💛 Because of YOU, we are now just $127 away from reaching our $1,000 goal. 🙌

We are so incredibly grateful for everyone who shared Athena’s story and donated to help this brave mama and her newborn pups. Your kindness is truly changing their lives.

Athena and her babies are doing amazing — and you have to see for yourself what an incredible mom she is. Check out the attached video to see her gently caring for her pups. It will melt your heart. 💕
If you haven’t donated yet and want to help us reach the finish line, every dollar counts.
Thank you again for lifting this little family up with love and support. We couldn’t do this without you. 🐾💛

11/21/2025

🚨 URGENT RESCUE: ATHENA & HER NEWBORN PUPPIES NEED US
🚨Goal: $1,000

Meet Athena — a courageous Malinois mix who has survived what no dog ever should.

Just a little over a week ago, Athena was discovered by a Good Samaritan in one of the harshest dumping grounds in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas — a place we at Change a Life Dog Rescue have seen with our own eyes during our trip in July. It’s a stretch of land where countless unwanted dogs are thrown away like trash…and left to fend for themselves.

But Athena didn’t give up.
She held on.

She was rushed to a vet immediately, where we learned she was VERY pregnant — and severely underweight. Her x-ray revealed nine tiny lives struggling for a chance.

And today…
She went into labor.

So far, Athena has delivered five precious puppies, and we are praying with everything we have that the remaining babies make it. Despite her exhaustion, despite her malnourishment, despite whatever horrors she endured — Athena is already proving to be an incredible mother.

But she cannot do this alone.
We cannot do this alone.

It’s been a while since we’ve asked for help, but this sweet mama and her newborns urgently need support. We are scrambling to gather:

🐾 Puppy food & nursing supplements
🐾 Puppy pads
🐾 Medical care for Athena & the babies
🐾 Cleaning and sanitation supplies
🐾 Emergency transport & foster support

Every single item matters. Every single dollar matters.

💛 Please, help us give Athena and her nine little miracles the chance they deserve.
A chance at safety.
A chance at healing.
A chance at life.

💛 Our goal is $1,000.
Whether it’s $5 or $50 — your donation truly changes lives.

👉 Donate today. Athena and her babies are depending on you.
Because love can rewrite their story.
And you are the reason it happens.

11/20/2025

A case of where we started, and where we are now. This is the story of Maya, a dog that is available for Adoption.

The name Maya means “Good Mother” in Greek- this is so fitting a name for our newest Change A Life Dog Rescue dog. Maya comes to us from TX where she was found as a stray, emaciated, scared AND pregnant! Maya gave birth to 9 puppies (all of the pups have found their forever homes) now it’s Mama Maya’s turn.

Maya had to stay behind so that she could be treated for Heartworm disease. Now, she is healthy and ready to find her Forever home. Maya is about 2 or 3 years old, nearly 60lbs, calm and sweet, dog friendly, people friendly, great on a leash, happy to go for a walk with you, or happy to hang out and watch tv, listen to music and just relax. Maya is housebroken, can be crated (but doesn’t need to be), she is sweet and playful and a joy to be around. Maya would make a great companion in just about any home. Come meet Maya and show her the good life by making her a family member! Maya will be Fostered in CT and can go to an approved Adopter in CT RI NH VT NY NJ & MA- email [email protected] AND submit an application today!

Here is the link to our application:

https://www.shelterluv.com/matchme/adopt/CALR/Dog

*Maya is not spayed at the moment but has an appointment scheduled in a few days.

11/18/2025

✨ Thank you all so much for coming out to support Change A Life Dog Rescue! ✨

We truly cannot do these events without every single one of you. Thanks to your generosity and hard work, it looks like we raised $5,639! 🐾💙

First off a very special shout out to crumb ayotte for organizing the entire event!

Also a huge shoutout to our incredible volunteers and sponsors:

Karrine Vanasse, Francine Mayo, Liz Spring, Diana Mikulak and her friend Sheila, Kathy Zovich, Kristy Sirianni-Bilodeau ♥️🥰, Zeus and Baily, Amanda Smerak Ominsky, RB Transmissions, Lisa Curcio LaFrance, Kristy & Roy Bilodeau, Jay Galvin Plumbing, JB Electrical, Robert McFadden with Tracy Driscoll, Lauren Iraeta with Keller & Williams, and Liz Spring (again for double-duty!).

Thank you Summer Orlando for all the amazing Dolly talent, and a big thank you to the Carousel Museum for providing such a fabulous venue! 🎠✨

We appreciate you all more than words can say. Together, we are changing lives — one dog at a time. 🐶💛

11/17/2025

Both dogs are still available for Adoption!

Young dogs available for Adoption….they are being Fostered in CT and can go to Adopters in CT RI NH VT NY NJ & MA.

Submit an application AND email [email protected]

Maya
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/maya-79409198/ct/east-haddam/change-a-life-dog-rescue-ct596/

Cappuccino
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/cappuccino-79327750/ct/east-haddam/change-a-life-dog-rescue-ct596/

Jasmine
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/jasmine-78916977/ct/east-haddam/change-a-life-dog-rescue-ct596/

Canelo
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/canelo-78905037/ct/east-haddam/change-a-life-dog-rescue-ct596/

Juice
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/juice-78381828/ct/east-haddam/change-a-life-dog-rescue-ct596/